Nature vs. Nurture (Far From the Tree)
Identical twins share nearly 100% of this.
What is DNA?
Astronomers use this term for a planet found outside our solar system.
What is an exoplanet?
This French term refers to a multi-course meal served at a fixed price.
What is prix fixe?
In Greek mythology, this landmark must be crossed to enter the underworld.
What is the River Styx?
A spy planted inside an organization for many years.
What is a sleeper agent?
This phrase describes observable characteristics such as height or eye color.
What is phenotype?
This robotic explorer famously searched for signs of ancient water on Mars.
What is Curiosity?
The artful arrangement of food on the plate.
What is plating?
In ancient Egyptian belief, this organ was weighed against a feather to judge a soul’s worthiness.
What is the heart?
This British intelligence agency handled codebreaking at Bletchley Park.
What is GCHQ?
This hormone, released during stress, can affect gene expression over time.
What is cortisol?
This equation estimates how many intelligent civilizations might exist in our galaxy.
What is the Drake Equation?
This role is responsible for managing front-of-house service, staff, and guest experience.
Who is the maitre d'?
This term refers to a person who claims to communicate with the dead.
What is a medium?
This Soviet intelligence agency preceded the KGB.
What is NKVD?
Changes in gene expression caused by environment, not DNA.
What is epigenetics?
This scientific effort listens for artificial radio signals from space.
What is SETI?
This San Francisco restaurant helped launch the farm-to-table movement in America.
What is Chez Panisse?
This term describes a temporary state between death and rebirth in Buddhism.
What is bardo?
This British spy ring included Kim Philby.
Who were the Cambridge Five?
Kim Philby – A senior MI6 officer and the most notorious of the group
Guy Burgess – Worked in the British Foreign Office and MI6
Donald Maclean – A diplomat who passed classified information to the USSR
Anthony Blunt – An art historian and royal surveyor who secretly spied for the Soviets
John Cairncross – A civil servant and codebreaker at Bletchley Park
This long-running study examined identical twins raised apart.
What is the Minnesota Twin Study?
This question asks why we have not detected intelligent life despite the vast size of the universe.
What is the Fermi Paradox?
This French chef is credited with codifying classical French cuisine in the early 20th century.
Who was Auguste Escoffier?
This Norse realm received those who did not die in battle.
What is Hel?
This American intelligence agency was formed during WWII and later became the CIA.
What is the Office of Strategic Services (OSS)?