From: stephen.w.perry@gmail.com   
      
   On Monday, July 24, 2023 at 1:21:00 AM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote:   
   > These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2023-06-12,    
   > and should be interpreted accordingly.    
   >    
   > On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give    
   > both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty.    
   > Please post all your answers in a single followup to the newsgroup,    
   > based only on your own knowledge. (In your answer posting, quote    
   > the questions and place your answer below each one.) I will reveal    
   > the correct answers in about 3 days.    
   >    
   > All questions were written by members of Bloor St. Irregulars and    
   > are used here by permission, but have been reformatted and may    
   > have been retyped and/or edited by me. For further information    
   > please see my 2023-05-24 companion posting on "Questions from the    
   > Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)".    
   >    
   >    
   > ** Game 5, Round 9 - Science - Better Living through Chemistry    
   >    
   > Answer these questions about drugs and drug chemistry.    
   >    
   > 1. Now rebranded as "Knoa Pharma", which company introduced    
   > Oxycontin in 1995 as a non-addictive alternative to existing    
   > opioids?    
      
   purdue pharma   
      
   > 2. History repeats itself.  should have learnt from    
   > Bayer, which in 1898 marketed which drug as a less-addictive    
   > alternative to morphine?    
      
   heroin   
      
   > 3. A more successful Bayer product from the 1890s is Aspirin.    
   > Aspirin's chemical name, acetylsalicylic acid, derives from    
   > which plant, used as a pain-killer since ancient times?    
      
   willow tree (genus salix)   
      
   > 4. As anybody who purchases recreational marijuana products    
   > knows, there are two main active chemicals in marijuana:    
   > tetrahydrocannabinol (or THC) and which other one, promoted    
   > for its therapeutic value? Initials are acceptable.    
      
   cbd   
      
   > 5. As of this writing, "magic mushrooms" are still not legal in    
   > Canada, but that hasn't stopped Funguyz from opening a dispensary    
   > next to one of our pubs. What is the active ingredient in    
   > magic mushrooms?    
      
   psilocybin   
      
   > 6. During the Middle Ages, a fungal infection on rye crops caused    
   > mass hallucinations known as St. Anthony's Fire. What is this    
   > fungal infection which produces a chemical similar to LSD?    
      
   ergot   
      
   > 7. Fluoxetine, better known as Prozac, is an antidepressant of    
   > the SSRI class. Give *any one* of the words which make up the    
   > acronym SSRI.    
      
   serotonin   
      
   > 8. Pay attention. Economists hypothesized that a drop in US    
   > productivity numbers at the end of 2022 may have been due to a    
   > shortage of these two widely-prescribed drugs. Name either drug.    
      
   xanax   
      
   > 9. In some jurisdictions, cold medicines containing ephedrine    
   > or pseudoephedrine are restricted because the chemicals are a    
   > precursor for the production of which drug?    
      
   methamphetamine   
      
   > 10. Ephedrine is theorized to be one of the active ingredients    
   > in a ritual drug described in the Rigveda. Aldous Huxley    
   > revived this name for a drug in "Brave New World". What name?    
      
   soma   
      
   > ** Game 5, Round 10 - Challenge Round - Atlas Obscura    
   >    
   > A dozen questions inspired by the podcast, web site, and book    
   > "Atlas Obscura".    
   >    
   > * A. Geography    
   >    
   > A1. The Darvaza gas crater, better known as "The Gates of Hell",    
   > has been burning in the Karakum Desert since 1971. It was    
   > created when a Soviet drilling rig broke into a massive    
   > natural gas cavern, which was then set alight, assuming    
   > it would burn out in a few weeks. What country is home to    
   > The Gates of Hell?    
      
   turkmenistan   
      
   > A2. The Jagala waterfall is located in Harju County, and    
   > the river below it eventually leads to the Gulf of Finland.    
   > At over 50 m wide, it is the widest waterfall in what    
   > country?    
      
   estonia   
      
   >    
   > * B. Science    
   >    
   > B1. On the grounds of the Teide Observatory in the Canary    
   > Islands, you can find a discarded telescope part 1.5 m wide.    
   > It is a blank, meaning that its silicon carbide ceramic shape    
   > had been made, but it had not yet had its coating applied.    
   > What part of a telescope is this?    
      
   mirror   
      
   > B2. Glenmont, an estate in West Orange NJ, was the home and    
   > final resting place of what inventor, most associated with    
   > another New Jersey community?    
      
   thomas edison   
      
   >    
   > * C. Miscellaneous    
   >    
   > C1. Many subway systems are sprawling labyrinths of tunnels and    
   > stops, both active and abandoned. In New York City, along    
   > the IND Fulton Street subway line, in Queens, is the 76 St.    
   > station. The subject of rumors for many years, what is    
   > distinctive about the station?    
      
   it might have been built but much like atlantis has never been found   
      
   > C2. The "Road to Nowhere" or "End of the Road", is a 10 m    
   > high lava flow that severed Pohoiki Rd., in the Puna    
   > district. It is one of many reminders of the 2018 eruption    
   > of what volcano?    
      
   kilauea   
      
   >    
   > * D. Art    
   >    
   > D1. Lyhdynkantajat ["Lew-huh-dune-kan-ta-jat"] is a group    
   > of sculptures at the front door of the Central Station    
   > in Helsinki, Finland. They consist of four male granite    
   > figures, bearing what spherical objects in their hands?    
      
   lights shaped like globes   
      
   > D2. "The Constellation" is a massive work of art, weighing more    
   > than 250 tons. Located in The Founder's Memorial Park,    
   > it was designed as a tribute to Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al    
   > Nahyan, the first president of what country?    
      
   united arab emerites   
      
   >    
   > * E. History    
   >    
   > E1. Aldershot, England is home to a 30-foot tall statue of the    
   > First Duke of Wellington, mounted on his famed steed    
   > Copenhagen. Who was the First Duke?    
      
   arthur wellesley   
      
   > E2. At the entrance to San Francisco Bay, on the southern side    
   > of the Golden Gate, lies a location of strategic importance.    
   > Spanish settlers first built a fort there in 1794, and later    
   > so did the US Army, finishing it in 1861. It is now a US    
   > National Historic site. Name either the Spanish or US fort    
   > at this location.    
      
   fort point   
      
   >    
   > * F. Entertainment    
   >    
   > F1. There is a memorial in Applecross, a suburb of Perth,    
   > that pays tribute to what actor, who died in January 2008    
   > at the age of 28?    
      
   heath ledger   
      
   > F2. In Liverpool, a statue was unveiled in December 1982 by    
   > Tommy Steele. It is on Stanley St., not far from the    
   > Cavern Club. It depicts a seated woman with a handbag on    
   > her lap, and is based on a 1966 song. Who is she?    
      
   eleanor rigby   
      
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