From: esquel@sommarskog.se   
      
   Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:   
   > * 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.   
      
   MERS   
      
   > 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.   
      
   Antigen   
      
   > 5. Strains of *which virus* have an alphanumeric naming convention   
   >    based on two surface glycoproteins named hemagglutinin and   
   >    neuraminidase?   
      
   Influenza viruses   
      
   > 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?   
      
   Chlamydia   
      
   > 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.   
      
   Chlamydia   
      
   > 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   
      
   > * 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?   
      
   Barcelona   
      
   > 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?   
      
   Croatia   
      
   > 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   
      
   > 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?   
      
   Hyde Park, London   
      
   > 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   
      
   > 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.   
      
   Tokyo   
      
   > 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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