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   Message 31,676 of 32,813   
   Dan Blum to Mark Brader   
   Re: QFTCI23 Game 1, Rounds 2-3: shoes, o   
   03 Oct 23 02:01:01   
   
   From: tool@panix.com   
      
   Mark Brader  wrote:   
      
   > * Game 1, Round 2 - Miscellaneous - Shoes   
      
   > 1. Let's start with the enormous, thin heel in picture 13.   
      
   stiletto   
      
   > 2. In picture 2, what is the girlish name for this closed, low-cut   
   >    shoe with a strap across the instep?   
      
   Mary Jane   
      
   > 5. What is the generic name for the shoe in picture 1, where the   
   >    salient feature is an open back and a strap behind the ankle?   
      
   ankle-strap wedgie   
      
   > 6. The shoe in picture 14 might be called a court shoe in Britain,   
   >    though the late singer Amy Winehouse sang about a pair of   
   >    them using the more familiar North American name in a risqu?   
   >    combination.  They have a low front, relatively low heel,   
   >    and may have a buckle or bow.   
      
   pumps   
      
   > 9. What is the two-tone shoe in picture 5, wearable by any gender,   
   >    characterized by the plain toe and distinctive dark panel shape   
   >    over the mid-foot?   
      
   saddle shoe   
      
   > * Game 1, Round 3 - Science - Organ Parts   
      
   > 1. Nephron.   
      
   kidney   
      
   > 2. Vitreous or vitreous humor.   
      
   eyeball   
      
   > 3. Corpus cavernosum.   
      
   brain   
      
   > 4. Stratum spinosum or squamous-cell layer.   
      
   skin   
      
   > 5. Cochlea.   
      
   ear   
      
   > 7. Alveolus.   
      
   lung   
      
   > 8. Duodenum.   
      
   small intestine   
      
   > 9. Occipital lobe.   
      
   brain   
      
   > 10. Islet of Langerhans.   
      
   pancreas   
      
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