From: gromit82@hotmail.com   
      
   On Monday, July 24, 2023 at 12:21:00 AM UTC-5, 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?    
      
   Sackler (?)   
      
   > 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.    
      
   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.    
      
   inhibitor   
      
   > 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.    
      
   Adderall   
      
   > 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; Kyrgyzstan   
      
   > 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    
   >    
   > 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?    
      
   Edison   
      
   > * 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?    
      
   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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