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Calvin's quiz #337 - A disease by any other name

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calvin

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Jan 11, 2014, 4:19:40 PM1/11/14
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Give an alternate name for these diseases / conditions.

1 Pink Eye
2 German Measles
3 Consumption
4 "The Kissing Disease"
5 Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy
6 Lockjaw
7 Daltonism
8 "The Great Pox"
9 Manic-depressive psychosis
10 Salmonellosis


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cheers,
calvin

Mark Brader

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Jan 11, 2014, 4:56:57 PM1/11/14
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"Calvin":
> 1 Pink Eye

Conjunctivitis.

> 2 German Measles

Rubella.

> 3 Consumption

Tuberculosis.

> 4 "The Kissing Disease"

Mononucleosis.

> 5 Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy

Mad cow disease.

> 6 Lockjaw

Tetanus.

> 7 Daltonism

Color-blindness.

> 8 "The Great Pox"

Measles?

> 9 Manic-depressive psychosis

Bipolar disorder.

> 10 Salmonellosis

Food poisoning? I think that's a broader term.
--
Mark Brader | "...'consulted' the public, using 'consulted' with
Toronto | the special meaning of 'told them what I think'."
m...@vex.net | --Cheryl Perkins

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Erland Sommarskog

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Jan 11, 2014, 5:20:24 PM1/11/14
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calvin (334...@gmail.com) writes:
> 5 Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy

Mad-cow disease

> 9 Manic-depressive psychosis

Bipolar




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Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esq...@sommarskog.se

Peter Smyth

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Jan 11, 2014, 6:21:02 PM1/11/14
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calvin wrote:

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> Give an alternate name for these diseases / conditions.
>
> 1 Pink Eye
Conjunctivitis
> 2 German Measles
Rubella
> 3 Consumption
> 4 "The Kissing Disease"
Glandular fever
> 5 Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy
Mad Cow Disease
> 6 Lockjaw
Tetanus
> 7 Daltonism
> 8 "The Great Pox"
Smallpox
> 9 Manic-depressive psychosis
Bipolar
> 10 Salmonellosis
Food Poisoning

Peter Smyth

swp

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Jan 11, 2014, 8:17:23 PM1/11/14
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On Saturday, January 11, 2014 4:19:40 PM UTC-5, Calvin wrote:
> Give an alternate name for these diseases / conditions.
>
> 1 Pink Eye

conjunctivitis

> 2 German Measles

rubella

> 3 Consumption

tuberculosis

> 4 "The Kissing Disease"

mononucleosis

> 5 Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy

mad cow disease

> 6 Lockjaw

tetanus

> 7 Daltonism

color blindness

> 8 "The Great Pox"

syphilis

> 9 Manic-depressive psychosis

bipolar disorder

> 10 Salmonellosis

food poisoning


swp

Rob Parker

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Jan 11, 2014, 10:10:58 PM1/11/14
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> 1 Pink Eye

conjunctivitis

> 2 German Measles

rubella

> 3 Consumption

tuberculosis

> 4 "The Kissing Disease"
> 5 Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy

mad cow disease

> 6 Lockjaw

tetanus

> 7 Daltonism
> 8 "The Great Pox"

syphilis

> 9 Manic-depressive psychosis

bipolar disorder

> 10 Salmonellosis

food poisoning (?)


Rob

Marc Dashevsky

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Jan 12, 2014, 3:12:21 AM1/12/14
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In article <op.w9jj62xb2wood3@homepc>, 334...@gmail.com says...
>
> Give an alternate name for these diseases / conditions.
>
> 1 Pink Eye
conjunctivitis

> 2 German Measles
rubella

> 3 Consumption
tuberculosis

> 4 "The Kissing Disease"
mononucleosis

> 5 Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy
mad cow disease

> 6 Lockjaw
tetanus

> 7 Daltonism
colorblindness

> 8 "The Great Pox"
small pox

Jason Kreitzer

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Jan 12, 2014, 10:55:00 AM1/12/14
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On Saturday, January 11, 2014 4:19:40 PM UTC-5, Calvin wrote:
> Give an alternate name for these diseases / conditions.
>
>
>
> 1 Pink Eye

Conjuctivitis

> 2 German Measles
>
> 3 Consumption
>
> 4 "The Kissing Disease"

Mononucleosis.

> 5 Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy

Mad Cow Disease

> 6 Lockjaw
>
> 7 Daltonism
>
> 8 "The Great Pox"
>
> 9 Manic-depressive psychosis

Bipolar Disorder

Bruce Bowler

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Jan 13, 2014, 11:10:03 AM1/13/14
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On Sun, 12 Jan 2014 07:19:40 +1000, calvin wrote:

> Give an alternate name for these diseases / conditions.
>
> 1 Pink Eye

Impetigo

> 2 German Measles

Rubella

> 3 Consumption

Tuberculosis

> 4 "The Kissing Disease"

Mononucleosis

> 5 Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy

"Mad Cow" disease

> 6 Lockjaw

Tetanus

> 7 Daltonism

Color blindness

> 8 "The Great Pox"

small pox (ironically wrong, I'm sure)

> 9 Manic-depressive psychosis

Bi-polar disorder

>10 Salmonellosis

Food poisoning

Dan Tilque

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Jan 14, 2014, 12:20:30 AM1/14/14
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calvin wrote:
>
> Give an alternate name for these diseases / conditions.
>
> 1 Pink Eye
> 2 German Measles

rubela

> 3 Consumption

tuberculosis

> 4 "The Kissing Disease"

mononucleosis

> 5 Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy

mad cow disease

> 6 Lockjaw

tetnus

> 7 Daltonism
> 8 "The Great Pox"

syphilis

> 9 Manic-depressive psychosis

bipolar disorder

> 10 Salmonellosis

food poisoning


--
Dan Tilque

Helix, if everything goes according to plan, the plan has been
compromised. -- Sam Starfall in "Freefall"

calvin

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Jan 20, 2014, 3:32:12 PM1/20/14
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On Sun, 12 Jan 2014 07:19:40 +1000, calvin <334...@gmail.com> wrote:


> Give an alternate name for these diseases / conditions.
>
> 1 Pink Eye

Conjunctivitis

> 2 German Measles

Rubella

> 3 Consumption

Tuberculosis

> 4 "The Kissing Disease"

Mononucleosis

> 5 Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy

"Mad Cow" disease

> 6 Lockjaw

Tetanus

> 7 Daltonism

Colour-blindness

> 8 "The Great Pox"

Syphilis

> 9 Manic-depressive psychosis

Bi-polar disorder

> 10 Salmonellosis

Food poisoning


Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB Quiz 337
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 65 Stephen Perry
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 9 62 Mark Brader
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 9 62 Marc Dashevsky
1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 8 54 Rob Parker
0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 8 55 Dan Tilque
0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 8 56 Bruce Bowler
1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 7 52 Peter Smyth
1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 31 Jason Kreitzer
0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 18 Erland S
- - - - - - - - - - --- ----------
6 7 6 7 9 7 4 3 9 7 65 72%



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cheers,
calvin
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