Lit
Originally published as "Het Achterhuis,” in what language was Anne Frank's Diary written?
Dutch
Which type of plankton is self-feeding in the sense that it gets nourishment through photosynthesis?
Phytoplankton
What type of food holds the world record for being the most stolen around the globe?
Cheese
The glabella is the smooth area of skin found between which features of the body?
Eyebrows
Messenger RNA is formed in the process of?
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What was the profession of Marilyn Monroe’s last husband, Arthur Miller?
Playwright
If you’re in Mecca near the border of Mexico, what’s the name of the saline lake you can visit that’s saltier than the ocean and full of dead fish?
Salton Sea
Vanilla comes from what flowers?
Orchids
Which anatomical directional term refers to the front of the body or being toward the front of the body?
Ventral
X-rays, ultraviolet light, and radioactive substances that can change the chemical nature of DNA are classified as?
Mutagens
What literary "S" term is intended to be both critical and humorous while poking fun at an institution or idea?
Satire
A hydroid on the ocean floor that branches like a certain evergreen coniferous tree is called a sea what?
Sea Fir
What ranks as the largest edible fruit native to North America?
Paw paw
What "E" word describes the fold of skin over the inner corner of the eye?
Epicanthic
Adenine is 13% of DNA. What is the percentage of Guanine in the cell?
37%
What English writer was born Adeline Virginia Stephen in 1882 and is considered one of the most important 20th-century modernist writers? She's also considered a pioneer of stream of consciousness writing, and wrote novels including "The Voyage Out" and "The Waves."
Virginia Woolf
Used for more than 50 years in cancer treatment, what drug, also known as "Ara-C" and "Cytosar-U," is the first ever isolated from a sea sponge?
Cytarabine
What modern treat takes its name from the stimulating Aztec drink xocolatl? (Hint: the answer isn't a drink)
Chocolate
What is the name for the anomaly, occurring in humans as well as other animals, in which one has supernumerary digits like fingers or toes?
Polydactyly (or Hyperdactyly)
A female has trisomy X. How many barr bodies will she have in her somatic cells?
2
What author created the child protagonist who promptly explains his nickname to the reader in the following manner? “My father's family name being Pirrip, and my Christian name Philip, my infant tongue could make of both names nothing longer or more explicit than Pip. So, I called myself Pip.”
Charles Dickens
What is the word that describes fish that are born in fresh water, live out their lives in the ocean, and return to rivers and creeks to spawn? Salmon and striped bass are examples of this type of fish.
Anadromous
Algeria’s national dish, couscous, most commonly comprises what grain?
wheat
Cardiac muscle is also known by what name, which represents how it lies between the outer layer of the epicardium and the inner layer of the endocardium?
Myocardium
When do chromosomes condense during prophase I of meiosis?
Leptotene