* Game 2, Round 4 - Science - Sis-sy Medicine
2. Blood poisoning.
* 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.
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.
* Game 2, Round 4 - Science - Sis-sy Medicine
4. The abnormal narrowing of a passage in the body.
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.
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 Ces?ria ?vora.
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.
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.
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.
* 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.
* 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.
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.
* 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.
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.
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.
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