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This 1983 Nobel Laureate almost did not attend college because her mother thought it would negatively impact her chances of getting married. She also won the Nobel Prize for the discovery of “jumping genes”.  

Who is Barbara McClintock?

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How long did the six days war last?  

What is six days?

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The planet earth resides in this galaxy.  

What is the Milky Way?

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Pop singer Taylor Swift frequently supports her boyfriend Travis Kelce by attending his games for the Kansas City Chiefs where he plays this position. 

What is Tight End?

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Ionis’s first drug approved by the FDA to treat a neurological condition.

What is Nusinersen/Spinraza?

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This theoretical physicist accurately predicted in 1978 that black holes could only grow larger, not smaller, swallowing information as they grew.  

Who is Stephen Hawking?

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This U.S. President purchased a large tract of land in North America from the French government in 1803.

Who was Thomas Jefferson?

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This animal has a horn made from keratin.  

What is the rhinoceros?

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What app used to be Music.lly?

What is TikTok?

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The molecular target for Donidalorsen.  

What is prekalikrein or PKK?

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This 1998 Nobel Laureate achieved her life’s mission of alleviating human suffering by creating multiple drugs to treat viral infections and cancer.  

Who is Gertrude Elion?

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This beautiful building and surrounding gardens was built by the fifth Mughal emperor, Shah Jahan to house the tomb of his favorite wife, Mumtaz Mahal.

What is the Taj Mahal?

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He revolutionized life sciences after making the observation that finch located in different parts of the world had very different styles of beaks based on the food they ate.  

Who is Charles Darwin?

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This movie franchise features a character named Luke Skywalker.

 What is Star Wars?

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This drug in development to treat a neurological condition does not target a protein coding RNA.

What is ION582 (UBE3A-ATS)?

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This German astronomer is credited with transforming cosmology into today’s science-based astronomy. He invented an improved version of the telescope, using it to describe planetary motion.  

Who is Johannes Kepler?

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This U.S. President said “We choose to go to the moon. We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one which we intend to win, and the others, too. “

Who is John F. Kennedy?

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In 2006 this heavenly body lost its status as a planet

What is pluto?

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What dance craze swept the world following the release of the same-name song by Spanish pop duo Los del Rio?

What is The Macarena?

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Ionis’ first FDA approved antisense drug was approved for treating this medical condition.

What is CMV retinitis?

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This scientist is one of the founding fathers of the field of chemical biology and was the first scientist to chemically synthesize oligonucleotides.

Who is Har Gobind Khorana?

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The largest empire in the history of the  world

What is the Mongol Empire?

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This species of mammal has the largest brain.  

What is the sperm whale?

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Super Bowl LIX (59) halftime performer will be headlined by?

Who is Kendrick Lamar?

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The partner currently developing bepirovirsen?

Who is GSK?