Mark Brader:
>> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2007-02-12,
>> and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information...
>> see my 2020-06-23 companion posting on "Reposted Questions from
>> the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
> I originally wrote one of these rounds.
That was the history round.
> * Game 4, Round 4 - Science - Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures
> Author and emergency doctor Vincent Lam's bestseller and Giller Prize
> winner "Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures" contains a glossary to
> help readers with the medical terms. The questions in this round
> are based on these terms, though we may not use exactly the same
> definitions as Dr. Lam.
> 1. What is the name given to a trolley containing various types
> of equipment used to respond to emergency situations, such as
> cardiac arrest?
Crash cart (or crash trolley). 4 for Dan Blum, Pete, and Bruce.
> 2. What term refers to a nurse who is available for assignment on
> an ad hoc basis?
We originally wanted "float nurse" (or "floater"), but we also
accepted "on-call" on a protest. 4 for Dan Blum, Pete, and Bruce.
> 3. You are an emergency room physician. Your patient has just
> arrived VSA. This is not good. Expand the acronym or just
> explain the situation.
Vital Signs Absent. (That is, no signs of life such as pulse or
breathing. Any explanation like "the patient seems dead" would
be okay.)
> 4. What emergency is designated "Code Blue"?
Imminent loss of life / cardiac arrest / patient stopped breathing.
(Anything like that would do.) 4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Bruce.
> 5. What is the purpose of a thrombolytic medication?
To break up a blood clot. 4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Bruce.
> 6. What is the name for the arrythmia in which the heart contracts
> in a chaotic, uncoordinated way?
Fibrillation. There are ventricular and atrial varieties, the
former being the immediately life-threatening one; we decided to
accept either one or its short form V-fib or A-fib. 4 for Dan Blum,
Dan Tilque, and Bruce. 3 for Erland.
> 7. What """does""" FRCPC after a doctor's name mean?
Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Canada (Division
of Medicine). (Still true, and you didn't need the last part.
What do you mean, you thought this wasn't a Canadiana round?)
> 8. What """does""" an Accu-Chek device test?
Blood glucose (sugar) level. (Still true.) 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua,
Pete, and Bruce.
> 9. Tachycardia refers to an accelerated heart rate; what name is
> given to the opposite condition, an abnormally slow heart rate?
Bradycardia ("brady") or brachycardia. 4 for Joshua and Bruce.
> 10. Which heart valve connects the left atrium and the left
> ventricle?
Mitral valve (or bicuspid valve, or left atrioventricular valve; also
accepting left mitral valve, although there's only one mitral valve.
4 for Bruce.
The corresponding valve on the right is the tricuspid valve.
> * Game 4, Round 6 - History - Life after Henry
> In each case, name the successor to Henry, and be sufficiently
> specific.
> 1. King Henry I of England died in 1135. With no legitimate
> male heir, he had decreed that his daughter would inherit the
> throne, but most of England's barons disputed the accession
> of a female and backed Henry's nephew. A civil war ensued,
> sometimes called the Anarchy; it ended with a compromise where
> the male became king but the throne would descend through his
> rival's line. Name *either* of the rival heirs to Henry I:
> his daughter or his nephew.
Matilda (or "Empress Maud"), Stephen. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua,
Calvin, and Dan Tilque.
> 2. King Henry II of England died in 1189. One of his sons
> succeeded to the throne and ruled for 10 years, but spent only
> a few months of this in England since he was always going off
> on wars, such as the Third Crusade. Name him.
Richard I (or Richard the Lionheart). 4 for Dan Blum, Pete, Calvin,
and Dan Tilque.
> 3. King Henry III of England died in 1272. He was succeeded by
> his son, who fought in the Eighth Crusade, conquered Wales, and
> waged war against Scotland, defeating the rebel William Wallace.
> Name this king, who reigned until 1307.
Edward I (or Edward Longshanks). 4 for Dan Blum and Calvin.
> 4. King Henry IV of England died in 1413. He was succeeded by
> his son, who defeated the French at Agincourt and various other
> places. As a result he was named heir to the French throne,
> although he died before he could inherit it. Name him.
Henry V. For obvious reasons, in this round I could not conceal an
answer when it occurred again in a following question! 4 for Erland,
Dan Blum, Calvin, and Dan Tilque.
> 5. King Henry V of England died in 1422. His successor as King of
> England and France was his infant son. During the resulting
> regency and the son's eventual ineffectual rule, Britain lost
> most of its territory in France, and then the king found himself
> involved in another civil war. Name him.
Henry VI. 4 for Dan Blum and Dan Tilque. 3 for Calvin.
> 6. During the Wars of the Roses, King Henry VI of England, of the
> House of Lancaster, saw the throne go back and forth between
> himself and his rival from the House of York, who was his third
> cousin. The cousin took it for keeps when Henry VI was imprisoned
> and then murdered in 1471, and ruled until 1483. Name him.
Edward IV. Richard III was his brother and the second king to take
power in 1483. 4 for Dan Blum and Calvin.
> 7. King Henry VII of England died in 1509 and was succeeded by
> his son, who would also become King of Ireland, who fought
> against the French and the Scots, and whose turbulent private
> life would have world-changing consequences. Name him.
Henry VIII. 4 for Erland, Dan Blum, Joshua, Pete, Calvin,
and Dan Tilque.
> 8. King Henry VIII of England died in 1547. He was succeeded by
> his 9-year-old son, who never took the throne in his own right
> since he himself died in 1553. Name him.
Edward VI. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Calvin, and Dan Tilque.
> 9. William Henry Harrison, nicknamed Old Tippecanoe after an
> old battle, gave a two-hour inaugural speech in terrible
> weather in 1841, and promptly got sick and became the first
> American president to die in office. He was succeeded by his
> vice-president, who had been mentioned alongside Tippecanoe in
> Harrison's campaign slogan. Name this successor, who broke with
> the Whig Party and arranged for the annexation of Texas.
John Tyler (the slogan was "Tippecanoe and Tyler too"). 4 for
Dan Blum, Joshua, Pete, Dan Tilque, and Bruce.
> 10. Henry Ford didn't die in 1918, but he did turn over the
> presidency of the Ford Motor Co. to his son. Name him.
Edsel Ford (not Henry Ford II, who was Edsel's son). 4 for Joshua,
Pete, Calvin, Dan Tilque, and Bruce. 3 for Dan Blum.
Scores, if there are no errors:
GAME 4 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 TOTALS
TOPICS-> Geo Can Sci His
Dan Blum 40 0 24 39 103
Dan Tilque 40 4 12 32 88
Joshua Kreitzer 40 12 8 20 80
Bruce Bowler 36 0 32 8 76
Stephen Perry 40 32 -- -- 72
Pete Gayde 40 2 12 16 70
Erland Sommarskog 40 0 3 8 51
"Calvin" -- -- 0 35 35
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