Name that Tune
Starts & Ends with 'O'
It's getting hot in here!
It's Genetic
It's the "Flu"
100
Name that tune #1
Imagine - John Lennon
100
This form of short-cut pasta is shaped like a large grain of rice and is commonly featured in Italian and Spanish dishes.
Orzo
100
When thunder roars, go indoors; it can reach up to 54,000°F, 5 times hotter than the Sun.
lightning
100
Humans have 46 of these genetic structures in every cell; elephants have 56.
chromosomes
100
a brief, light snowfall
flurry
200
Name that tune #2
Smells like Teen Spirit - Nirvana
200
In Spanish this word means "eye" or in slang, "watch out!"
ojo
200
Furnace Creek in this state’s Death Valley reached a record 134.1°F on July 10, 1913.
California
200
DNA normally exists as a double-stranded molecule coiled into this shape.
double helix
200
able to express oneself easily
fluent
300
Name that tune #3
Like A Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan
300
This spice has a earthy and warm flavor and is a staple herb of Italian cuisine.
Oregano
300
It wasn’t witchcraft; these vessels were heated with blowpipes in the Chalcolithic period.
Crucibles
300
Gregor Mendel famously studied inheritance by experimenting with these vegetables.
peas
300
to fail a course or exam
flunk
400
Name that tune #4
California dreaming - mamas and the papas
400
This Canadian province is the most populated one and is home to the nation's capital (Ottawa) and Toronto.
Ontario, Canada
400
The ghost pepper of northeast India is around 1 million heat units on this scale. (What is the name of the scale?)
Scoville scale
400
2015 saw the FDA authorize Amgen’s gene therapy to treat this deadliest form of skin cancer.
melanoma
400
to confuse or perplex
fluster
500
Name that tune #5
House of the rising sun - the animals
500
This Scandinavian capital, founded in 1048, was named the European Green Capital in 2019 and is home to the famous Holmenkollen Ski Jump.
Oslo, Norway
500
He’s the ex-Knicks coach who helped the Miami Heat rise to prominence in the ‘90s.
Pat Riley
500
Seen here is this kind of diagram used to predict the genotypes of cross-breeding.
What is a Punnett square?
500
a merging of multiple rivers
confluence