Elements
Some metals are so reactive they explode on contact with water, like this one with the chemical symbol K
What is potassium?
This green fruit is known for its creamy texture and is used in guacamole.
What is an avocado?
This is the title of a Black Sabbath song, or a Robert Downy Jr. movie.
What is Iron Man?
Siblings have this percent chance of being a perfect HLA match.
What is 25%?
This is the only sport to have been played on the moon.
What is golf?
Prehistoric humans used this element, S on the periodic table, as a pigment for cave painting
What is sulfur?
This is the most widely consumed spice in the world, known as the king of spices.
What is black pepper?
Alanis Morissette found it ironic, but having this on your wedding day is good luck
What is rain?
This locus is the most polymorphic HLA locus in the human genome.
What is HLA-B?
This is the smallest country in the world.
What is Vatican City?
Don't forget to thank geochemist Clair Patterson for this being banned as an additive in fuel and paint
What is lead?
For most brands, this many sticks of butter are equal to one cup
What is two?
ECTO-1 was the license plate number of the vehicle driven by the heroes in this movie.
What is Ghostbusters?
The majority of patients with this disease have DQ2 and/or DQ8 alleles.
What is celiac disease?
This is the only bird capable of sustained backward flight.
What is a hummingbird?
The name of this element is derived from the Greek for "color"
What is chromium?
An unusual library in Belgium catalogs 105 starters from around the world used to make this fermented bread
What is sourdough?
This toy was patented in the 1960s as a "liquid filled die agitator"
What is the Magic 8 Ball?
This is the term for the non-random association of alleles at different loci, where specific alleles occur together more frequently than expected by chance.
What is linkage disequilibrium?
This winter sport involves sliding stones across ice toward a target area.
What is curling?
Purple in nature, this element is used to make a common brown antiseptic; shake up the liquid and you'll see the purple color again.
What is iodine?
A dark, full-bodied beer, like Guinness
What is a stout?
Art directors Peter Blake and Jann Haworth won a Grammy for the crowded cover of this Beatles album
What is Sgt. Pepper's (Lonely Hearts Club Band)?
This antigen now known as HLA-A2, was first named this, based on the surnames of the first 3 donors, whose serum agglutinated leukocytes.
What is MAC?
A physicist's demo using test tubes and an electromagnet inspired a doctor to make the parts much larger, creating an early form of this
What is MRI? (magnetic resonance imaging)