Harry Potter
Harry is gifted this rare, fluid-like garment during his first Christmas at Hogwarts, which originally belonged to his father, James.
What is the Invisibility Cloak?
Proposed by Francis Crick in 1958, this foundational framework describes the two-step flow of genetic information from DNA to RNA to protein.
What is the Central Dogma?
This golden-hued, multi-legged mascot isn't actually an insect, but rather a 1930s Ford Model A Sport Coupe that leads the football team onto the field.
What is the Rambling Wreck?
Issued by Abraham Lincoln after the Battle of Antietam, this historic executive order declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free."
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
Drafted primarily by Thomas Jefferson in 1776, this historic document famously declared that "all men are created equal" and announced the 13 colonies' separation from Great Britain.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
This breed of dragon—the largest and most dangerous of all—is native to Ukraine, features metallic silver scales, and was used to guard the high-security vaults at Gringotts.
What is a Ukrainian Ironbelly?
Because DNA polymerase can only synthesize new strands in the 5' to 3' direction, this specific strand must be replicated discontinuously in short fragments.
What is the lagging strand?
Towering over the campus since 1888, this iconic red-brick administration building features a famous illuminated sign on its main tower and shares its name with the school's signature battle cry.
What is Tech Tower?
In March 1862, the Battle of Hampton Roads made history as the first engagement between these two ironclad warships, signaling the end of the wooden navy era.
What are the USS Monitor and the CSS Virginia?
Purchased from France in 1803 for $15 million, this massive tract of land roughly doubled the size of the United States and opened up the American West.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
Before Albus Dumbledore took over as headmaster, this wizard—a notable expert in Transfiguration—held the position during Tom Riddle's time as a student.
Who is Armando Dippet?
Named after its inventor, this classic blotting technique uses gel electrophoresis and membrane transfer to specifically detect a target DNA sequence in a blood or tissue sample.
What is a Southern blot?
Every year since 1927, this fictitious student—originally created as a prank by a registration-day transfer—is enrolled in classes, earns degrees, and has even "written" letters to local newspapers.
Who is George P. Burdell?
Fought simultaneously with the Battle of Gettysburg in July 1863, the surrender of this Mississippi fortress town gave the Union complete control of the Mississippi River, cutting the Confederacy in two.
What is the Siege of Vicksburg?
Ratified in 1920, this constitutional amendment finally granted American women the right to vote after decades of organized struggle by the suffragist movement.
What is the 19th Amendment?
While the Elder Wand's core is made of the hair of this rare, skeletal, winged horse, its wood is crafted from the tree that gives the wand its name.
What is a Thestral?
In prokaryotes, this famous cluster of genes under the control of a single promoter encodes the enzymes necessary to transport and metabolize a specific sugar when glucose is absent.
What is the lac operon?
Before finding legendary success in the NBA as both a player and a coach, this 6'10" "Wham Bam" center led the Yellow Jackets to their first-ever NCAA Final Four appearance in 1990.
Who is John Salley?
Before leading his famous "March to the Sea," General William Tecumseh Sherman captured and burned this vital Southern rail hub in September 1864, heavily boosting Lincoln's re-election campaign.
What is Atlanta?
As part of his New Deal programming in 1933, FDR created this sweeping economic development agency to modernize the hard-hit Tennessee Valley through dam construction and electricity generation.
What is the Tennessee Valley Authority?
This wizard served as the Minister for Magic immediately prior to Cornelius Fudge, holding office during the first rise and fall of Lord Voldemort.
Who is Millicent Bagnold?
During RNA interference, this multi-protein complex uses a single-stranded siRNA or miRNA as a template to recognize and cleave complementary target mRNA molecules, effectively silencing the gene.
What is RNA-induced silencing complex?
October 7, 1916, saw the most lopsided game in American football history, when a Georgia Tech team coached by John Heiman defeated this small Tennessee college by a staggering score of 222 to 0
What is Cumberland College (or Cumberland University)?
Passed by the Union Congress in 1862, this legislative act provided 160 acres of public land to any citizen who agreed to farm it for five years, accelerating Western expansion during the war.
What is the Homestead Act?
In 1947, this US Secretary of State proposed a massive European Recovery Program that channeled over $13 billion in economic aid to rebuild Western Europe after WWII.
Who is George C. Marshall?