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”? serine striatum serotonin substantia nigra

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? Soria orange Salamanca orange Seville orange Segovia orange

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

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

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? SoftCall Skype Sirius Shuffle

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 Soylent Green Silent Running Solaris

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? ships sunrises soup cans sunflowers

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

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