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Question

Cardiac damage was once assessed by examining for elevated levels of aspartate trans·aminase and a dehydrogenase that converts this molecule from pyruvate in serum. For 10 points each:

[10e] Name this molecule that accumulates in muscle tissue via anaerobic respiration during strenuous exercise.

ANSWER: lactate [or lactic acid; accept lactate dehydrogenase; prompt on LDH]

[10h] Assessment of acute myocardial infarction risk also includes examining for normal levels of CK-MB and elevated levels of this protein complex. Two of this complex’s subunits respectively bind to calcium and actin.

ANSWER: troponin [accept troponin I or troponin C or troponin T; accept TnI or TnC or TnT]

[10m] LDH is also used as a serum biomarker for prognosing metastatic forms of this cancer. Sufferers of xeroderma pigmentosum display an elevated risk for basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, and this cancer.

ANSWER: melanoma [prompt on skin cancer]

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2025 Penn Bowl - BU	11/01/25	Y	4	12.50	75%	25%	25%
2025 Penn Bowl - CWRU	11/01/25	Y	3	23.33	100%	100%	33%
2025 Penn Bowl - Mainsite (UPenn)	11/01/25	Y	6	21.67	100%	83%	33%
2025 Penn Bowl - Northwestern	10/25/25	Y	3	20.00	100%	33%	67%
2025 Penn Bowl - Online	11/08/25	Y	1	0.00	0%	0%	0%
2025 Penn Bowl - Ottawa	11/01/25	Y	7	20.00	100%	100%	0%
2025 Penn Bowl - Stanford	10/25/25	Y	4	17.50	100%	75%	0%
2025 Penn Bowl - UK	11/01/25	Y	9	17.78	100%	78%	0%
2025 Penn Bowl - UNC	11/01/25	Y	3	16.67	100%	67%	0%

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Brown	Harvard	10	0	10	20
MIT A	I've been running into you in my lead plumbocene what could have benzene	10	10	0	20
MIT B	Brandeis	10	0	0	10
RIT	Yale	0	0	0	0
Michigan A	Michigan B	10	10	10	30
CWRU	Michigan C	10	0	10	20
Pittsburgh	Ohio State A	10	0	10	20
Maryland C	Columbia A	10	0	10	20
JHU A	Columbia B	10	10	10	30
John Jay	Maryland B	10	0	0	10
Maryland A	NYU B	10	10	10	30
Mount Sinai	JHU B	10	0	10	20
Swarthmore	NYU A	10	0	10	20
Indiana	Illinois	10	10	0	20
Northwestern B	UChicago C	10	0	0	10
UChicago B	Northwestern A	10	10	10	30
rusty shackleford	abg academy	0	0	0	0
Toronto Sunshine Bubbles	McGill Fartlets	10	0	10	20
Ottawa 67s	Carleton A	10	0	10	20
#OpenToBuzz	Queen's is monitoring the situation	10	0	10	20
Toronto G	Aweille Kevin Fan osti continue comme ça	10	0	10	20
Toronto Murder on the Rider Express	Toronto E	10	0	10	20
McGill B	Toronto Operation PBSuccess	10	0	10	20
Waterloo you are crooked	Guelph perfomative male competition	10	0	10	20
Free Win	The best time to buzz was twenty clues ago. The second best time to buzz is now	10	0	10	20
In Search of Lost Clues	Berkeley B	10	0	10	20
Stanford A	Berkeley A	10	0	10	20
Berkeley C	Stanford B	10	0	0	10
Hail to the Sheaf	1. Wawa 2. Blank Street 151. Black Sheep at Kings Cross rail	10	0	10	20
To buzz is to be perceived	Burnaburiash's Lapis Lazuli	10	0	0	10
Knorr Stock Clue	Chimp Brisket	10	0	10	20
Galactic Ombudsmen	Coughing Baby	10	0	10	20
Of Mice and Penn	Bristold	10	0	0	10
Paul Quifford, or, It Was a Dark and Stormy Tournament	The Bit and the Penndulum	10	0	10	20
Quiztian Bale in Ratman Begins	question mark	10	0	10	20
Penn and the Art of Tossup-Bonus cycle Maintenance	Washed Scrubs	10	0	10	20
why is it called a score clue if nobody scores points on it	Alas poor Warwick, I knew him Edinburgh	10	0	10	20
UNC B	Planck Sinatra	10	0	0	10
VT B	UNC A	10	0	10	20
VT A	Wise Duke	10	0	10	20