Molecular Biology
Darwin
Colorado Ski and Snow
"Darwin"
Units of Measure
100
This organism is the source of a thermostable polymerase commonly called TAQ.
What is Thermophilius Aquaticus?
100
Charles Darwin started his studies at this Scottish university before moving onto graduate studies at Cambridge.
What is the University of Edinburgh?
100
This is the largest ski resort in Colorado based on skiable acreage.
What is Vail Resort?
100
Darwin Biosciences was founded on this day.
What is March 6th, 2020?
100
This is a standard unit of angular measure, equal to the angle made at a circle's center created by an arc length equal to the circles radius.
What is a Radian?
200
Initially referred to as "Jumping Genes" this class of mobile genetic elements was discovered in Zea Mays by Barbara McClintock.
What are Transposons?
200
Charles Darwin dropped out of medical school due to this debilitating condition that made it difficult to practice surgery.
What is Hemophilia?
200
This Colorado Ski resort is owned by the City and County of Denver.
What is Winter Park?
200
They were Darwin's first full time hires.
Who are Joshua Dye and Amy Emerman?
200
This non-SI unit of mass is equal to 1/12th the mass of an unbound carbon atom in its ground state at rest?
What is a Dalton?
300
This enzyme catalyzes the covalent attachment of ubiquitin to lysine residues on proteins.
What is Ubiquitin Ligase?
300
Darwin's Brother had this unique name.
Who is Erasmus?
300
This Colorado resort has the most vertical drop in bounds.
What is Telluride? 4,425 vertical feet.
300
Darwin is currently located in this zip code.
What is 80303?
300
This unit of length is used to measure astronomical distances and is roughly equal to 3.26 light-years.
What is a Parsec?
400
These discontinuous stretches of newly synthesized DNA are created during DNA replication.
What are Okazaki Fragments?
400
On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection was published in this year.
What is 1859?
400
This was the last Colorado ski resort to drop its ban on snowboarding.
What is Aspen Mountain? April 1, 2001
400
These two Darwinians are currently closest in age.
Who are Jordan and Kristen?
400
This non-SI unit of volume is equivlent to 1 cubic millimeter.
What is a Lambda?
500
This poison with historical covert applications exerts its effects by inhibiting the enzyme Cytochrome C Oxidase, part of the electron transport chain.
What is Cyanide?
500
Charles Darwin shares a birthday with this American president.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
500
This unique product of frozen water vapor is characterized by its hairy appearance and frequently forms on trees on clear and cold nights.
What is Hoarfrost?
500
Name either of the two pairs of people who share the same area code for their phone numbers.
Who are Camille and Will or Nick and Kyle?
500
This British unit is equivalent to about 14lbs and is commonly used in body weight.
What is a Stone?