ASCP Questions
Science in Pop Culture
100
This polymerase removes the RNA primer from lagging strand by 5’→3’ exonuclease activity and also fills the gap.
What is DNA Polymerase I?
100
This group 8th US album, Titled DNA, was released in 2019 and is short for "Digital and Analog" which is how the boys started recording in the 1990s.
Who is the Backstreet Boys?
200
These enzymes cleave DNA at fixed positions with respect to their recognition sequence, creating reproducible fragments and distinct gel electrophoresis patterns.
What are Type 2 Restriction Enzymes?
200
Based on the 2013 video game developed by Naughty Dog, this series is set in 2023, twenty years into a pandemic caused by a mass fungal infection, which forces its hosts to transform into zombie-like creatures and collapses society.
What is the Last of Us?
300
This neutralizes the negative charges on the phosphate backbone of DNA during PCR, stabilizing double-stranded DNA by offsetting negative charges that would otherwise repel one another.
What is salt?
300
This movie stars Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, a primatologist who is close friends with a rare albino silverback gorilla, who has his life turned upside down when he discovers CRISPR has been used to mutate his primate buddy into a gigantic, uncontrollable beast.
What is Rampage?
400
Also known as 47,XXY, this syndrome is a genetic condition where a male has an additional copy of the X chromosome.
What is Klinefelter syndrome?
400
The film tells the story of two astronomers attempting to warn humanity about an approaching comet that will destroy human civilization.
What is Don’t Look Up?
500
This is a genetic disorder caused by a loss of function of specific genes on chromosome 15. In newborns, symptoms include weak muscles, poor feeding, and slow development.
What is Prader–Willi syndrome?
500
Charged with murder and felony burglary for the killings of four University of Idaho students, authorities were able to match this person DNA from the crime scene to a sample on genealogy testing website GEDmatch. The matching DNA was submitted by a family member of the suspect.
Who is Bryan Kohberger?