* Game 2, Round 1 - Current Events (excerpt)
Answer these 2013 questions if you like for fun, but for no points.
2. Who replaced Hillary Clinton as the US secretary of state
last week?
* Game 2, Round 2 - Science - Drugs from Plants or Animals
About 50% of the prescription drugs used """today""" were originally extracted from plant or animal sources.
1. Aspirin or ASA was originally extracted from which plant source?
3. Premarin is an estrogen-containing drug that that was one
of the first to treat symptoms of menopause also called hormone
replacement therapy or HRT. When it was first introduced to
the market, it was extracted from what?
4. Penicillin was the first antibiotic and played a major role
in ending the reign of infectious diseases as the leading cause
of death. Penicillin was discovered in 1928 by Scottish doctor
Alexander Fleming. He discovered and isolated it from a common
contaminant of his bacterial cultures. What contaminant?
5. In the 1890s scientists at Bayer discovered and marketed
a powerful painkiller that competed with Aspirin. This drug,
extracted from a common red flower, had a trademarked name: what?
6. One of the most potent nerve toxins known to mankind has killed
millions of people who have eaten spoiled food contaminated with
the bacteria that produce this toxin. This nerve toxin has
been purified and is used routinely today in medical clinics.
What is the trademarked name of this drug?
7. A chemical found in the bark of the cinchona tree was used
by Quechua Indians of Peru and Bolivia to fight infection by
the malaria parasite. British colonials in India added it
to a medicinal water to fight malaria, and combined it with a
little gin to moderate the taste -- the origin of gin-and-tonic.
This drug is still an important anti-malarial today. What is it?
After completing the round, please decode the rot13: Vs nal fbhepr
lbh zragvbarq jnf yvzvgrq gb n fcrpvsvp traqre bs cynag be navzny,
lbh zhfg anzr gung traqre. Vs nal fbhepr lbh zragvbarq vf hevar,
lbh zhfg anzr gur fcrpvrf cebqhpvat vg. Naq vs nal fbhepr lbh
zragvbarq vf zbyq, lbh zhfg fnl jung xvaq. Cyrnfr tb onpx naq
svyy va gur zvffvat arprffnel qrgnvyf.
* Game 2, Round 3 - Canadiana Geography - Toronto Streets
* Game 2, Round 1 - Current Events (excerpt)
Answer these 2013 questions if you like for fun, but for no points.
1. Which film won the top honor for best overall cast performance
at the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) awards last week?
2. Who replaced Hillary Clinton as the US secretary of state
last week?
* Game 2, Round 2 - Science - Drugs from Plants or Animals
About 50% of the prescription drugs used """today""" were originally extracted from plant or animal sources.
1. Aspirin or ASA was originally extracted from which plant source?
2. Taxol, also known by its generic name paclitaxel, is one of the
most important cancer drugs. Discovered at the National Cancer
Institute in the US in 1962, it was launched by Bristol Myers
in 1992. For the first 20 years of its development it could
only be obtained from the bark and leaves of which tree?
3. Premarin is an estrogen-containing drug that that was one
of the first to treat symptoms of menopause also called hormone
replacement therapy or HRT. When it was first introduced to
the market, it was extracted from what?
4. Penicillin was the first antibiotic and played a major role
in ending the reign of infectious diseases as the leading cause
of death. Penicillin was discovered in 1928 by Scottish doctor
Alexander Fleming. He discovered and isolated it from a common
contaminant of his bacterial cultures. What contaminant?
5. In the 1890s scientists at Bayer discovered and marketed
a powerful painkiller that competed with Aspirin. This drug,
extracted from a common red flower, had a trademarked name: what?
6. One of the most potent nerve toxins known to mankind has killed
millions of people who have eaten spoiled food contaminated with
the bacteria that produce this toxin. This nerve toxin has
been purified and is used routinely today in medical clinics.
What is the trademarked name of this drug?
7. A chemical found in the bark of the cinchona tree was used
by Quechua Indians of Peru and Bolivia to fight infection by
the malaria parasite. British colonials in India added it
to a medicinal water to fight malaria, and combined it with a
little gin to moderate the taste -- the origin of gin-and-tonic.
This drug is still an important anti-malarial today. What is it?
8. Hockey celebrity Don Cherry """swears by""" ColdFX. This product
was a groundbreaking over-the-counter cold medicine, since it
was the first natural health product sold in Canada to back up
its claims with proper clinical trials carried out at university
hospitals. ColdFX is actually an extract of which plant?
9. The fertility drugs Menotropin, Menupur, and Repronex contain
follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) to stimulate maturation
of eggs and ovulation in women having difficulty in becoming
pregnant. The FSH in these drugs until relatively recently
was commercialy obtained from what source?
10. Galantamine is a drug used to treat the early stages of
Alzheimer's disease. It was discovered in the 1950s in Bulgaria
and was produced from the bulbs of which plant family?
After completing the round, please decode the rot13: Vs nal fbhepr
lbh zragvbarq jnf yvzvgrq gb n fcrpvsvp traqre bs cynag be navzny,
lbh zhfg anzr gung traqre. Vs nal fbhepr lbh zragvbarq vf hevar,
lbh zhfg anzr gur fcrpvrf cebqhpvat vg. Naq vs nal fbhepr lbh
zragvbarq vf zbyq, lbh zhfg fnl jung xvaq. Cyrnfr tb onpx naq
svyy va gur zvffvat arprffnel qrgnvyf.
* Game 2, Round 3 - Canadiana Geography - Toronto Streets
This round is about Toronto streets that flow directly into
another street.
1. Where does Bloor St. E. change into Danforth Av.?
2. Carlton St. changes into what street at Yonge St.?
3. Davenport Rd. changes into what street at Yonge?
4. York Mills Rd. changes into what avenue at Yonge?
5. Traveling east, Eastern Av. ends by curving to become which road?
6. Near which major cross avenue does Danforth Rd. merge into
McCowan Rd.?
7. Traveling east, Lake Shore Blvd. E. ends by curving to become
which avenue?
8. Traveling northbound on Beverly St., it changes to become what
street at College St.?
9. Traveling south on Mt. Pleasant Rd., just after crossing
Bloor St. this road merges into what street continuing south?
10. Traveling westbound on Front St. E., the street splits into two
at Church St. Front becomes one-way eastbound, and what street
takes the westbound traffic?
* Game 2, Round 1 - Current Events (excerpt)
2. Who replaced Hillary Clinton as the US secretary of state
last week?
* Game 2, Round 2 - Science - Drugs from Plants or Animals
1. Aspirin or ASA was originally extracted from which plant source?
4. Penicillin was the first antibiotic and played a major role
in ending the reign of infectious diseases as the leading cause
of death. Penicillin was discovered in 1928 by Scottish doctor
Alexander Fleming. He discovered and isolated it from a common
contaminant of his bacterial cultures. What contaminant?
5. In the 1890s scientists at Bayer discovered and marketed
a powerful painkiller that competed with Aspirin. This drug,
extracted from a common red flower, had a trademarked name: what?
6. One of the most potent nerve toxins known to mankind has killed
millions of people who have eaten spoiled food contaminated with
the bacteria that produce this toxin. This nerve toxin has
been purified and is used routinely today in medical clinics.
What is the trademarked name of this drug?
7. A chemical found in the bark of the cinchona tree was used
by Quechua Indians of Peru and Bolivia to fight infection by
the malaria parasite. British colonials in India added it
to a medicinal water to fight malaria, and combined it with a
little gin to moderate the taste -- the origin of gin-and-tonic.
This drug is still an important anti-malarial today. What is it?
10. Galantamine is a drug used to treat the early stages of
Alzheimer's disease. It was discovered in the 1950s in Bulgaria
and was produced from the bulbs of which plant family?
These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2013-02-04,
and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information...
see my 2022-09-09 companion posting on "Reposted Questions from
the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
* Game 2, Round 1 - Current Events (excerpt)
Answer these 2013 questions if you like for fun, but for no points.
1. Which film won the top honor for best overall cast performance
at the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) awards last week?
2. Who replaced Hillary Clinton as the US secretary of state
last week?
* Game 2, Round 2 - Science - Drugs from Plants or Animals
About 50% of the prescription drugs used """today""" were originally extracted from plant or animal sources.
1. Aspirin or ASA was originally extracted from which plant source?
2. Taxol, also known by its generic name paclitaxel, is one of the
most important cancer drugs. Discovered at the National Cancer
Institute in the US in 1962, it was launched by Bristol Myers
in 1992. For the first 20 years of its development it could
only be obtained from the bark and leaves of which tree?
3. Premarin is an estrogen-containing drug that that was one
of the first to treat symptoms of menopause also called hormone
replacement therapy or HRT. When it was first introduced to
the market, it was extracted from what?
4. Penicillin was the first antibiotic and played a major role
in ending the reign of infectious diseases as the leading cause
of death. Penicillin was discovered in 1928 by Scottish doctor
Alexander Fleming. He discovered and isolated it from a common
contaminant of his bacterial cultures. What contaminant?
5. In the 1890s scientists at Bayer discovered and marketed
a powerful painkiller that competed with Aspirin. This drug,
extracted from a common red flower, had a trademarked name: what?
6. One of the most potent nerve toxins known to mankind has killed
millions of people who have eaten spoiled food contaminated with
the bacteria that produce this toxin. This nerve toxin has
been purified and is used routinely today in medical clinics.
What is the trademarked name of this drug?
7. A chemical found in the bark of the cinchona tree was used
by Quechua Indians of Peru and Bolivia to fight infection by
the malaria parasite. British colonials in India added it
to a medicinal water to fight malaria, and combined it with a
little gin to moderate the taste -- the origin of gin-and-tonic.
This drug is still an important anti-malarial today. What is it?
8. Hockey celebrity Don Cherry """swears by""" ColdFX. This product
was a groundbreaking over-the-counter cold medicine, since it
was the first natural health product sold in Canada to back up
its claims with proper clinical trials carried out at university
hospitals. ColdFX is actually an extract of which plant?
9. The fertility drugs Menotropin, Menupur, and Repronex contain
follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) to stimulate maturation
of eggs and ovulation in women having difficulty in becoming
pregnant. The FSH in these drugs until relatively recently
was commercialy obtained from what source?
10. Galantamine is a drug used to treat the early stages of
Alzheimer's disease. It was discovered in the 1950s in Bulgaria
and was produced from the bulbs of which plant family?
* Game 2, Round 3 - Canadiana Geography - Toronto Streets
This round is about Toronto streets that flow directly into
another street.
1. Where does Bloor St. E. change into Danforth Av.?
2. Carlton St. changes into what street at Yonge St.?
3. Davenport Rd. changes into what street at Yonge?
4. York Mills Rd. changes into what avenue at Yonge?
5. Traveling east, Eastern Av. ends by curving to become which road?
6. Near which major cross avenue does Danforth Rd. merge into
McCowan Rd.?
7. Traveling east, Lake Shore Blvd. E. ends by curving to become
which avenue?
8. Traveling northbound on Beverly St., it changes to become what
street at College St.?
9. Traveling south on Mt. Pleasant Rd., just after crossing
Bloor St. this road merges into what street continuing south?
10. Traveling westbound on Front St. E., the street splits into two
at Church St. Front becomes one-way eastbound, and what street
takes the westbound traffic?
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