From: dtilque@frontier.com
On 7/23/23 22:20, Mark Brader wrote:
>
>
> ** 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
>
> 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.
cannabidiol
>
> 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
(It's been legalized here in Oregon for medical use. But they won't have
dispensaries where people with (or without) a prescription can get it.
You'll have to go to a clinic with trained facilitators. They're taking
a while getting the system up and running, so none are open yet.)
>
> 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.
reuptake
>
> 8. Pay attention. Economists hypothesised 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?
Kazakhstan
>
> 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?
Sweden
>
>
> * 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?
>
> 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?
Mauna Loa
>
>
> * 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?
>
> 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?
>
>
> * 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.
Presidio
>
>
> * 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?
>
> 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
--
Dan Tilque
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