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   Mark Brader  wrote:   
      
   > ** Game 5, Round 9 - Science - Better Living through Chemistry   
      
   > 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.   
      
   Ritalin   
      
   > 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. 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?   
      
   Kazzakhstan; Uzbekistan   
      
   >    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   
      
   >    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 Kea; Mauna Loa   
      
      
   > * D. Art   
      
   >    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?   
      
   UAE   
      
   > * 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?   
      
   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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