Potent Potables
While now considered a sweet treat that is often paired with a hamburger and fries, in 1885 ordering this drink would result in you being served a whiskey beverage composed of eggs and cream.
What is Milkshake?
A structure that allows bacteria to go dormant when lacking nutrients.
What is Spore Formation/Endospore?
Who lives in a pineapple under the sea?
What is Spongebob squarepants?
California's state reptile; this relative of the gopher tortoise is named after the region in which it lives.
What is Mojave desert tortoise or desert tortoise?
Containing many hot springs, this location is home to many thermophiles such as Thermus Aquaticus.
What is Yellowstone National Park?
Used in the production of beer, Saccharomyces cerevisiae is colloquially known as this.
What is Brewer's Yeast?
A group of anaerobic bacteria that make energy by converting hydrogen and carbon dioxide into methane gas.
What is Methanogens?
This plumber is on a mission to rescue Princess Peach from the terrible Bowser
What is Mario?
This burrowing rodent named after the Golden State is said to have a population living near the GO BEACH installation on campus.
What is California Ground Squirrel?
What is the name of an extremophile that can withstand two different extremes at once? (example; high temperatures AND high salinity)
What is polyextremophile?
The term "honeymoon" is derived from the ancient tradition of giving newlyweds a month's supply of this alcoholic drink, composed of fermented honey.
What is Mead?
A piece of a bacteriophage's genetic code that is embedded in the host's DNA during the lysogenic cycle.
What is Prophage?
In 1998, the song "Baby One More Time" hit the billboard of Hot 100 NO.1
What is Brittney Spears?
This insect is a vector for the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, which causes Chagas disease in humans.
What is Kissing bug, assassin bug, or triatomine bug
Thermus Aquatics is a thermophilic bacterium that proved instrumental in the creation of this.
What is Polymerase Chain Reaction?
Following the discovery that quinine could treat malaria, British soldiers created this cocktail.
What is Gin & Tonic?
A dose that kills 50% of experimental animals within a specified period.
What is Lethal Dose 50 (LD5)?
This toy was meant for students with attention problems, but it became a trend instead
What is Fidget Spinners?
This member of the sparrow family commonly forages on the open ground of chaparral habits and backyards in California and Mexico.
What is California Towhee?
Likely sharing ecological and physiological similarities to some of the first microorganisms would be comparable to today's what?
What is Microbial bats?
Considered the founder of modern epidemiology, a pub located next to the infamous Broad Street water pump now bears his name.
What is John Snow?
Flagella consist of these three parts
What is Basal body, hook and filament?
Song by PSY is known for its silly dance and being the dirt video on Youtube to reach one billion views
What is Gangnam Style?
This member of the damselfish family ranges from the Monterey coast to Baja California and is named after an Italian general.
The name of an extremophile that thrives in a high-pressure environment such as deep below the earth's crust?
What is Barophile?