From: dtilque@frontier.com   
      
   On 8/13/23 16:33, Mark Brader wrote:   
   >   
   >   
   > * Game 7, Round 4 - Science - Viruses and Epidemiology   
   >   
   > 1. The official name of the COVID-19 virus indicates that it is   
   >     closely related to the virus that caused *which other respiratory   
   >     disease* that had a 21st-century-outbreak of its own?   
      
   SARS   
      
   >   
   > 2. Also caused by a coronavirus, name the respiratory infection   
   >     whose geographical name alludes to its 2012 discovery by the   
   >     Egyptian doctor Ali Mohamed Zaki while working in Saudi Arabia.   
      
   West Nile virus   
      
   >   
   > 3. Antibodies fight viruses by recognizing and binding to molecules   
   >     called what?  Rapid at-home COVID tests typically work by   
   >     testing for the presence of these.   
      
   antigens   
      
   >   
   > 4. T4 and lambda are two varieties of phages, whose full name   
   >     indicates that they are viruses that infect what organisms?   
      
   bacteria   
      
   >   
   > 5. Strains of *which virus* have an alphanumeric naming convention   
   >     based on two surface glycoproteins named hemagglutinin and   
   >     neuraminidase?   
      
   influenza   
      
   >   
   > 6. Retroviruses such as HIV produce _______ from a template of   
   >     _______ through the process of reverse transcription.  Fill in   
   >     either of the blanks (you need not say which one)   
      
   DNA, RNA   
      
   >   
   > 7. Epstein-Barr virus, which causes mononucleosis, is a member of   
   >     *what family* of viruses, whose simplex 1 and 2 viruses typically   
   >     manifest as blisters or sores on the lips or genitals?   
      
   herpes   
      
   >   
   > 8. Varicella zoster, another  virus, is most notably   
   >     the cause of two diseases.  One of them mainly affects children   
   >     and the other mainly adults.  Name *either* disease.   
      
   shingles   
      
   >   
   > 9. When modeling the spread of infections, epidemiologists are   
   >     often interested in what value, the number of people that a   
   >     single person is expected to spread their infection to?   
      
   R-value   
      
   >   
   > 10. One peculiar case study for epidemiologists was the 2005   
   >     Corrupted Blood pandemic.  This pandemic was peculiar mainly   
   >     because it occurred not in the real world but in *what Blizzard   
   >     video game*?   
   >   
   >   
   > * Game 7, Round 6 - Geography - Parks of the World   
   >   
   > 1. In what city would you find Park Guell ["Gwell"], a collection   
   >     of gardens and architectural elements designed by Antoni Gaudí   
   >     [rhymes with "rowdy"] that opened in 1926?   
   >   
   > 2. Grant Park is a 319-acre urban lakeside park located in what   
   >     US city?  The park includes a large art museum, a bandshell   
   >     designed by Frank Gehry, and a sculpture called Cloud Gate.   
   >     It also played host to the victory celebration on the night of   
   >     the 2008 US election.   
      
   Chicago   
      
   >   
   > 3. Plitvice ["Plitvitse"] Lakes National Park is a park featuring   
   >     16 lakes whose waters cascade into each other, often via   
   >     waterfalls.  This park can be found in what European country?   
      
   Czechia   
      
   >   
   > 4. In what country would you find the Ngorongoro Conservation Area?   
   >     This area includes the Olduvai Gorge, one of the most important   
   >     paleoanthropological sites in the world, and it is also home to   
   >     part of the "Great Migration", an annual migration of millions   
   >     of wildebeest, zebras, gazelles and other animals.   
      
   Tanzania; Kenya   
      
   >   
   > 5. In what country would you find Komodo National Park, a park   
   >     made up of 29 islands that is home to the famed Komodo dragon?   
      
   Indonesia   
      
   >   
   > 6. Although Canadians might think of it as a video booth at Queen   
   >     and John, in what park would you find the *original* Speaker's   
   >     Corner?   
   >   
   > 7. What park is situated on the northwestern half of Vancouver's   
   >     Downtown Peninsula and encircled by the Vancouver seawall?   
   >     It was named in 1886 after the then Governor General of Canada.   
      
   Stanley Park   
      
   >   
   > 8. Name the park located in the Los Feliz area of Los Angeles   
   >     that is home to a namesake observatory, countless hiking trails,   
   >     and the Hollywood sign.  The park has been seen in many movies   
   >     including "Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle", "The Rocketeer",   
   >     and "Rebel Without a Cause".   
      
   Griffith Park   
      
   >   
   > 9. In what city would you find Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden?   
   >     This large urban park is visited year-round, but is most popular   
   >     during Hanami season in late March and early April.   
      
   Kyoto   
      
   >   
   > 10. In what capital city would you find the Luxembourg Garden   
   >     (Jardin du Luxembourg)?  This park created in 1612 contains   
   >     beautiful gardens and fountains as well as government buildings.   
      
   Paris   
      
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