Biology
The powerhouse of the cell
What is mitochondria?
The speed of light
What is 3*10^8m/s
This gelatinous substance derived from red algae is used as a culture medium for bacteria (& to thicken soups)
What is agar?
The setting of Spongebob Squarepants
What is Bikini Bottom?
This man wrote & performed the song "Thriller"
Who is Michael Jackson?
By definition bacteria called anaerobes don't need this to live
What is oxygen?
This law explains what happens to the total energy of a system when the system undergoes a change.
What is the Law of Conservation of Energy.
This term describes DNA strings designed to be pieced together in synthetic biology applications
What are BioBricks?
Other answers may also be acceptable
In the TV show The Office, Michael Scott hits this character with company property on company property.
Who is Meredith Palmer?
He composed "Moonlight Sonata" and Fur Elise"
Who is Beethoven
There are 3 main types of these in the body -- smooth, striated, & cardiac
What are muscles?
He dropped differing masses off of the Tower of Pisa proving, experimentally that all masses fall at the same rate.
Who is Galileo.
This lab of this faculty member at Rice University is known for optogenetics and engineering novel bacterial two component sensors.
Who is Jeff Tabor?
The number of times that Ross Geller got divorced on the TV show Friends.
What is three times? (Carol, Emily, Rachel)
Baroque style composer- He composed "The Four Seasons"
Who is Vivaldi?
The 4 general phases of the cell cycle, in order
prophase, metaphase, anaphase, telophase
As the wavelength of light gets larger, the frequency of the light does this.
What is gets smaller?
Citizen scientist Josiah Zayner ran into trouble with the FDA when he started selling kits that let people make this at home.
Glow-in-the-dark beer
This is the only Avenger other than Captain America who was able to pick up Thor’s Mjolnir in the Marvel movies
Vision
Identify this piece of music. (artist/band + song title)
What is Stairway to Heaven by Led Zeppelin?
The 3 molecules that are produced by cellular respiration
What is NADH, FADH2, and ATP?
The transfer of thermal energy by electromagnetic waves is called
What is radiation
This woman won the 2018 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for her work on directed evolution. She was just the second woman to win the prize in the previous 50 years.
Who is Frances Arnold?
This actor voiced both Darth Vader and The Lion King‘s Mufasa.
Who is James Earl Jones?
Identify this piece of music. (artist/band + song title)
What is "Another Brick in the Wall, Pt.2" by Pink Floyd