Cannabis
Chilies
Diving
Local
Random / Microbiology
100
The main chemical in Cannabis
What is THC- or Delta 9 Tetrahydrocannabinol
100
The main chemical in chilis responsible for the sensation of heat
What is 
Capsaicin
100
An illness that arises from the rapid release of nitrogen gas from the bloodstream and is caused by bubbles forming in the blood and other tissues when a diver ascends to the surface of the ocean too rapidly.
What is the Bends, or Decompression Sickness
100
This is one of the tallest living trees
What is Redwood
100
There are 10 million of these in a single drop of sea water
What are viruses
200
This was the first endocannabinoid to be discovered
What is Anandamide
200
The unit used to describe the heat of peppers
What is Scoville
200
A mixture of oxygen, Helium, and Nitrogen that allows divers to reach a depth of 300ft
What is Trimix
200
The Oldest surviving amusement park in California
The Boardwalk
200
This Particle takes 40,000 years to escape to the Suns surface
What is a Photon
300
He is best known for his work in the isolation, structure elucidation and total synthesis of Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol, the main active principle of cannabis and for the isolation and the identification of the endogenous cannabinoids
Who is Raphael Mechoulam
300
The Hottest Pepper in the World
What is Carolina Reaper
300
This is one of the deepest submarine canyons on the west coast of the United States.
What is the Monterey Canyon or Trench
300
A place in the Santa Cruz mountains where physics seem to not work
What is the Mystery spot
300
There are 118 ridges on this coin
What is a Dime
400
The Track and Trace Software utilized by the state of California
What is Metrc
400
The receptor responsible for the sensation of heat
What is the 
TRPV1 receptor
400
a drowsy state induced by breathing air under higher than atmospheric pressure, for example, in deep-sea diving.
What is Nitrogen Narcosis
400
The oldest state park in California
Big Basin State park
400
This is an extremophilic bacterium and one of the most radiation-resistant organisms known. It can survive cold, dehydration, vacuum, and acid, and is known as a polyextremophile.
What is 
Deinococcus radiodurans
500
The primary receptor that THC binds to
What is the CB1 receptor
500
This part of the plant is where most of the capsaicin in the chili pepper fruit resides (it contains 89% of the alkaloid capsaicin)
What is the Placenta
500
These are sea anemones found mostly in the cooler waters of the northern Pacific and Atlantic oceans. They are characterized by their numerous threadlike tentacles extending from atop a smooth cylindrical column, and can vary from a few centimeters in height up to one meter or more.
What are Metridium
500
The Original Mascot at UCSC
Sea Lions
500
This Bacteria affected soldiers during the Battle of Shiloh in the Civil War. It cause their wounds to glow and is also known as the "Angel's Glow"
What is 
Photorhabdus luminescens