Biology
JHU
Drugs
Food
Korea
100

The scientific term for the production of light by living organisms

Bioluminescence

100

What is JHU's sports mascot?

Blue jay

100

Type of drug of alcohol

Depressant

100

Primary ingredient in guacamole

Avocados

100

It is South Korea's best-selling liquor around the world.

Soju
200

What is the most common element in the human body?

Carbon

200

The University's School of Public Health was founded in 1916, and is the oldest and largest school of its kind in the world. It is named for a famous JHU alumnus/alumna from a different field.

Michael Bloomberg

200

What type of alcohol is drinking alcohol?

Ethyl alcohol

200

Guinness beer was first brewed in which country?

Ireland

200

North Korea borders these three countries

China, Russia and South Korea

300

What human organ cleans fifty gallons of blood every day?

Kidneys

300

"The Hut" is one of the most popular venues at JHU. What is it?

A reading room

300

This term actually means to induce sleep, but the public often interprets it, wrongly, to mean any legal drug sometimes used illegally.

Narcotic
300

Tomatoes originated from which continent?

South America

300

This percentage of Koreans identify as Christian.

30%

400

Unlike most other fish, sharks have no:

Bones
400

Remsen Hall is named after JHU's second President, Ira Remsen, who discovered saccharin in 1878. Sweet. It houses this unusual item.

Remsen's ashes 

400

An addictive substance invented by the Bayer Company in Germany in the late 1800's and thought to be a cure for morphine addiction.

Heroin

400

What happens if you put a rotten egg in water?

It'll float

400

South Korea is known to have the fastest ______ in the world.

Internet connection

500

This was the first genetically engineered organism.

Tobacco

500

This President of the United States received his Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

500

What do LSD, peyote, PCP, and Psilocybin have in common?

They're all hallucinogens 

500

Which is the largest food and drink company in the world?

Nestle

500

What is an alternate name for North Korea and used officially by its government? 

Democratic People's Republic of Korea or DPRK

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