From: pete.gayde@gmail.com   
      
   Mark Brader wrote:   
   > These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2024-03-18,   
   > and should be interpreted accordingly.   
   >   
   > On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give   
   > both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty.   
   > Please post all your answers in a single followup to the newsgroup,   
   > based only on your own knowledge.  (In your answer posting, quote   
   > the questions and place your answer below each one.)  I will reveal   
   > the correct answers in about 3 days.   
   >   
   > All questions were written by members of the Misplaced Modifiers   
   > and are used here by permission, but have been reformatted and may   
   > have been retyped and/or edited by me.  The posting and tabulation   
   > of current-events questions is independent of the concurrent posting   
   > of other rounds.  For further information please see my 2023-05-24   
   > companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition   
   > (QFTCI*)".   
   >   
   >   
   > * Game 7, Round 9 - Science - The Skin   
   >   
   > This round is about our biggest organ.   
   >   
   > 1. Within 3 percentage points, approximately how many percent of   
   >     body weight does skin account for?   
      
   30; 23   
      
   >   
   > 2. The outer layer of the skin is known as the epidermis; the   
   >     layer below, the dermis.  What is the term for the layer under   
   >     the dermis?   
      
   Endodermis   
      
   >   
   > 3. There are two general types of skin.  One is called glabrous.   
   >     Glabrous skin makes up a small proportion of human skin but is   
   >     predominant in reptiles and amphibians.  It contains specialized   
   >     vascular structures that facilitate heat loss.  Besides that,   
   >     what is the defining characteristic of glabrous skin?   
   >   
   > 4. On what part of the body do we find the thinnest skin?   
      
   Fingers; Eyelids   
      
   >   
   > 5. In medical terminology, you may hear it called a cicatrix.   
   >     What is it called in common speech?   
      
   Mole   
      
   >   
   > 6. This is the most abundant protein in the body and a major   
   >     component of the skin, helping it to maintain its elasticity,   
   >     volume, moisture and all-around youthfulness.  What is this   
   >     protein called?   
      
   Melatonin   
      
   >   
   > 7. The two most common forms of skin cancer are caused primarily   
   >     by exposure to the sun.  They appear initially on the epidermis   
   >     and pose a lower risk of metastasizing than does melanoma.   
   >     Name either of these forms of skin cancer.   
   >   
   > 8. Adermatoglyphia is a genetic condition first identified in 2007   
   >     and known to affect only 5 extended families worldwide.   
   >     It has been jocularly dubbed "immigration delay disease".   
   >     What normal skin feature do this condition's sufferers lack?   
      
   Hair; Pores   
      
   >   
   > 9. This common inflammatory skin condition causes reddened skin and   
   >     rash, usually on the face, and may be triggered by sun exposure,   
   >     stress, sweating or other factors.  Its name derives from   
   >     its color.  What is it?   
   >   
   > 10. Michael Jackson's claim, made in a 2009 interview with Oprah   
   >     Winfrey, that he suffered from a genetic condition that caused   
   >     his skin to lose pigment, was met with skepticism, as Jackson was   
   >     accused of "whitening" his skin.  His autopsy proved otherwise.   
   >     By what name is Jackson's genetic condition known?   
      
   Alopecia   
      
   >   
   >   
   > ** Game 7, Round 10 - Challenge Round   
   >   
   > * A.  Science: Big Wild Birds	   
   >   
   >     A1. Meleagris gallopavo is by weight Ontario's 3rd-largest bird   
   >         (after the mute and trumpeter swans).  One specimen spent   
   >         two months wandering the streets of Scarborough last fall.   
   >         Give the English name of this bird.   
   >   
   >     A2. This white heron, about three quarters the size of a great   
   >         blue, has black legs and feet, and a yellow bill.  You can   
   >         see it wading in Toronto-area ponds each summer.  Give its   
   >         five-letter name.   
      
   Egret   
      
   >   
   >   
   > * B.  Geography: France	   
   >   
   >     B1. The French have a nickname for their country borrowed   
   >         from geometry.  What is it?  (In English, please.)   
   >   
   >     B2. What is the English name for the geographical feature the   
   >         French call La Manche (the sleeve)?   
   >   
   >   
   > * C.  Entertainment: Denis Villeneuve	   
   >   
   >     C1. "Dune: Part Two" isn't the first sequel Denis Villeneuve   
   >         has directed.  Name his 2017 science-fiction film.   
   >   
   >     C2. Name Villeneuve's first SF film, released in 2016 and   
   >         starring Amy Adams as a linguist in conversation with   
   >         visiting aliens.   
   >   
   >   
   > * D.  Miscellaneous: Sewing	   
   >   
   >     D1. What do you call a stitch that temporarily holds seams or   
   >         tapes in place until the permanent line of stitching is made?   
      
   Baste   
      
   >   
   >     D2. What do you call the small, round spool that holds the   
   >         lower thread in a sewing machine?   
      
   Bobbin   
      
   >   
   >   
   > * E.  History/Canadiana: World War II	   
   >   
   >     E1. Chatham native Wally Floody was the "Tunnel King" whose   
   >         designs enabled 76 Commonwealth and European flyers to   
   >         leave Stalag Luft III in March 1944.  No Americans were   
   >         involved.  By what name does history remember (and Hollywood   
   >         misrepresent) this operation?   
      
   Great Escape   
      
   >   
   >     E2. On May 16, 1943, a bombing raid put German hydroelectric   
   >         generating plants in the Ruhr Valley out of commission.   
   >         30 of the 133 Commonwealth airmen participating were   
   >         Canadian.  By what name are the raiders remembered?   
   >         Again your answer will be the name of a movie.   
      
   Dambusters   
      
   >   
   >   
   > * F.  Art & Literature: Shared Titles	   
   >   
   >     F1. What title is shared by a 1654 painting by Carel Fabritius   
   >         and a 2014 novel by Donna Tartt?   
   >   
   >     F2. What title is shared by a 1665 painting by Johannes Vermeer   
   >         and a 1999 novel by Tracy Chevalier?   
   >   
      
   Pete Gayde   
      
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