Greetings all,
Here are your scores. Da Winnah this round is our own Godfather of DQs, Johnny Barrs with a natural 5. The real winner is Christopher Carson, who managed to escape with a natural 4 by cornering the Ma- and She- votes and by having a really nice rolling score.
Breakdown follows.
1. Animal reproduction irrespective of season, but dependent on the parents being in peak physical heath.
by Lodge; who received no votes for no points and voted for 2 & 10; for an unnatural 2.
2. An approach to human health that examines the factors contributing to the promotion and maintenance of physical and mental well-being rather than disease with particular emphasis on the coping mechanisms of individuals which help preserve health despite stressful conditions
by Merriam-Webster; which was voted for by Lodge and which can't vote because it's a dictionary; for a D1.
3. Birth from a male, as of Minerva from Jupiter.
by Cunningham; who received votes from Naylor and Shepherdson and voted 8 & 9; for a natural 2.
4. The designing of a freshwater from seawater process.
by Naylor; who received votes from Embler and Madnick and voted 3 & 5; for a natural 2.
5. The evolutionary process by which sexual dimorphism appears.
by Mallach; who received votes from Bourne and Naylor and voted 10 & 13; for a natural 2.
6. The first occurrence of liability or criminal behavior alleged in a court case.
by Shepherdson; who received no votes and voted 3 & 13; for no points.
7. A function of N arguments that is considered as a function of one argument which returns another function of N-1 arguments.
by Widdis; who received no votes and voted 10 & 14; for no points.
8. [zool.] In some animal species, particularly primates, a greeting by the father to a new baby that appears to be significant in the treatment of the baby by other members of the group.
by Bourne; who received a vote from Cunningham and voted 5 & 9; for a natural 1.
9. In some versions of creation science, the method by which new species appear.
by Shefler; who received votes from Bourne, Carson, Cunningham, and Stevens and voted 11 & 13; for a natural 4.
10. [obs.] The mystical process once believed to produce pearls in oysters.
by Barrs; who received votes from Carson, Embler, Lodge, Mallach, and Widdis and was DQ; for a natural 5.
11. The order in which minerals occurring together in rocks and veins have developed.
by Madnick; who received a vote from Shefler and voted 4 & 13; for a natural 1.
12. The practice of of displaying and saluting the flag on certain occasions.
by Stevens; who received no votes and voted 9 & 14; for no points.
13. The process of chemical and physical change in deposited sediment during its conversion to rock.
by Carson; who received votes from Madnick, Mallach, Shefler, and Shepherdson and voted 9 & 10; for a natural 4.
14. The surgery that corrects being tongue-tied.
by Embler; who received votes from Stevens and Widdis and voted 4 & 10; for a natural 2.
And next time, I'll try to schedule the deadline at a time when my partner doesn't need the computer for a final. Yeesh. What a bloody week.
Enjoy, everyone!
Ryan