Biotech
This laboratory technique is used to rapidly make millions of copies of a specific DNA sequence.
What is PCR (polymerase chain reaction)?
This is the field of science and technology that BAM focuses on connecting with medicine.
What is biotechnology?
What is the name of the current UCF President?
Who is Alexander Cartwright?
Which eboard member does gel-x nails?
Who is Maliha Sikder.
This Puerto Rican artist made history as the first Latino artist to headline the Super Bowl halftime show in 2026.
Who is Bad Bunny?
What piece of biotech does gene-editing by cutting DNA at precise locations?
What is CRISPR-Cas-9.
This was the month and year BAM was founded.
When is February 2024?
This was UCF's original name when it opened in 1968.
What is Florida Technological University (FTU)?
This eboard member is trying to write a book.
Who is Timothy Doucette.
This is the only continent that lies in all four hemispheres.
What is Africa?
This first-ever cloned mammal, created in 1996, sparked a global conversation about the ethics and potential of biotechnology.
a) dog
b) sheep
c) rat/mice
d) pig
What is a sheep?
What is the slogan for BAM.
a. Biotech is the "in" now
b. The future is now
c. Where Medicine meets Innovation
d. Pre-Med meets Engineering
What is "the future is now."
This former NASA astronaut and UCF alumna became the university's first person to walk in space.
A. Fernando “Frank” Caldeiro
B. Nicole Stott
C. Christina Koch
D. Michael Collins
Who is Nicole Stott?
Which eboard member helped co-found BAM?
Who is Hannah George.
This organ is the only one in the human body capable of regenerating itself.
What is the liver?
This fruit was the first genetically modified organism (GMO) to be approved for sale in the United States, engineered to resist a virus that threatened its extinction.
a) banana
b) strawberry
c) papaya
d) mango
What is papaya?
This piece of biotech helps patients with end-stage heart failure and was spotlighted by our membership engagement domain.
What is Syncardia.
This is the smallest academic college at UCF by enrollment.
What is the "College of Optics and Photonics"?
This E-Board member did competitive swimming for 9 years.
Who is Victoria Puig
This is the only letter that does not appear in the spelling of any number from one through one thousand.
What is A?
This technique allows scientists to insert a gene into bacteria, yeast, or other cells so they can produce large amounts of a desired protein.
What is recombinant DNA technology?
BALLER KNOWLEDGE: Which speaker has appeared each year to talk about pieces of biotech such as CRISPR-Cas-9 and AlphaFold?
a. Dr. Harinath Sheela
b. Dr. Lauren Iorio
c. Mr. Garrett Fairchild
d. Naika Dumorne, Kush Jansari, and Lulu McCallister
Who is Mr. Garrett Fairchild.
This was the name of UCF's first president.
Charles N. Millican
This eboard member was in an Adidas Commercial.
Who is Nathan Useche.
This legendary country singer, known for hits including “Jolene” and “9 to 5,” died in August 2026 at age 80.
Who is Dolly Parton?