Game 3, Round 4 (Science) -- Zoonoses [ZOH-uh-NO-seas]

A zoonosis [ZOH-uh-NO-sis], also pronounced zoh-ON-uh-sis, is a disease
of animals transmissible to humans.  In each case, name the disease.

1. A red hot poker was at one time commonly used in attempts to
   prevent what disease?

	rabies

2. This zoonosis is named for the way you can catch it, but it's also
   known as Debré's syndrome, Debré-Mollaret syndrome, 
   Foshay-Mollaret syndrome, Petzetakis' disease, Parinaud oculoglandular
   disease, and as if those names weren't long enough, benign inoculation
   lymphoreticulosis.  Give the easy name.

	cat-scratch fever

3. What disease is most commonly transferred to humans from birds?

	psittacosis (or ornithosis)

4. When this round's writer was a child, her pediatrician warned that
   pet turtles could be dangerous.  What common infection are you most
   likely to catch from one?

	salmonella

5. This disease is best known for deadly epidemics elsewhere, but in
   the southwest US, the ground squirrel provides a reservoir for it.

	bubonic plague

6. People usually catch this disease from mosquitoes, but it is also
   known to occur in horses, cats, bats, chipmunks, skunks, squirrels,
   domestic rabbits, and (significantly) birds.  What is it?

	West Nile virus

7. In the movie Hud, the memorable scene of the cattle slaughter
   portrays the ranchers' response to an outbreak of what disease?

	foot (or hoof) and mouth

8. What disease, now rare in North America, can be caught from eating
   undercooked pork?

	trichinosis (or trichiniasis or trichinellosis; if an answer
	referring to worms is given, ask for the specific condition)

9. What tick-borne disease identified in the 20th century takes its name
   from a town in New England?

	Lyme disease

10. Another tick-borne disease is named after a region of North America,
    but is actually found throughout the continent.  What is it?

	Rocky Mountain spotted fever