Biology
This cellular structure contains DNA in a eukaryotic cell.
What is a nucleus?
Popularized by Millennials, this phrase describes something that is suspicious, questionable, or doesn't seem right.
What is sketchy?
This was the first Women’s Basketball coach
Who is Betty Wiseman?
Nashville’s famous AT&T building with its sharp twin spires is nicknamed after this superhero
What is Batman?
This is the number of curves on a standard paperclip
What is three?
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?
Regarding Gen Z, this slang term refers to someone who is doomed, exhausted, or in a hopeless situation.
What is "cooked"?
This was the year Belmont University became co-ed
What is 1951?
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?
This is the item that was swallowed by the crocodile in Peter Pan
What is a clock?
A molecular biologist would describe the shape of DNA using this phrase.
What is Double Helix?
A boomer might use these words to describe something that is incredible, mind-blowing, or amazing.
What is "far out"
In French, "Belmont" translates to this phrase, describing something in nature.
What is Beautiful Mountain?
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?
These three states are located on each side of Texas
What is New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Louisiana?
The natural process where organisms with traits best suited to their environment survive and have more babies
What is Natural selection?
Popularized by Millennials, this phrase describes something that is suspicious, questionable, or doesn't seem right.
What is "sketchy"?
This person is the longtime owner of the Belmont mansion and plantation
Who is Adelicia Acklen?
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?
In 1928, Scottish scientist Alexander Fleming accidentally discovered this first true antibiotic.
What is penicillin?
This is the term for any microorganism that can cause disease
What is a pathogen?
Both millennials and Gen Z may use this term to refer to someone who has anxiety of missing an exciting event
What is FOMO?
Prior to becoming the Bruins in 1995, Belmont was known as this
What are Rebels?
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?
This is the most consumed manufactured drink in the world
What is tea?