Genetics Club Trivia Night

Question 1

You just saw a GIF from a Kendrick Lamar music video. What is his famous hereditary and genetics-related song called?

Accepted Answer

DNA

Question 2

True or False: the first human genome was published in the 21st century

Accepted Answer

True

Question 3

We saw Gregor Mendel in the intro slide. We all know him as the Father of Modern Genetics, but what was his other job?

Accepted Answer

Augustinian Monk

Question 4

In the Jurassic Park, gene editing is used to bring dinosaurs back. But where did they isolate the dinosaur DNA from?

Accepted Answer

From mosquitoes

Question 5

In 2021, Walt Isaacsson published a book on the life of a Nobel laureate who pioneered CRISPR gene editing. Who was it?

Accepted Answer

Jennifer Doudna

Question 6

According to NASA, what dystopian film starring Uma Therman & Ethan Hawke is the most plausible scifi movie ever made?

Accepted Answer

Gattaca

Question 7

Speaking of CRISPR, in what decade was the CRISPR system first observed?

Accepted Answer

1980&#x27;s

Question 8

Down syndrome is caused by the trisomy (the presence of 3 copies) of which chromosome?

Accepted Answer

21

Question 9

Double points: In what year was the first complete human genome published?

Accepted Answer

2022

Question 10

Who prepared the first X-ray crystal micrograph data led to the discovery of the double helix nature of DNA?

Accepted Answer

Rosalind Franklin

Question 11

In Selfish Gene (1976), controversial biologist Richard Dawkins coined a term that is now used everywhere. What was it?

Accepted Answer

Meme

Question 12

In 2018, news broke that a scientist had edited the human genome of two embryos to make them resistant to what disease?

Accepted Answer

HIV-AIDS

Question 13

A phenomenon in which the phenotype associated with both alleles is observed to an equal degree within an organism

Accepted Answer

Codominance

Question 14

In a 20th century novel, a scientist used gene mutation and hybridrization to create a monster. What&#x27;s the novel called?

Accepted Answer

Frankenstein

Question 15

True or false: Algae have introns

Accepted Answer

True

Question 16

What type of hereditary color blindness is the most common?

Accepted Answer

Red-green

Question 17

What is the name of the ragtag group of mutants in the Marvel universe

Accepted Answer

X-men

Question 18

What is the common name of the MAOA gene, famously known to be linked with aggression and violence?

Accepted Answer

The warrior gene

Question 19

What percent of the human genome is thought to code for proteins?

Accepted Answer

1%

Question 20

Sickle-cell anemia, a Mendelian disorder, confers resistance to which disease?

Accepted Answer

Malaria

Question 21

True or False: Humans a larger portion of their DNA with bananas than they do with fruit flies.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 22

Double points: What is the approximate size of the axlotl genome?

Accepted Answer

32 Gb

Question 23

In terms of the total number of bases, which of the three has the largest genome?

Accepted Answer

Axlotl

Question 24

In what organism were chromosomes were first observed?

Accepted Answer

Tradescantia (a wildflower)

Question 25

A nucleotide is made of three components: a nitrogenous base, a sugar and a:

Accepted Answer

phosphate group

Question 26

The word "gene" comes from the word:

Accepted Answer

Genesis

Question 27

J. Doudna and E. Charpentier won a Nobel Prize for their discovery of CRISPR gene editing, but in what category?

Accepted Answer

Chemistry

Question 28

True and false: 23andMe was established before 2010

Accepted Answer

True

Question 29

Double points: who played the protagonists in Gattaca?

Accepted Answer

Uma Therman and Ethan Hawke

Question 30

True or false: the bacterial genome is double stranded.

Accepted Answer

True

Genetics Club Trivia Night

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Genetics Club Trivia Night

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