Biology
Pre-Professional Careers
Department Professors
USI
Evansville
100

Sharing their name with a common cleaning tool, what is the more common name of the worlds most simple animals from the phylum Porifera?

Sponges

100

What is the FULL name of the exam required for medical school application?

Medical College Admission Test

100

Which professor is obsessed with minions?

Dr. Delaney

100

What are the four academic colleges at USI?

Romain College of Business

Pott College of Science, Engineering, and Education

College of Liberal Arts

College of Nursing & Health Professions

100

What county does Evansville reside in?

Vanderburgh

200

Benadryl is what type of medicine due to its impact on blocking the effects of a naturally occurring chemical?

Antihistamine

200

Which pre-professional could go on to their post-grad program here at USI?

pre-occupational therapy

200

Which professor is an excellent bowler?

Dr. Maurice
200

Who was the first President at USI?

David L. Rice

200

Who is the mayor of Evansville?

Stephanie Terry


300

When a spermatozoon and an ovum love each other very much, they come together to form what alphabetically-disadvantaged cell with a full set of chromosomes?

Zygote

300

What non-STEM courses are recommended for pre-dental students?

art classes

300

Which professor does research on lipid membranes?

Dr. Champagne

300

What was USI originally called before becoming the University of Southern Indiana?

Indiana State University-Evansville

300

Evansville was once the "______ Capital of the World"

Refrigeration

400

What proteins, found in eukaryotic cell nuclei, act as "spindles" around which DNA is wound to create structures called nucleosomes?

Histones

400

Which professional program had its first class graduate in 1967 from Duke University?

Physician Assistant

400

Which professor's office is to the right when you walk into the Biology Department?

A. Dr. Deloney-Marino

B. Dr. Sparks-Thissen

C. Dr. Mendel

D. Dr. Champagne

C. Dr. Mendal

400

What does the cone represent?

a pencil!

400

What professional sport did Evansville have a team for in the 1920s?

Football - The Evansville Crimson Giants played in the American Professional Football Association at Bosse Field in 1921 & 1922

500

The EPV virus is named after Yvonne Barr and a British pathologist. What is the surname of this pathologist? This pathologist shares his surname with the manager of The Beatles.

Epstein

500

Which pre-professional program specifically, will go on to work with the sclera? 

Hint: Sclera runs in pairs.

Pre-optometry

500

Name the organism that Dr. Strange has focused much of his research on.

lampreys

500

What famous tiktoker came to speak on campus?

Sister Cindy

500

ALL TEAMS ANSWER: What is the population size of Evansville?

113,907

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