Earthquakes and Tsunamis (from Avery)
Lab Rhyme Time (from Sam)
Pastry Party (from Madhavi)
HortiCULTURE (from Yelena)
Test Category (from Audrey)
100

You should crawl under this household item in the event of an earthquake

What is a table?

100

2 words. An invasion of thermostable polymerases

What is Taq attack?

100

Named for its crescent shape, this popular breakfast item is known for its layers of lamination.

What is a croissant?

100

The Himalayan variant of what bramble, originally bred by Luther Burbank in Santa Rosa California as a eugenics project to remove thorns, is now a thriving invasive plant in the Pacific Northwest.

What is a blackberry?

100

Audrey has this many fingers

What is 10?

200

This type of building, a popular style of home in Seattle, is the most likely structure to collapse during an earthquake. 

What is a tudor-style? OR What is masonry? OR What is brick?

200

2 words. Genus of the plant that makes in situs possible + Species of our favorite model organism

What is Digitalis tropicalis?

200

Shaped into an oblong from choux dough, this dessert is traditionally topped with chocolate ganache and filled with pastry cream.

What is an Éclair?

200

This vast network of Hyphae is crucial for nutrient cycling in soils and aquatic systems. It allows many plants to “connect” with one another and facilitates the transfer of nutrients between trees.

What is mycelium?

200

Avery has this many fingers. 

What is 10?

300

This popular locale in North Seattle is most likely to experience liquefaction in the event of an earthquake

What is UVille?

300

3 words. Amphibian version of our favorite signaling pathway

What is Frog Hedgehog homologue?

300

Cannoli is a Sicilian delicacy consisting of a fried pastry-dough-shell enclosing a sweet filling derived from this cheese.

What is ricotta?

300

According to NASA’s clean air study, this plant is allegedly so great at producing oxygen, that if you were locked in a sealed room with no airflow, you would only need 6-8 of these plants to survive.

What is a snake plant?

300

Haven has this many little feet.

What is 4?

400

In the 1700s, an orphan tsunami that occurred in this country revealed that the Cascadia subduction zone off the coast of WA is active.

What is Japan?

400

3 words. A funny story about pointy plastic tubes

What is Comical conical chronicle?

400

Originating from the Ottoman Empire, baklava is filled with chopped nuts and sweetened with honey/syrup, and is composed of this pastry. 

What is filo dough?

400

Bromeliads are a family of monocot flowering plants native to the Americas. Out of 25,000 species (some being homes to various tree frogs), only one kind of bromeliad is safe for humans to consume, producing this fruit.

What is a pineapple?

400

It is this month currently.

What is June?

500

An earthquake of the Cascadia subduction zone would cause a tsunami with a predicted height of this many feet.  

What is 100?

500

3 words. Someone who dislikes people who leave vials mixing for hours on end

What is Nutator operator hater?

500

Malasadas are a type of yeasted doughnut, originating from this country.

What is Portugal?

500

At the end of the Pliocene, ginkgos nearly went extinct, except for one surviving species native to this country, which housed this ginkgo and saved the Genus from the brink of extinction.

What is China?

500

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