The Kitchen Sink -- "S"

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1. Responsible for regulating human body functions such as body temperature, mood, memory, and appetite, what neurotransmitter did scientist Irvine Page comment on by saying, “no physiological substance known possesses such diverse actions in the body”? serotonin substantia nigra striatum serine

2. Which satirist suggested in his 1729 pamphlet "A Modest Proposal" that the people of Ireland sell their young as food for the rich? Jean-Paul Sartre Jonathan Swift Laurence Stern Sir Walter Scott

3. The bigarade orange is often made into marmalade and other fruit products, and is said to have a bitter or even sour taste. It is also known by what name that derives from a Spanish city? Salamanca orange Soria orange Segovia orange Seville orange

4. What complicated poetic form demands that a poet end their thirty-nine lines with a combination of only six different words? sonnet sestina sijo slipshod

5. In which of the following activities would you find someone who performs both “ollies” and “kickflips”? sand castle building surfing skateboarding skiing

6. In September 2005, the Internet giant eBay purchased the rights to what software program that allows users to make telephone calls from computer to computer? Shuffle SoftCall Skype Sirius

7. In what 1973 Charlton Heston film would you find the line, “It’s people.…They’re making our food out of people.”? Slaughterhouse-Five Solaris Silent Running Soylent Green

8. While living in Arles, France, Vincent Van Gogh painted a series of what objects that he declared were meant for the decoration of the yellow house that he inhabited? sunrises ships sunflowers soup cans

9. The term “sockeye” would be primarily attributed to what anadromous species of fish? shark seahorse swordfish salmon

10. Translating to “troops of special purpose”, what is the popular Russian term that encompasses nearly any group of elite special forces? Stroika Spetsnaz Solnitz Severnaya