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Mark Brader
Aug 4, 2021, 12:36:56 AM8/4/21
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These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2011-05-16,
and should be interpreted accordingly. All questions were written
by members of the Misplaced Modifiers, but have been reformatted
and may have been retyped and/or edited by me. I will reveal the
correct answers in about 3 days.
For further information, including an explanation of the """ notation
that may appear in these rounds, see my 2021-07-20 companion posting
on "Reposted Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
* Game 2, Round 4 - Science - Sis-sy Medicine
Please supply the medical term that fits the description and that
ends in -sis. Example: The identification of an illness or disease
by means of a patient's symptoms -- answer, diagnosis.
1. Abnormal hardening of body tissue.
2. Blood poisoning.
3. Withdrawal of blood from a donor's body, removal of one or
more blood components (such as plasma), and transfusion of the
remaining blood back into the donor.
4. The abnormal narrowing of a passage in the body.
5. Involuntary urination.
6. Infectious disease characterized by nodular lesions in the lungs.
7. The transfer of a disease from one part of the body to another,
especially the development of secondary tumors at a distance
from the primary site of cancer.
8. A forecast of the course of a disease or other medical condition.
9. A local coagulation or clotting of the blood in a part of the
circulatory system.
10. Encephalitic disease caused by a bacterium named for an English
surgeon: this kind of food poisoning is often fatal in animals
but not usually in humans.
* Game 2, Round 6 - History - the Portuguese Empire
The empire of the Portuguese was the longest-surviving of the
European colonial empires. Today, its former territories form
part of 49 different sovereign states. These questions deal with
Portugal and its once-vast empire.
1. This Atlantic town at Europe's most southwesterly tip was where
Prince Henry the Navigator lived and presided over Portugal's
Age of Discoveries. It's also the name of Portugal's most
popular beer. Name the town.
2. It is the longest river in the Iberian peninsula. Lisbon sits
upon its estuary. From here, the Portuguese caravels set out
on their voyages of trade and discovery. Name the river.
3. Today it is India's smallest and richest state. Vasco da Gama
visited the place on his first voyage, and it was a Portuguese
colony from 1510 until 1961, when it was unceremoniously annexed
by India. Name the state.
4. Considered the most densely populated region in the world,
it was both the first and the last European colony in China.
The Portuguese negotiated the right to use its harbor in 1535,
and they stuck around until 1999.
5. A hub of the trans-Atlantic slave trade, this African nation was
ruled by the Portuguese for three centuries. In 1975, following
two decades of guerrilla warfare, it declared independence.
However, 25 years of civil war followed that. Over the past
decade it has had the world's fastest-growing GDP, thanks to
massive oil discoveries. Name the African nation.
6. This archipelago of 10 islands off the coast of Africa was
colonized by the Portuguese in the 15th century. It prospered
from the slave trade, making it a target for buccaneers like
Francis Drake. """Today it is""" a parliamentary republic
whose best-known cultural export """is""" singer Cesária Évora.
7. The Portuguese first reached this Japanese fishing village
in 1543. In 1569, a port was built to harbor Portuguese
ships and their cargos of tobacco, baked goods, and textiles.
After the Portuguese were expelled when Catholicism was banned in
Japan, the English and Dutch picked up where they had left off.
Name the city, known as Japan's window on the world.
8. In 1511, the Portuguese captured the strategic port of Malacca,
hoping thereby to win dominance over the South Asian spice trade.
However, they only succeeded in disrupting the old network.
Malacca passed to the Dutch in 1641 and the British in 1824.
In what """present-day""" country """is""" Malacca?
9. When the Royal Family fled Lisbon in 1808 in the face of
Napoleon's invasion of Portugal, they established their court
in this colonial city, thus making it the only European capital
outside of Europe. It remained the capital of the Portuguese
Empire through much of the 19th century. Name the city.
10. Brazil's first capital (until 1763), this northeastern port
city is the center of Afro-Brazilian culture, renowned for its
music, cuisine and colonial architecture. Name it.
--
Mark Brader | "...as many as my brain could handle
Toronto | off the top of its head..."
m...@vex.net | --Steve Summit
My text in this article is in the public domain.
and should be interpreted accordingly. All questions were written
by members of the Misplaced Modifiers, but have been reformatted
and may have been retyped and/or edited by me. I will reveal the
correct answers in about 3 days.
For further information, including an explanation of the """ notation
that may appear in these rounds, see my 2021-07-20 companion posting
on "Reposted Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
* Game 2, Round 4 - Science - Sis-sy Medicine
Please supply the medical term that fits the description and that
ends in -sis. Example: The identification of an illness or disease
by means of a patient's symptoms -- answer, diagnosis.
1. Abnormal hardening of body tissue.
2. Blood poisoning.
3. Withdrawal of blood from a donor's body, removal of one or
more blood components (such as plasma), and transfusion of the
remaining blood back into the donor.
4. The abnormal narrowing of a passage in the body.
5. Involuntary urination.
6. Infectious disease characterized by nodular lesions in the lungs.
7. The transfer of a disease from one part of the body to another,
especially the development of secondary tumors at a distance
from the primary site of cancer.
8. A forecast of the course of a disease or other medical condition.
9. A local coagulation or clotting of the blood in a part of the
circulatory system.
10. Encephalitic disease caused by a bacterium named for an English
surgeon: this kind of food poisoning is often fatal in animals
but not usually in humans.
* Game 2, Round 6 - History - the Portuguese Empire
The empire of the Portuguese was the longest-surviving of the
European colonial empires. Today, its former territories form
part of 49 different sovereign states. These questions deal with
Portugal and its once-vast empire.
1. This Atlantic town at Europe's most southwesterly tip was where
Prince Henry the Navigator lived and presided over Portugal's
Age of Discoveries. It's also the name of Portugal's most
popular beer. Name the town.
2. It is the longest river in the Iberian peninsula. Lisbon sits
upon its estuary. From here, the Portuguese caravels set out
on their voyages of trade and discovery. Name the river.
3. Today it is India's smallest and richest state. Vasco da Gama
visited the place on his first voyage, and it was a Portuguese
colony from 1510 until 1961, when it was unceremoniously annexed
by India. Name the state.
4. Considered the most densely populated region in the world,
it was both the first and the last European colony in China.
The Portuguese negotiated the right to use its harbor in 1535,
and they stuck around until 1999.
5. A hub of the trans-Atlantic slave trade, this African nation was
ruled by the Portuguese for three centuries. In 1975, following
two decades of guerrilla warfare, it declared independence.
However, 25 years of civil war followed that. Over the past
decade it has had the world's fastest-growing GDP, thanks to
massive oil discoveries. Name the African nation.
6. This archipelago of 10 islands off the coast of Africa was
colonized by the Portuguese in the 15th century. It prospered
from the slave trade, making it a target for buccaneers like
Francis Drake. """Today it is""" a parliamentary republic
whose best-known cultural export """is""" singer Cesária Évora.
7. The Portuguese first reached this Japanese fishing village
in 1543. In 1569, a port was built to harbor Portuguese
ships and their cargos of tobacco, baked goods, and textiles.
After the Portuguese were expelled when Catholicism was banned in
Japan, the English and Dutch picked up where they had left off.
Name the city, known as Japan's window on the world.
8. In 1511, the Portuguese captured the strategic port of Malacca,
hoping thereby to win dominance over the South Asian spice trade.
However, they only succeeded in disrupting the old network.
Malacca passed to the Dutch in 1641 and the British in 1824.
In what """present-day""" country """is""" Malacca?
9. When the Royal Family fled Lisbon in 1808 in the face of
Napoleon's invasion of Portugal, they established their court
in this colonial city, thus making it the only European capital
outside of Europe. It remained the capital of the Portuguese
Empire through much of the 19th century. Name the city.
10. Brazil's first capital (until 1763), this northeastern port
city is the center of Afro-Brazilian culture, renowned for its
music, cuisine and colonial architecture. Name it.
--
Mark Brader | "...as many as my brain could handle
Toronto | off the top of its head..."
m...@vex.net | --Steve Summit
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Erland Sommarskog
Aug 4, 2021, 4:09:14 AM8/4/21
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> 2. Blood poisoning.
Sepsis
> * Game 2, Round 6 - History - the Portuguese Empire
>
> 3. Today it is India's smallest and richest state. Vasco da Gama
> visited the place on his first voyage, and it was a Portuguese
> colony from 1510 until 1961, when it was unceremoniously annexed
> by India. Name the state.
Goa
> 4. Considered the most densely populated region in the world,
> it was both the first and the last European colony in China.
> The Portuguese negotiated the right to use its harbor in 1535,
> and they stuck around until 1999.
Macao
> 5. A hub of the trans-Atlantic slave trade, this African nation was
> ruled by the Portuguese for three centuries. In 1975, following
> two decades of guerrilla warfare, it declared independence.
> However, 25 years of civil war followed that. Over the past
> decade it has had the world's fastest-growing GDP, thanks to
> massive oil discoveries. Name the African nation.
Angola
> 6. This archipelago of 10 islands off the coast of Africa was
> colonized by the Portuguese in the 15th century. It prospered
> from the slave trade, making it a target for buccaneers like
> Francis Drake. """Today it is""" a parliamentary republic
> whose best-known cultural export """is""" singer Cesária Évora.
Cabo Verde
> 7. The Portuguese first reached this Japanese fishing village
> in 1543. In 1569, a port was built to harbor Portuguese
> ships and their cargos of tobacco, baked goods, and textiles.
> After the Portuguese were expelled when Catholicism was banned in
> Japan, the English and Dutch picked up where they had left off.
> Name the city, known as Japan's window on the world.
Nagasaki
> 8. In 1511, the Portuguese captured the strategic port of Malacca,
> hoping thereby to win dominance over the South Asian spice trade.
> However, they only succeeded in disrupting the old network.
> Malacca passed to the Dutch in 1641 and the British in 1824.
> In what """present-day""" country """is""" Malacca?
Malaysia
> 9. When the Royal Family fled Lisbon in 1808 in the face of
> Napoleon's invasion of Portugal, they established their court
> in this colonial city, thus making it the only European capital
> outside of Europe. It remained the capital of the Portuguese
> Empire through much of the 19th century. Name the city.
Recife
> 10. Brazil's first capital (until 1763), this northeastern port
> city is the center of Afro-Brazilian culture, renowned for its
> music, cuisine and colonial architecture. Name it.
Recife
Sepsis
> * Game 2, Round 6 - History - the Portuguese Empire
>
> 2. It is the longest river in the Iberian peninsula. Lisbon sits
> upon its estuary. From here, the Portuguese caravels set out
> on their voyages of trade and discovery. Name the river.
Tejo
> upon its estuary. From here, the Portuguese caravels set out
> on their voyages of trade and discovery. Name the river.
> 3. Today it is India's smallest and richest state. Vasco da Gama
> visited the place on his first voyage, and it was a Portuguese
> colony from 1510 until 1961, when it was unceremoniously annexed
> by India. Name the state.
> 4. Considered the most densely populated region in the world,
> it was both the first and the last European colony in China.
> The Portuguese negotiated the right to use its harbor in 1535,
> and they stuck around until 1999.
> 5. A hub of the trans-Atlantic slave trade, this African nation was
> ruled by the Portuguese for three centuries. In 1975, following
> two decades of guerrilla warfare, it declared independence.
> However, 25 years of civil war followed that. Over the past
> decade it has had the world's fastest-growing GDP, thanks to
> massive oil discoveries. Name the African nation.
> 6. This archipelago of 10 islands off the coast of Africa was
> colonized by the Portuguese in the 15th century. It prospered
> from the slave trade, making it a target for buccaneers like
> Francis Drake. """Today it is""" a parliamentary republic
> whose best-known cultural export """is""" singer Cesária Évora.
> 7. The Portuguese first reached this Japanese fishing village
> in 1543. In 1569, a port was built to harbor Portuguese
> ships and their cargos of tobacco, baked goods, and textiles.
> After the Portuguese were expelled when Catholicism was banned in
> Japan, the English and Dutch picked up where they had left off.
> Name the city, known as Japan's window on the world.
> 8. In 1511, the Portuguese captured the strategic port of Malacca,
> hoping thereby to win dominance over the South Asian spice trade.
> However, they only succeeded in disrupting the old network.
> Malacca passed to the Dutch in 1641 and the British in 1824.
> In what """present-day""" country """is""" Malacca?
> 9. When the Royal Family fled Lisbon in 1808 in the face of
> Napoleon's invasion of Portugal, they established their court
> in this colonial city, thus making it the only European capital
> outside of Europe. It remained the capital of the Portuguese
> Empire through much of the 19th century. Name the city.
> 10. Brazil's first capital (until 1763), this northeastern port
> city is the center of Afro-Brazilian culture, renowned for its
> music, cuisine and colonial architecture. Name it.
Dan Blum
Aug 4, 2021, 9:20:47 AM8/4/21
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> 4. The abnormal narrowing of a passage in the body.
stenosis
> 6. Infectious disease characterized by nodular lesions in the lungs.
> 7. The transfer of a disease from one part of the body to another,
> especially the development of secondary tumors at a distance
> from the primary site of cancer.
> 8. A forecast of the course of a disease or other medical condition.
> 9. A local coagulation or clotting of the blood in a part of the
> circulatory system.
> 10. Encephalitic disease caused by a bacterium named for an English
> surgeon: this kind of food poisoning is often fatal in animals
> but not usually in humans.
> * Game 2, Round 6 - History - the Portuguese Empire
> 2. It is the longest river in the Iberian peninsula. Lisbon sits
> upon its estuary. From here, the Portuguese caravels set out
> on their voyages of trade and discovery. Name the river.
Tagus
> upon its estuary. From here, the Portuguese caravels set out
> on their voyages of trade and discovery. Name the river.
> 3. Today it is India's smallest and richest state. Vasco da Gama
> visited the place on his first voyage, and it was a Portuguese
> colony from 1510 until 1961, when it was unceremoniously annexed
> by India. Name the state.
> 4. Considered the most densely populated region in the world,
> it was both the first and the last European colony in China.
> The Portuguese negotiated the right to use its harbor in 1535,
> and they stuck around until 1999.
> 5. A hub of the trans-Atlantic slave trade, this African nation was
> ruled by the Portuguese for three centuries. In 1975, following
> two decades of guerrilla warfare, it declared independence.
> However, 25 years of civil war followed that. Over the past
> decade it has had the world's fastest-growing GDP, thanks to
> massive oil discoveries. Name the African nation.
> 6. This archipelago of 10 islands off the coast of Africa was
> colonized by the Portuguese in the 15th century. It prospered
> from the slave trade, making it a target for buccaneers like
> Francis Drake. """Today it is""" a parliamentary republic
Cape Verde; Sao Tome e Principe
> 7. The Portuguese first reached this Japanese fishing village
> in 1543. In 1569, a port was built to harbor Portuguese
> ships and their cargos of tobacco, baked goods, and textiles.
> After the Portuguese were expelled when Catholicism was banned in
> Japan, the English and Dutch picked up where they had left off.
> Name the city, known as Japan's window on the world.
> 8. In 1511, the Portuguese captured the strategic port of Malacca,
> hoping thereby to win dominance over the South Asian spice trade.
> However, they only succeeded in disrupting the old network.
> Malacca passed to the Dutch in 1641 and the British in 1824.
> In what """present-day""" country """is""" Malacca?
> 9. When the Royal Family fled Lisbon in 1808 in the face of
> Napoleon's invasion of Portugal, they established their court
> in this colonial city, thus making it the only European capital
> outside of Europe. It remained the capital of the Portuguese
> Empire through much of the 19th century. Name the city.
> 10. Brazil's first capital (until 1763), this northeastern port
> city is the center of Afro-Brazilian culture, renowned for its
> music, cuisine and colonial architecture. Name it.
--
_______________________________________________________________________
Dan Blum to...@panix.com
"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
bbowler
Aug 4, 2021, 2:49:21 PM8/4/21
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On Tue, 03 Aug 2021 23:36:50 -0500, Mark Brader wrote:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2011-05-16, and
> should be interpreted accordingly. All questions were written by
> members of the Misplaced Modifiers, but have been reformatted and may
> have been retyped and/or edited by me. I will reveal the correct
> answers in about 3 days.
>
> For further information, including an explanation of the """ notation
> that may appear in these rounds, see my 2021-07-20 companion posting on
> "Reposted Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
>
>
> * Game 2, Round 4 - Science - Sis-sy Medicine
>
> Please supply the medical term that fits the description and that ends
> in -sis. Example: The identification of an illness or disease by means
> of a patient's symptoms -- answer, diagnosis.
>
> 1. Abnormal hardening of body tissue.
>
> 2. Blood poisoning.
Sepsis
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2011-05-16, and
> should be interpreted accordingly. All questions were written by
> members of the Misplaced Modifiers, but have been reformatted and may
> have been retyped and/or edited by me. I will reveal the correct
> answers in about 3 days.
>
> For further information, including an explanation of the """ notation
> that may appear in these rounds, see my 2021-07-20 companion posting on
> "Reposted Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
>
>
> * Game 2, Round 4 - Science - Sis-sy Medicine
>
> Please supply the medical term that fits the description and that ends
> in -sis. Example: The identification of an illness or disease by means
> of a patient's symptoms -- answer, diagnosis.
>
> 1. Abnormal hardening of body tissue.
>
> 2. Blood poisoning.
> 3. Withdrawal of blood from a donor's body, removal of one or
> more blood components (such as plasma), and transfusion of the
> remaining blood back into the donor.
> 4. The abnormal narrowing of a passage in the body.
> 5. Involuntary urination.
Enuresis
> 6. Infectious disease characterized by nodular lesions in the lungs.
>
> 7. The transfer of a disease from one part of the body to another,
> especially the development of secondary tumors at a distance from the
> primary site of cancer.
>
> 8. A forecast of the course of a disease or other medical condition.
>
> 9. A local coagulation or clotting of the blood in a part of the
> circulatory system.
>
> 10. Encephalitic disease caused by a bacterium named for an English
> surgeon: this kind of food poisoning is often fatal in animals but
> not usually in humans.
>
>
> * Game 2, Round 6 - History - the Portuguese Empire
>
> The empire of the Portuguese was the longest-surviving of the European
> colonial empires. Today, its former territories form part of 49
> different sovereign states. These questions deal with Portugal and its
> once-vast empire.
>
> 1. This Atlantic town at Europe's most southwesterly tip was where
> Prince Henry the Navigator lived and presided over Portugal's Age of
> Discoveries. It's also the name of Portugal's most popular beer.
> Name the town.
>
> 2. It is the longest river in the Iberian peninsula. Lisbon sits
> upon its estuary. From here, the Portuguese caravels set out on
> their voyages of trade and discovery. Name the river.
> 3. Today it is India's smallest and richest state. Vasco da Gama
> visited the place on his first voyage, and it was a Portuguese colony
> from 1510 until 1961, when it was unceremoniously annexed by India.
> Name the state.
> 4. Considered the most densely populated region in the world,
> it was both the first and the last European colony in China.
> The Portuguese negotiated the right to use its harbor in 1535, and
> they stuck around until 1999.
> 5. A hub of the trans-Atlantic slave trade, this African nation was
> ruled by the Portuguese for three centuries. In 1975, following two
> decades of guerrilla warfare, it declared independence. However, 25
> years of civil war followed that. Over the past decade it has had
> the world's fastest-growing GDP, thanks to massive oil discoveries.
> Name the African nation.
>
> 6. This archipelago of 10 islands off the coast of Africa was
> colonized by the Portuguese in the 15th century. It prospered from
> the slave trade, making it a target for buccaneers like Francis
> Drake. """Today it is""" a parliamentary republic whose best-known
> cultural export """is""" singer Cesária Évora.
Pete Gayde
Aug 4, 2021, 9:21:31 PM8/4/21
to
Mark Brader wrote:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2011-05-16,
> and should be interpreted accordingly. All questions were written
> by members of the Misplaced Modifiers, but have been reformatted
> and may have been retyped and/or edited by me. I will reveal the
> correct answers in about 3 days.
>
> For further information, including an explanation of the """ notation
> that may appear in these rounds, see my 2021-07-20 companion posting
> on "Reposted Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
>
>
> * Game 2, Round 4 - Science - Sis-sy Medicine
>
> Please supply the medical term that fits the description and that
> ends in -sis. Example: The identification of an illness or disease
> by means of a patient's symptoms -- answer, diagnosis.
>
> 1. Abnormal hardening of body tissue.
>
> 2. Blood poisoning.
>
> 3. Withdrawal of blood from a donor's body, removal of one or
> more blood components (such as plasma), and transfusion of the
> remaining blood back into the donor.
Apheresis
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2011-05-16,
> and should be interpreted accordingly. All questions were written
> by members of the Misplaced Modifiers, but have been reformatted
> and may have been retyped and/or edited by me. I will reveal the
> correct answers in about 3 days.
>
> For further information, including an explanation of the """ notation
> that may appear in these rounds, see my 2021-07-20 companion posting
> on "Reposted Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
>
>
> * Game 2, Round 4 - Science - Sis-sy Medicine
>
> Please supply the medical term that fits the description and that
> ends in -sis. Example: The identification of an illness or disease
> by means of a patient's symptoms -- answer, diagnosis.
>
> 1. Abnormal hardening of body tissue.
>
> 2. Blood poisoning.
>
> 3. Withdrawal of blood from a donor's body, removal of one or
> more blood components (such as plasma), and transfusion of the
> remaining blood back into the donor.
>
> 4. The abnormal narrowing of a passage in the body.
>
> 5. Involuntary urination.
>
> 6. Infectious disease characterized by nodular lesions in the lungs.
>
> 7. The transfer of a disease from one part of the body to another,
> especially the development of secondary tumors at a distance
> from the primary site of cancer.
>
> 8. A forecast of the course of a disease or other medical condition.
>
> 9. A local coagulation or clotting of the blood in a part of the
> circulatory system.
>
> 10. Encephalitic disease caused by a bacterium named for an English
> surgeon: this kind of food poisoning is often fatal in animals
> but not usually in humans.
>
>
> * Game 2, Round 6 - History - the Portuguese Empire
>
> The empire of the Portuguese was the longest-surviving of the
> European colonial empires. Today, its former territories form
> part of 49 different sovereign states. These questions deal with
> Portugal and its once-vast empire.
>
> 1. This Atlantic town at Europe's most southwesterly tip was where
> Prince Henry the Navigator lived and presided over Portugal's
> Age of Discoveries. It's also the name of Portugal's most
> popular beer. Name the town.
>
> 2. It is the longest river in the Iberian peninsula. Lisbon sits
> upon its estuary. From here, the Portuguese caravels set out
> on their voyages of trade and discovery. Name the river.
>
> 3. Today it is India's smallest and richest state. Vasco da Gama
> visited the place on his first voyage, and it was a Portuguese
> colony from 1510 until 1961, when it was unceremoniously annexed
> by India. Name the state.
>
> 4. Considered the most densely populated region in the world,
> it was both the first and the last European colony in China.
> The Portuguese negotiated the right to use its harbor in 1535,
> and they stuck around until 1999.
>
> 5. A hub of the trans-Atlantic slave trade, this African nation was
> ruled by the Portuguese for three centuries. In 1975, following
> two decades of guerrilla warfare, it declared independence.
> However, 25 years of civil war followed that. Over the past
> decade it has had the world's fastest-growing GDP, thanks to
> massive oil discoveries. Name the African nation.
>
> 6. This archipelago of 10 islands off the coast of Africa was
> colonized by the Portuguese in the 15th century. It prospered
> from the slave trade, making it a target for buccaneers like
> Francis Drake. """Today it is""" a parliamentary republic
> whose best-known cultural export """is""" singer Cesária Évora.
>
> 7. The Portuguese first reached this Japanese fishing village
> in 1543. In 1569, a port was built to harbor Portuguese
> ships and their cargos of tobacco, baked goods, and textiles.
> After the Portuguese were expelled when Catholicism was banned in
> Japan, the English and Dutch picked up where they had left off.
> Name the city, known as Japan's window on the world.
>
> 8. In 1511, the Portuguese captured the strategic port of Malacca,
> hoping thereby to win dominance over the South Asian spice trade.
> However, they only succeeded in disrupting the old network.
> Malacca passed to the Dutch in 1641 and the British in 1824.
> In what """present-day""" country """is""" Malacca?
>
> 9. When the Royal Family fled Lisbon in 1808 in the face of
> Napoleon's invasion of Portugal, they established their court
> in this colonial city, thus making it the only European capital
> outside of Europe. It remained the capital of the Portuguese
> Empire through much of the 19th century. Name the city.
>
> 10. Brazil's first capital (until 1763), this northeastern port
> city is the center of Afro-Brazilian culture, renowned for its
> music, cuisine and colonial architecture. Name it.
>
Pete Gayde
Joshua Kreitzer
Aug 5, 2021, 1:11:50 AM8/5/21
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m...@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:LvCdnY_MQbH_hJf8nZ2dnUU7-
QPN...@giganews.com:
> * Game 2, Round 4 - Science - Sis-sy Medicine
>
> Please supply the medical term that fits the description and that
> ends in -sis. Example: The identification of an illness or disease
> by means of a patient's symptoms -- answer, diagnosis.
>
> * Game 2, Round 6 - History - the Portuguese Empire
>
> The empire of the Portuguese was the longest-surviving of the
> European colonial empires. Today, its former territories form
> part of 49 different sovereign states. These questions deal with
> Portugal and its once-vast empire.
>
> 4. Considered the most densely populated region in the world,
> it was both the first and the last European colony in China.
> The Portuguese negotiated the right to use its harbor in 1535,
> and they stuck around until 1999.
Macau
> 5. A hub of the trans-Atlantic slave trade, this African nation was
> ruled by the Portuguese for three centuries. In 1975, following
> two decades of guerrilla warfare, it declared independence.
> However, 25 years of civil war followed that. Over the past
> decade it has had the world's fastest-growing GDP, thanks to
> massive oil discoveries. Name the African nation.
Angola
> 6. This archipelago of 10 islands off the coast of Africa was
> colonized by the Portuguese in the 15th century. It prospered
> from the slave trade, making it a target for buccaneers like
> Francis Drake. """Today it is""" a parliamentary republic
> whose best-known cultural export """is""" singer Cesária Évora.
Cabo Verde
> 8. In 1511, the Portuguese captured the strategic port of Malacca,
> hoping thereby to win dominance over the South Asian spice trade.
> However, they only succeeded in disrupting the old network.
> Malacca passed to the Dutch in 1641 and the British in 1824.
> In what """present-day""" country """is""" Malacca?
Indonesia
> 9. When the Royal Family fled Lisbon in 1808 in the face of
> Napoleon's invasion of Portugal, they established their court
> in this colonial city, thus making it the only European capital
> outside of Europe. It remained the capital of the Portuguese
> Empire through much of the 19th century. Name the city.
Rio de Janeiro
> 10. Brazil's first capital (until 1763), this northeastern port
> city is the center of Afro-Brazilian culture, renowned for its
> music, cuisine and colonial architecture. Name it.
Belem
--
Joshua Kreitzer
grom...@hotmail.com
QPN...@giganews.com:
> * Game 2, Round 4 - Science - Sis-sy Medicine
>
> Please supply the medical term that fits the description and that
> ends in -sis. Example: The identification of an illness or disease
> by means of a patient's symptoms -- answer, diagnosis.
>
> 8. A forecast of the course of a disease or other medical condition.
prognosis
> * Game 2, Round 6 - History - the Portuguese Empire
>
> The empire of the Portuguese was the longest-surviving of the
> European colonial empires. Today, its former territories form
> part of 49 different sovereign states. These questions deal with
> Portugal and its once-vast empire.
>
> 3. Today it is India's smallest and richest state. Vasco da Gama
> visited the place on his first voyage, and it was a Portuguese
> colony from 1510 until 1961, when it was unceremoniously annexed
> by India. Name the state.
Goa
> visited the place on his first voyage, and it was a Portuguese
> colony from 1510 until 1961, when it was unceremoniously annexed
> by India. Name the state.
> 4. Considered the most densely populated region in the world,
> it was both the first and the last European colony in China.
> The Portuguese negotiated the right to use its harbor in 1535,
> and they stuck around until 1999.
> 5. A hub of the trans-Atlantic slave trade, this African nation was
> ruled by the Portuguese for three centuries. In 1975, following
> two decades of guerrilla warfare, it declared independence.
> However, 25 years of civil war followed that. Over the past
> decade it has had the world's fastest-growing GDP, thanks to
> massive oil discoveries. Name the African nation.
> 6. This archipelago of 10 islands off the coast of Africa was
> colonized by the Portuguese in the 15th century. It prospered
> from the slave trade, making it a target for buccaneers like
> Francis Drake. """Today it is""" a parliamentary republic
> whose best-known cultural export """is""" singer Cesária Évora.
> 8. In 1511, the Portuguese captured the strategic port of Malacca,
> hoping thereby to win dominance over the South Asian spice trade.
> However, they only succeeded in disrupting the old network.
> Malacca passed to the Dutch in 1641 and the British in 1824.
> In what """present-day""" country """is""" Malacca?
> 9. When the Royal Family fled Lisbon in 1808 in the face of
> Napoleon's invasion of Portugal, they established their court
> in this colonial city, thus making it the only European capital
> outside of Europe. It remained the capital of the Portuguese
> Empire through much of the 19th century. Name the city.
> 10. Brazil's first capital (until 1763), this northeastern port
> city is the center of Afro-Brazilian culture, renowned for its
> music, cuisine and colonial architecture. Name it.
--
Joshua Kreitzer
grom...@hotmail.com
Dan Tilque
Aug 5, 2021, 1:22:45 AM8/5/21
to
On 8/3/21 9:36 PM, Mark Brader wrote:
>
>
> * Game 2, Round 4 - Science - Sis-sy Medicine
>
> Please supply the medical term that fits the description and that
> ends in -sis. Example: The identification of an illness or disease
> by means of a patient's symptoms -- answer, diagnosis.
>
> 1. Abnormal hardening of body tissue.
>
> 2. Blood poisoning.
sepsis
>
>
> * Game 2, Round 4 - Science - Sis-sy Medicine
>
> Please supply the medical term that fits the description and that
> ends in -sis. Example: The identification of an illness or disease
> by means of a patient's symptoms -- answer, diagnosis.
>
> 1. Abnormal hardening of body tissue.
>
> 2. Blood poisoning.
>
> 3. Withdrawal of blood from a donor's body, removal of one or
> more blood components (such as plasma), and transfusion of the
> remaining blood back into the donor.
>
> 4. The abnormal narrowing of a passage in the body.
>
> 5. Involuntary urination.
>
> 6. Infectious disease characterized by nodular lesions in the lungs.
>
> 7. The transfer of a disease from one part of the body to another,
> especially the development of secondary tumors at a distance
> from the primary site of cancer.
>
> 8. A forecast of the course of a disease or other medical condition.
>
> 9. A local coagulation or clotting of the blood in a part of the
> circulatory system.
>
> 10. Encephalitic disease caused by a bacterium named for an English
> surgeon: this kind of food poisoning is often fatal in animals
> but not usually in humans.
>
>
> * Game 2, Round 6 - History - the Portuguese Empire
>
> The empire of the Portuguese was the longest-surviving of the
> European colonial empires. Today, its former territories form
> part of 49 different sovereign states. These questions deal with
> Portugal and its once-vast empire.
>
> 1. This Atlantic town at Europe's most southwesterly tip was where
> Prince Henry the Navigator lived and presided over Portugal's
> Age of Discoveries. It's also the name of Portugal's most
> popular beer. Name the town.
>
> 2. It is the longest river in the Iberian peninsula. Lisbon sits
> upon its estuary. From here, the Portuguese caravels set out
> on their voyages of trade and discovery. Name the river.
>
> 3. Today it is India's smallest and richest state. Vasco da Gama
> visited the place on his first voyage, and it was a Portuguese
> colony from 1510 until 1961, when it was unceremoniously annexed
> by India. Name the state.
>
> 4. Considered the most densely populated region in the world,
> it was both the first and the last European colony in China.
> The Portuguese negotiated the right to use its harbor in 1535,
> and they stuck around until 1999.
>
> 5. A hub of the trans-Atlantic slave trade, this African nation was
> ruled by the Portuguese for three centuries. In 1975, following
> two decades of guerrilla warfare, it declared independence.
> However, 25 years of civil war followed that. Over the past
> decade it has had the world's fastest-growing GDP, thanks to
> massive oil discoveries. Name the African nation.
>
> 6. This archipelago of 10 islands off the coast of Africa was
> colonized by the Portuguese in the 15th century. It prospered
> from the slave trade, making it a target for buccaneers like
> Francis Drake. """Today it is""" a parliamentary republic
> whose best-known cultural export """is""" singer Cesária Évora.
>
> 7. The Portuguese first reached this Japanese fishing village
> in 1543. In 1569, a port was built to harbor Portuguese
> ships and their cargos of tobacco, baked goods, and textiles.
> After the Portuguese were expelled when Catholicism was banned in
> Japan, the English and Dutch picked up where they had left off.
> Name the city, known as Japan's window on the world.
>
> 8. In 1511, the Portuguese captured the strategic port of Malacca,
> hoping thereby to win dominance over the South Asian spice trade.
> However, they only succeeded in disrupting the old network.
> Malacca passed to the Dutch in 1641 and the British in 1824.
> In what """present-day""" country """is""" Malacca?
>
> 9. When the Royal Family fled Lisbon in 1808 in the face of
> Napoleon's invasion of Portugal, they established their court
> in this colonial city, thus making it the only European capital
> outside of Europe. It remained the capital of the Portuguese
> Empire through much of the 19th century. Name the city.
>
> 10. Brazil's first capital (until 1763), this northeastern port
> city is the center of Afro-Brazilian culture, renowned for its
> music, cuisine and colonial architecture. Name it.
--
Dan Tilque
Mark Brader
Aug 7, 2021, 2:51:48 AM8/7/21
to
Mark Brader:
> 2. Blood poisoning.
Sepsis. 4 for Erland, Bruce, and Dan Tilque.
> 3. Withdrawal of blood from a donor's body, removal of one or
> more blood components (such as plasma), and transfusion of the
> remaining blood back into the donor.
Apheresis or pheresis. 4 for Bruce and Pete.
> 4. The abnormal narrowing of a passage in the body.
Stenosis. 4 for Dan Blum and Bruce.
> 5. Involuntary urination.
Enuresis. 4 for Bruce.
> 6. Infectious disease characterized by nodular lesions in the lungs.
Tuberculosis or phthisis. 4 for Dan Blum.
> 7. The transfer of a disease from one part of the body to another,
> especially the development of secondary tumors at a distance
> from the primary site of cancer.
Metastasis. 4 for Dan Blum and Dan Tilque.
> 8. A forecast of the course of a disease or other medical condition.
Prognosis. 4 for Dan Blum, Pete, Joshua, and Dan Tilque.
> 9. A local coagulation or clotting of the blood in a part of the
> circulatory system.
Thrombosis. 4 for Pete and Dan Tilque.
> 10. Encephalitic disease caused by a bacterium named for an English
> surgeon: this kind of food poisoning is often fatal in animals
> but not usually in humans.
Listeriosis. 4 for Dan Blum.
> * Game 2, Round 6 - History - the Portuguese Empire
> The empire of the Portuguese was the longest-surviving of the
> European colonial empires. Today, its former territories form
> part of 49 different sovereign states. These questions deal with
> Portugal and its once-vast empire.
Sorry, I should have written """Today""" there. But in fact I don't
think any relevant borders have changed since 2011 anyway.
> 1. This Atlantic town at Europe's most southwesterly tip was where
> Prince Henry the Navigator lived and presided over Portugal's
> Age of Discoveries. It's also the name of Portugal's most
> popular beer. Name the town.
Sagres ["sa-gresh"].
> 2. It is the longest river in the Iberian peninsula. Lisbon sits
> upon its estuary. From here, the Portuguese caravels set out
> on their voyages of trade and discovery. Name the river.
Tagus (Tejo). 4 for Erland and Dan Blum.
> 3. Today it is India's smallest and richest state. Vasco da Gama
> visited the place on his first voyage, and it was a Portuguese
> colony from 1510 until 1961, when it was unceremoniously annexed
> by India. Name the state.
Goa. 4 for everyone -- Erland, Dan Blum, Bruce, Pete, Joshua,
and Dan Tilque.
> 4. Considered the most densely populated region in the world,
> it was both the first and the last European colony in China.
> The Portuguese negotiated the right to use its harbor in 1535,
> and they stuck around until 1999.
Macau. 4 for everyone.
> 5. A hub of the trans-Atlantic slave trade, this African nation was
> ruled by the Portuguese for three centuries. In 1975, following
> two decades of guerrilla warfare, it declared independence.
> However, 25 years of civil war followed that. Over the past
> decade it has had the world's fastest-growing GDP, thanks to
> massive oil discoveries. Name the African nation.
Angola. 4 for Erland, Dan Blum, Joshua, and Dan Tilque.
> 6. This archipelago of 10 islands off the coast of Africa was
> colonized by the Portuguese in the 15th century. It prospered
> from the slave trade, making it a target for buccaneers like
> Francis Drake. """Today it is""" a parliamentary republic
> whose best-known cultural export """is""" singer Cesária Évora.
Cape Verde (Cabo Verde). 4 for Erland, Joshua, and Dan Tilque.
3 for Dan Blum.
Still true, except that Évora died at age 70 just before
I posted this round in 2011.
> 7. The Portuguese first reached this Japanese fishing village
> in 1543. In 1569, a port was built to harbor Portuguese
> ships and their cargos of tobacco, baked goods, and textiles.
> After the Portuguese were expelled when Catholicism was banned in
> Japan, the English and Dutch picked up where they had left off.
> Name the city, known as Japan's window on the world.
Nagasaki. 4 for Erland and Dan Tilque.
> 8. In 1511, the Portuguese captured the strategic port of Malacca,
> hoping thereby to win dominance over the South Asian spice trade.
> However, they only succeeded in disrupting the old network.
> Malacca passed to the Dutch in 1641 and the British in 1824.
> In what """present-day""" country """is""" Malacca?
Malaysia. (Still true.) 4 for Erland and Dan Tilque. 2 for Dan Blum
and Pete.
> 9. When the Royal Family fled Lisbon in 1808 in the face of
> Napoleon's invasion of Portugal, they established their court
> in this colonial city, thus making it the only European capital
> outside of Europe. It remained the capital of the Portuguese
> Empire through much of the 19th century. Name the city.
Rio de Janeiro. 4 for Joshua and Dan Tilque. 2 for Dan Blum.
> 10. Brazil's first capital (until 1763), this northeastern port
> city is the center of Afro-Brazilian culture, renowned for its
> music, cuisine and colonial architecture. Name it.
Salvador (or Salvador de Bahia), in Bahia state. 2 for Pete.
Scores, if there are no errors:
GAME 2 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 TOTALS
TOPICS-> Mis Ent Sci His
Joshua Kreitzer 28 28 4 20 80
Dan Blum 20 16 20 23 79
Dan Tilque 12 4 16 28 60
Erland Sommarskog 12 4 4 28 48
Pete Gayde -- -- 12 12 24
Bruce Bowler -- -- 16 8 24
--
Mark Brader | "And don't forget there were five separate computers
m...@vex.net | in those days."
Toronto | -- Bob NE20G3018 (Ira Levin, "This Perfect Day")
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2011-05-16,
> and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information...
> see my 2021-07-20 companion posting on "Reposted Questions from
> the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
> * Game 2, Round 4 - Science - Sis-sy Medicine
> Please supply the medical term that fits the description and that
> ends in -sis. Example: The identification of an illness or disease
> by means of a patient's symptoms -- answer, diagnosis.
> 1. Abnormal hardening of body tissue.
Sclerosis.
> the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
> * Game 2, Round 4 - Science - Sis-sy Medicine
> Please supply the medical term that fits the description and that
> ends in -sis. Example: The identification of an illness or disease
> by means of a patient's symptoms -- answer, diagnosis.
> 1. Abnormal hardening of body tissue.
> 2. Blood poisoning.
Sepsis. 4 for Erland, Bruce, and Dan Tilque.
> 3. Withdrawal of blood from a donor's body, removal of one or
> more blood components (such as plasma), and transfusion of the
> remaining blood back into the donor.
> 4. The abnormal narrowing of a passage in the body.
> 5. Involuntary urination.
Enuresis. 4 for Bruce.
> 6. Infectious disease characterized by nodular lesions in the lungs.
> 7. The transfer of a disease from one part of the body to another,
> especially the development of secondary tumors at a distance
> from the primary site of cancer.
> 8. A forecast of the course of a disease or other medical condition.
> 9. A local coagulation or clotting of the blood in a part of the
> circulatory system.
> 10. Encephalitic disease caused by a bacterium named for an English
> surgeon: this kind of food poisoning is often fatal in animals
> but not usually in humans.
> * Game 2, Round 6 - History - the Portuguese Empire
> The empire of the Portuguese was the longest-surviving of the
> European colonial empires. Today, its former territories form
> part of 49 different sovereign states. These questions deal with
> Portugal and its once-vast empire.
think any relevant borders have changed since 2011 anyway.
> 1. This Atlantic town at Europe's most southwesterly tip was where
> Prince Henry the Navigator lived and presided over Portugal's
> Age of Discoveries. It's also the name of Portugal's most
> popular beer. Name the town.
> 2. It is the longest river in the Iberian peninsula. Lisbon sits
> upon its estuary. From here, the Portuguese caravels set out
> on their voyages of trade and discovery. Name the river.
> 3. Today it is India's smallest and richest state. Vasco da Gama
> visited the place on his first voyage, and it was a Portuguese
> colony from 1510 until 1961, when it was unceremoniously annexed
> by India. Name the state.
and Dan Tilque.
> 4. Considered the most densely populated region in the world,
> it was both the first and the last European colony in China.
> The Portuguese negotiated the right to use its harbor in 1535,
> and they stuck around until 1999.
> 5. A hub of the trans-Atlantic slave trade, this African nation was
> ruled by the Portuguese for three centuries. In 1975, following
> two decades of guerrilla warfare, it declared independence.
> However, 25 years of civil war followed that. Over the past
> decade it has had the world's fastest-growing GDP, thanks to
> massive oil discoveries. Name the African nation.
> 6. This archipelago of 10 islands off the coast of Africa was
> colonized by the Portuguese in the 15th century. It prospered
> from the slave trade, making it a target for buccaneers like
> Francis Drake. """Today it is""" a parliamentary republic
> whose best-known cultural export """is""" singer Cesária Évora.
3 for Dan Blum.
Still true, except that Évora died at age 70 just before
I posted this round in 2011.
> 7. The Portuguese first reached this Japanese fishing village
> in 1543. In 1569, a port was built to harbor Portuguese
> ships and their cargos of tobacco, baked goods, and textiles.
> After the Portuguese were expelled when Catholicism was banned in
> Japan, the English and Dutch picked up where they had left off.
> Name the city, known as Japan's window on the world.
> 8. In 1511, the Portuguese captured the strategic port of Malacca,
> hoping thereby to win dominance over the South Asian spice trade.
> However, they only succeeded in disrupting the old network.
> Malacca passed to the Dutch in 1641 and the British in 1824.
> In what """present-day""" country """is""" Malacca?
and Pete.
> 9. When the Royal Family fled Lisbon in 1808 in the face of
> Napoleon's invasion of Portugal, they established their court
> in this colonial city, thus making it the only European capital
> outside of Europe. It remained the capital of the Portuguese
> Empire through much of the 19th century. Name the city.
> 10. Brazil's first capital (until 1763), this northeastern port
> city is the center of Afro-Brazilian culture, renowned for its
> music, cuisine and colonial architecture. Name it.
Scores, if there are no errors:
GAME 2 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 TOTALS
TOPICS-> Mis Ent Sci His
Joshua Kreitzer 28 28 4 20 80
Dan Blum 20 16 20 23 79
Dan Tilque 12 4 16 28 60
Erland Sommarskog 12 4 4 28 48
Pete Gayde -- -- 12 12 24
Bruce Bowler -- -- 16 8 24
--
Mark Brader | "And don't forget there were five separate computers
m...@vex.net | in those days."
Toronto | -- Bob NE20G3018 (Ira Levin, "This Perfect Day")
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