Whoop, Gig'em, Howdy, etc.
Lonestar Lore
"Easy" Biochemistry
Nerd Knowledge
Name That Biochemist
200
This plant in the middle of campus is known for guaranteeing an eternal relationship for couples who pass under it, and eternal loneliness for single people.
What is the Century Tree?
200
This beverage was invented in Waco, TX in 1885, preceding Coca-cola by one year (technically).
What is Dr Pepper?
200
CRISPR stands for...
What is "clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats"?
200
This blond rich family is known to "always pay their debts."
What is the Lannisters?
200
This biochemist received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1954 and the Nobel Peace Prize in 1962 for their anti-war and anti-nuclear activism since 1946.
Who is Linus Pauling?
400
This lady of high honor holds the highest rank in the Texas A&M Corps of Cadets.
What is Reveille X (Cadet General)?
400
Texas is home to this world's largest convenience store in New Braunfels at 66,335 sq. feet (larger than a football field).
What is Bucee's?
400
This phase of mitosis involves the separation of chromosomes and pulling of sister chromatids to the poles of the cell.
What is anaphase?
400
This giant turtle with cannons in his shell was the first fully-evolved water type starter in Pokemon.
Who is Blastoise?
400
This pioneer of DNA sequencing was once offered a knighthood but declined as he did not want others to address him as "sir."
Who is Frederick Sanger?
600
What do A&M graduate students yell and act out when cheering at football games?
What is "AYYY WHOOP" and finger down down/up (showing off Aggie ring)?
600
Bracken Cave near San Antonio is home to the world's largest colony (estimated ≈20 million) of this animal.
What are bats (Mexican free-tailed)?
600
NAD stands for...
What is Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide?
600
What does Anakin Skywalker apparently dislike most about his planet according to one conversation with Padme?
What is sand?
600
This biochemist received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the elucidation of vitamin B12 with x-ray crystallography. They also defined the first steroid structure and the insulin and penicillin structures.
Who is Dorothy Hodgkin?
800
This building on campus is named after the agronomist and A&M researcher who received the Nobel Peace Prize, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and the Congressional Gold medal for his contribution to the "Green Revolution."
What is the Borlaug Center?
(named after Norman Borlaug)
800
This city in Texas suffered the worst natural disaster in the United States when a hurricane killed over 8000 people in 1900.
What is Galveston?
800
This molecule is synthesized directly from an intermediate of glycolysis and stabilizes the T-state of hemoglobin to assist O2 unloading.
What is 2,3-bisphospholycerate (2,3-BPG)?
800
The younger brother of Rubeus Hagrid.
Who is Grawp?
800
This click chemistry pioneer and two-times Nobel laureate was blinded in one eye from an NMR tube explosion, since stating "there's simply never an adequate excuse for not wearing safety glasses in the laboratory at all times."
Who is Karl Barry Sharpless?
1000
This Texas Senator helped Texas take advantage of the Land-Grant College Act of 1862 which directly allowed the founding of Texas A&M soon after.
Who is Matthew Gaines?
1000
Texas is named after "Tejas," the spelling of "Taysha," a word meaning _______ in the Native American Caddo language.
What is "friend" or "ally?"
1000
This essential biological molecule is synthesized from ATP, cysteine, and penthonate (vitamin B5).
What is Coenzyme A?
1000
This powerful half-elf is often referred to as the "Lord of Rivendell."
Who is Elrond?
1000
This biochemist researcher and astronaut has spent a cumulative total of 665 days in space, more than any other American astronaut in history.
Who is Peggy Whitson?
