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Biology & Chemistry First-Year Gathering
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1
How many meters above sea level is the Quad on Jewell's campus?
298
254
342
273
2
Which faculty/staff member has an axolotyl in their office?
Dr. Aaron Keller
Renee Harper
Dr. Shane Price
Dr. Nathan Jud
3
Which faculty/staff member is an avid hunter and outdoor enthusiast?
Renee Harper
Dr. Jason Morrill
Dr. Aaron Keller
Dr. Nathan Jud
4
Which chemical element is named after the inventor of dynamite?
Nobelium (102)
Bohrium (107)
Rutherfordium (104)
Einsteinium (99)
5
What year was William Jewell College founded?
1902
1875
1849
1950
6
Messy lab equipment led to the accidental discovery of which compound by Alexander Fleming in 1928?
Methamphetamine
LSD
Penicillin
Aspirin
7
What is it called when an animal has an extra finger or toe?
Vestigiality
Polydactyly
Redundancy
Supernumercy
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What is it called when plants bend towards a light source?
Hydrotropism
Phototropism
Geotropism
Thigmotropism
9
Which faculty/staff member teaches biochemistry?
Dr. Lilah Rahn-Lee
Dr. Shane Price
Dr. Mahsa Hosseini
Dr. Tara Allen
10
Which faculty/staff member plays bluegrass music for fun?
Dr. Joe Shih
Renee Harper
Dr. Nathan Jud
Dr. Jason Morrill
11
Which faculty/staff member flunked their first biology test in college?
Dr. Shane Price
Dr. Tara Allen
Dr. Lilah Rahn-Lee
Dr. Joe Shih
12
Jewell is built on bedrock of limestone and shale with lots of fossils. During what period did these rocks form?
Pleistocene
Cambrian
Carboniferous
Jurassic
13
Which is the best estimate for the total number of trees on earth?
300 billion
3 trillion
73 thousand
8.4 billion
14
Which faculty/staff member teaches Physical Chemistry?
Dr. Shane Price
Dr. Aaron Keller
Dr. Anne Dema
Dr. Mahsa Hosseini
15
What was the first year that there were female students at William Jewell College?
1913
1883
1982
1961
16
This microscopic animal is one of the most resilient surviving dessication, oxygen deprivation and trips to outer space.
Tardigrades
Amoeba
Dr. Jason Morrill
Dinoflagellates
17
Which muscle in the body can flex the thigh and leg and also abduction and lateral rotation of the hip?
Rectus femoris
Gastrocnemius
Vastus lateralis
Sartorius
18
Next to Dr. Nathan Jud's office is a skeleton. This skeleton is from:
A dinosaur found buried under the PLC during its construction.
A horse that used to haul coal to heat the college.
A cow that used to provide milk to the cafeteria.
A buffalo that used to live on/mow the grass on the quad.
19
Which faculty/staff member held the William Jewell freshman 5K cross-country record for a period of time?
Dr. Jason Morrill
Dr. Mahsa Hosseini
Dr. Nathan Jud
Dr. Shane Price
20
How many elements on the periodic table start with the letter "z"?
0
1
3
2
21
Francium is named for France. What metallic element gets its name from the old Latin name for what is now France?
Scandium
Indium
Rubidium
Gallium
22
What year did White Science Center open a hold its first classes/labs?
1992
1950
1975
2000
23
Which faculty/staff member has an identical twin sibling?
Dr. Tara Allen
Dr. Mahsa Hosseini
Renee Harper
Dr. Lilah Rahn-Lee
24
Which faculty/staff member attended the Paris Olympics?
Dr. Anne Dema
Dr. Aaron Keller
Dr. Shane Price
Dr. Tara Allen
25
J.J. Thomson's model of the atom proposed in 1904 was popularly known by what alliterative food nickname?
Plum Pudding
Atomic Apple
Crumble Cookies
Creamy Cake
26
As a solid melts, what happens to its temperature?
Fluctuates
Increases
No change
Decreases
27
Which faculty member likes bouldering in their spare time?
Dr. Anne Dema
Dr. Joe Shih
Dr. Nathan Jud
Renee Harper
28
How far is William Jewell from downtown Kansas city?
5 miles
15 miles
30 miles
50 miles
29
This former president's sword is displayed in Gano Chapel.
Abraham Lincoln
George Bush
Joe Biden
George Washington