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 * Welcome to ID the Disease of the Day!
 * Meet our two contestants - Jarred from Eugene, Oregon and Nouar from Georgetown, Illinois
 * Lets find out what the Disease of the Day is going to be - and the answer is Hereditary Spherocytosis
 * Lets start the game. The first set of questions are worth 10 points each, the second set are worth 20 points each.
 * First one to raise your hand gets to answer the question.
 * Question, what do the blood cells look like when someone has this disorder? #1. a cheerio #2. a sphere #3. a square #4. an oval - answer is #2 get it right Jarred
 * Solve the riddle, this disorder makes it hard for blood to pass through what part of the body? #1. the heart #2. the kidney #3. the spleen #4. the liver - answer is #3 spleen - get it wrong Noar
 * Question, what is one of the symptoms that let you know you have it? #1. energetic #2. tired #3. hyper #4. normal - answer is #2 tired - get it wrong Jarred
 * What is one of the treatments for this disorder? #1. Splenectomy #2. Appendectomy #3. Liver transplant #4. Kidney transplant - answer is #1 Splenectomy - get it right Nouar
 * How do you get this disorder? #1. Someone coughing #2. a blood transfusion #3. an allergic reaction #4. its Hereditary - answer is #4 its Hereditary - get it wrong Jarred
 * What is the percentage that your child will get this disorder if you have it? #1. 25% #2. 50% #3. 5% #4. 100% - answer is # 2, 50% of the time - get it right Jarred
 * This is the last 10 point question.
 * How many people in the population get this disorder? #1. 1 in 500 people #2. 1 in 5,000 people #3. 1 in 50,000 people #4. 1 in 5,000,000 people - answer is #2. 1 in 5,000 people, get it right Noar
 * Now we go to the 20 point questions.
 * True or false, men get the disease more often than women. Answer is False, they both get it the equally - get it wrong Nouar
 * True or false, people who have a splenectomy are expected to live to a normal age - answer is true, get it right Jarred
 * True or false, there is no cure for this disorder. Answer is true, get it right Noar
 * Jarred and Nour are tied. Time for the sudden death round to determine the winner.
 * Last question is what is yellowing of the skin called? #1. Tinting #2. too much time at the beach #3. Jaundice #4. Starbucks overload - answer is #3 jaundice - get it right Nouar.
 * And the winner is Nouar! - you have won a trip for 4 to Miami Beach, Florida.
 * For playing with us today, Jarred, our other contestant, will recieve a pass to the Denver Zoo.
 * Thanks for playing ID the Disease of the Day. Join us tomorrow to learn interesting things about diseases you've never heard of. See you tomorrow!