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   Erland Sommarskog to Mark Brader   
   Re: QFTCISG24 Game 2, Rounds 4,6: wine r   
   29 Sep 24 11:25:18   
   
   From: esquel@sommarskog.se   
      
   Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:   
   > * Game 2, Round 4 - Geography - Wine Regions   
   >   
   > Tonight's geography questions concern wine regions.  We'll give you   
   > the region, and in most cases the continent; you give us the country   
   > where it's found, or if applicable, any one of the countries.   
   >   
   > 1. Prince Edward County (North America).   
      
   USA   
      
   > 2. Stellenbosch (Africa).   
      
   South Africa   
      
   > 3. Colchagua Valley (South America).   
      
   Chile   
      
   > 4. Tokaj (Europe).   
      
   Hungary   
      
   > 5. Barossa Valley.   
      
   Australia   
      
   > 6. Mendoza (South America).   
      
   Argentina   
      
   > 7. Thrace (Europe).   
      
   Greece   
      
   > 8. Jerez de la Frontera (Europe).   
      
   Spain   
      
   > 9. Marlborough.   
      
   New Zealand   
      
   > 10. Vinho Verde (Europe).   
      
   Portugal   
      
   > * Game 2, Round 6 - Science - Eponymous Ailments   
   >   
   > 3. A British doctor published his initial research on this   
   >    neurological disorder in 1817, under the title "An Essay of   
   >    the Shaking Palsy".  It's caused by a shortage of dopamine --   
   >    a chemical that helps instructions from the brain cross from   
   >    one nerve cell to another.  There is no cure, but treatment can   
   >    mitigate the symptoms, which can include unsteady hands or legs.   
      
   Parkinson   
      
   > 4. This neurodegenerative disease causes up to 70% of dementia   
   >    cases.  A German doctor described the first case of the disease   
   >    named for him in 1906.  Symptoms can include disorientation,   
   >    mood swings, and behavioral issues.  The cause remains mostly   
   >    unknown, and there is no cure.   
      
   Alzenheimer   
      
   > 10. A French neurologist first described the syndrome that bears his   
   >    name in 1884.  He referred to the condition as "maladie des   
   >    tics."  A problem with the nervous system causes people to make   
   >    sudden and uncontrollable movements or sounds -- called tics.   
   >    There's no cure, and no single most effective medication --   
   >    but it does not affect intelligence or life expectancy.   
      
   Tourette   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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