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Two women shared the Nobel prize in Chemistry in 2020 for the development of CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing technology. Name one of them.
Jennifer Doudna and Emmanuelle Charpentier.
A chemical reaction of an aldehyde or ketone with a triphenyl phosphonium ylide commonly used to convert aldehydes or ketones to alkenes.
Wittig reaction.
This holiday, celebrating when Texan slaves learned of their emancipation on this day in 1865, was recognized as a federal holiday in 2021.
Juneteenth (June 19th).
Ohio is colloquially known as the _______ state.
The Buckeye State.
The Morning Meal Gathering.
The Breakfast Club.
Emil Fischer, who developed the “Fischer projection”, discovered which beloved purine compound?
Caffeine (and theobromine).
The oxidative cleavage of a carbon-carbon bond adjacent to a carbonyl, which converts ketones to esters, cyclic ketones to lactones, and aldehydes to carboxylic acids.
Baeyer-Villiger Oxidation.
According to Taylor Swift, Karma is: (name 4)
Karma is:
- my boyfriend
- a god
- the breeze in my hair on the weekend
- a relaxing thought
- the thunder (rattling your ground)
- a queen
- the guy on the screen
- a cat (purring in my lap 'cause it loves me)
The most US presidents have come from this state (8).
Virginia.
Two Days From Now.
The Day After Tomorrow.
The 2022 Nobel prize in Chemistry was awarded to three people for the development of click chemistry. Name two of them.
Carolyn R. Bertozzi, Morten Meldal and K. Barry Sharpless.
This reaction converts an alcohol into a variety of functional groups, such as an ester, using triphenylphosphine and an azodicarboxylate such as diethyl azodicarboxylate (DEAD) or diisopropyl azodicarboxylate (DIAD).
Mitsunobu reaction.
Who is the most decorated Olympian of all time? (double points for # medals)
Michael Phelps (28 medals).
This state has the most national parks (9).
California.
Dame and the Hobo.
Lady and the Tramp.
Five people have won the Nobel prize twice. Name two of them.
Marie Curie, Linus Pauling, John Bardeen, Frederick Sanger, and Barry Sharpless.
This reaction allows for synthesis of carbon–nitrogen bonds via the palladium-catalyzed coupling reactions of amines with aryl halides.
Buchwald–Hartwig amination.
News outlet that hosts "Tiny Desk" concert series as well as podcasts, "Consider This" and "StoryCorps".
NPR.
What is the state animal of Alaska?
Moose.
The Lupine of Barrier Avenue.
The Wolf of Wall Street.
Alice Ball was the first woman and first African American student to earn a master's degree from The University of Hawaiʻi. She manipulated chaulmoogra oil to a more injectable, bioavailable formulation for the treatment of which disease?
Leprosy or Hansen’s Disease.
This two-step reaction uses PBr3 and Br2 followed by H2O to turn an alpha C-H bond of a carboxylic acid to a C-Br.
HVZ, or Hell-Volhard-Zelinsky, reaction.
Name 2 of the Billboard Top 10 artists.
1. Stray Kids
2. Taylor Swift
3. Morgan Wallen
4. Jelly Roll
5. ENHYPEN
6. Luke Combs
7. Foo Fighters
8. SZA
9. Ed Sheeran
10. Drake
Which states border the great lakes (must name all 8).
Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New York.
The Shadowy Cavalier.
The Dark Knight.