Biology
Slang through Generations
Belmont
Nashville
Miscellaneous
100

This cellular structure contains DNA in a eukaryotic cell.

What is a nucleus?

100

Popularized by Millennials, this phrase describes something that is suspicious, questionable, or doesn't seem right.

What is sketchy?

100

This was the first Women’s Basketball coach

Who is Betty Wiseman?

100

Nashville’s famous AT&T building with its sharp twin spires is nicknamed after this superhero

What is Batman?

100

This is the number of curves on a standard paperclip

What is three?

200

A fine, powdery yellow dust produced by the male part of a flower or plant that is needed to fertilize seeds and help plants reproduce.

What is pollen?

200

Regarding Gen Z, this slang term refers to someone who is doomed, exhausted, or in a hopeless situation.

What is "cooked"?

200

This was the year Belmont University became co-ed

What is 1951?

200

This live country music radio program, the longest running in the world, originally began broadcasting in 1925 under the name “The WSM Barn Dance”

What is the Grand Ole Opry?

200

This is the item that was swallowed by the crocodile in Peter Pan

What is a clock?

300

A molecular biologist would describe the shape of DNA using this phrase.

What is Double Helix?

300

A boomer might use these words to describe something that is incredible, mind-blowing, or amazing.

What is "far out"

300

In French, "Belmont" translates to this phrase, describing something in nature.

What is Beautiful Mountain?

300

According to local lore, this iconic spicy culinary staple was invented in the 1930’s by a woman who was trying to punish her cheating boyfriend with an over-peppered breakfast.

What is hot chicken?

300

These three states are located on each side of Texas

 What is New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Louisiana?

400

The natural process where organisms with traits best suited to their environment survive and have more babies

 What is Natural selection?

400

Popularized by Millennials, this phrase describes something that is suspicious, questionable, or doesn't seem right.

What is "sketchy"?

400

This person is the longtime owner of the Belmont mansion and plantation

Who is Adelicia Acklen?

400

Earning Nashville the nickname “Athens of the South,” Centennial Park features the world’s only full-scale replica of this ancient Greek temple.

What is the Parthenon?

400

In 1928, Scottish scientist Alexander Fleming accidentally discovered this first true antibiotic.

What is penicillin?

500

This is the term for any microorganism that can cause disease

What is a pathogen?

500

Both millennials and Gen Z may use this term to refer to someone who has anxiety of missing an exciting event

What is FOMO?

500

Prior to becoming the Bruins in 1995, Belmont was known as this

What are Rebels?

500

Invented in Nashville by the Standard Candy Company in 1912, this treat made of peanuts, caramel, marshmellow, and milk chocolate is considered America’s first mass produced combination candy bar


What is a Goo Goo Cluster?

500

This is the most consumed manufactured drink in the world

What is tea?

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