Stuff You Might Not Have Wondered About Depression
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Some doctors actually get through medical school without learning about this common but devastating disease. Not if I've taught them, though! A brief true/false review on depression.
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Psychological Disorders
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Average
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10 |
1834
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Sep 17 03
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ragiel
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Out Of the Forest Primeval: Amber
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People have been intrigued for millenia by this mysterious and precious material. This quiz provides only a sample of amber lore! (In memoriam LAC 1923-1999.)
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Gems and Birthstones
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Very Difficult
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15 |
335
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Sep 17 03
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ragiel
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Sing It Out Loud: Smoke Our Coffin Nails!
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The ads are history, but those (American) cigarette-advertising jingles play on and on in my head! I can still hear them! After 50 years! Can you remember them too?
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Marketing
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Average
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10 |
333
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Sep 02 04
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ragiel
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Paging Dr. Wall!
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Worcester porcelain met an eighteenth-century demand for useful wares and superb cabinet art. Learn some of the details here!
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Collectibles
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Difficult
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10 |
58
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Sep 11 03
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ragiel
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A Gleaming Torrent: 19th Century American Silver
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The development of mass-production techniques in the 1800s permitted silver to swirl and blossom as never before - or since.
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Collectibles
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Very Difficult
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10 |
58
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Aug 30 04
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ragiel
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Stirring My Soup With A Silver Spoon
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A quiz for silver collectors. Since I first collected US hand-made coin spoons, this quiz will deal with UK silversmiths. Hey, collecting is a passion, and who ever said a passion was logical?
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Collectibles
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Difficult
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10 |
77
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Jan 15 04
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ragiel
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Agate and her Sisters
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Quartz is all around us, a part of many common rocks. Its crystals can form gorgeous gems, or can swirl, layer, and dance in a thousand colors...
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Gems and Birthstones
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Difficult
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15 |
247
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Sep 16 03
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ragiel
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Orange Cats are Red, Gray Cats are Blue
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Cat coat colors range from black to white, and their patterns are unique! Still, some patterns show up again and again...
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Cats
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Tough
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10 |
1340
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Sep 12 03
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ragiel
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It's All in Your Head!
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We can't transplant it, reproduce its functions, or live without it... the brain has been called the last vital organ we have!
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Neurological Disorders
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Tough
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10 |
626
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Sep 05 03
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ragiel
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First Ladies and Gentlemen
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Meet some of the people and cats who have founded unusual cat breeds! I've tried to avoid the better-known stories, as they are already well represented in this section.
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Cats
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Very Difficult
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10 |
605
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Sep 03 03
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ragiel
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Circles Unbroken: A Ring and a Promise
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A favorite piece of jewelry, the ring is also a symbol of love, of commitment, and of belonging. Let's look at the power of betrothal and wedding rings over the ages.
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Jewelry
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Difficult
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10 |
419
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Sep 23 03
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ragiel
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Adamantine Fire: the Diamond
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The greatest diamonds are given proper names and gather a history and legends all their own. Meet some of the most celebrated diamonds ever described!
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Gems and Birthstones
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Very Difficult
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10 |
193
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Sep 07 03
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ragiel
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Out of My Head: Disturbed Consciousness
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Can the brain be healthier than its body? Let's look at delirium and the range of conditions that cause it.
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Psychological Disorders
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Tough
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10 |
406
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Sep 22 03
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ragiel
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The Proverbial Cat
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I noticed that this section covers plenty of horses and dogs, but I'm a cat person! I want to see more cats! Well, here are a few...
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Animals in Idiom
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Easy
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10 |
605
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Sep 03 04
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ragiel
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Living Depends on the Liver: Viral Hepatitis
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The liver, largest of the internal organs, is the target of many viruses. Some of these are generally benign, others deadly. Let's look at a few.
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Viral Diseases
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Tough
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10 |
220
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Sep 10 04
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ragiel
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Green Heat, Green Sugar: Emerald
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My favorite stone and my astrological talisman. This quiz was difficult for me to compose, perhaps for just that reason.
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Gems and Birthstones
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Difficult
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10 |
178
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Jul 05 04
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ragiel
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The Ancient Sky: Sapphire
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Tales of the sapphire could fill more than one quiz! All folklore and legend cited here can be found in George F. Kunz's book "The Curious Lore of Precious Stones." Other sources list more; I limited myself to one source to keep this quiz's length down!
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Gems and Birthstones
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Difficult
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10 |
186
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Sep 09 03
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ragiel
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A Flash from the Dawn of Time: Diamonds III
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Much more than a mystical symbol or ultimate jewel, the history of diamonds extends backward to the birth of the universe.
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Gems and Birthstones
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Very Difficult
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10 |
137
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Feb 23 04
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ragiel
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Like a Queen in her Radiance: the Pearl
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This quiz is about historic natural pearls. Perhaps I'll look at cultured pearls another time.
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Gems and Birthstones
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Difficult
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10 |
152
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Sep 15 03
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ragiel
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To Assist the Goddess: the Cultured Pearl
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The pearl: an irritating speck is trapped inside an oyster. Iridescent nacre flows over it and hardens. Then, in perhaps one of ten thousand shells, the rarest gem in nature forms. If the process were assisted, could every woman be radiant as a queen?
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Gems and Birthstones
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Very Difficult
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20 |
78
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Jan 12 04
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ragiel
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Cold as Ice: Diamonds II
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A glance at my bookshelf shows that diamonds have at least as fascinating a place in history as they do in lore and legend. Here's just the facts...
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Gems and Birthstones
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Very Difficult
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10 |
238
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Jan 04 04
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ragiel
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A Proper English Tea: Porcelain
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Of course, it's not really a proper tea without a good set of proper English china! Which reminds me of the men who made it all possible...
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Collectibles
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Difficult
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10 |
96
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Mar 08 04
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ragiel
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My Tea, Please, Caddy
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Before teabags, loose tea had to be measured directly into the pot. The small, often fanciful, scoops called caddy spoons are avidly sought by spoon collectors. Let's look at British ones here...
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Collectibles
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Difficult
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10 |
76
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Oct 23 05
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ragiel
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What (Who) are the Odds?
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Your challenge is this: identify the individual in each group who possesses a distinction not shared by the others. Warning: I deliberately tried to make this one hard.
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Mixed People
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Very Difficult
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5 |
546
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Sep 23 03
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ragiel
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