Holiday Trivia!
Kwanzaa is ___ days long.
What is 7?
The tallest building from the following:
- Texas State Capitol
- Statue of Liberty
- UT Tower
- United States Capitol
What is the UT Tower?
The ASBMB mission.
What is to advance the science of biochemistry and molecular biology and promote the understanding of the molecular nature of life processes?
The method of reading temperature, Celcius, was developed on ____ in 1742.
What is Christmas Day?
My favorite Christmas dish is hallaca!
Who is Michelle?
The mythical figure in Europe that punishes naughty children on Christmas.
What is Krampus?
This University building once had its own zip code.
What is Jester Center?
The state ASBMB was founded in.
What is Maryland?
The first Christmas song to be played in space.
What is "Jingle Bells"?
I will probably eat anything flavored with cinnamon!
Who is Arnav?
The country that began the tradition of putting up a Christmas tree.
What is Germany?
The mascot the UT student body campaigned to change the "longhorns" to in 1971.
What are armadillos?
ASBMB was founded on December __, ___.
What is December 26, 1906?
The northern lights are caused by ____.
What is the interaction between charged particles from the Sun & gases in Earth's upper atmosphere?
My family always watches "White Christmas" on Christmas Eve, so I mostly have it memorized!
Who is Avery?
The conflict where there was a cease fire for Christmas & the two sides sang songs together and played football in the no-man's land between the front lines.
What is World War I?
The first live mascot of the University of Texas at Austin.
Who is Pig? (Who is actually a dog...)
The number of Nobel laureates who are also ASBMB members.
What is 111?
The two popular reindeer that are named after weather phenomena.
What is Donner (thunder) & Blitzen (lightning)?
I once fell off the roof of my house while hanging Christmas lights with my family!
Who is Kyle?
Hanukkah celebrates ___.
What is the Maccabean Revolt?
or
What is when Jewish soldiers successfully fought against Greek-Syrian to reclaim Jersusalem's Holy Temple?
In 1900, the official university colors were chosen as burnt orange and white, the runner ups being ___ & ___.
What is orange & maroon?
ASBMB hosted this event at a few meetings to promote creativity in science.
What is a air-brush tattoo parlor?
Dr. Irving Cooper was gifted a ____ on Christmas Day in 1961, which led to the inspiration he needed to develop cyrosurgery. His device was able to precisely aim and administer gas to cool specific targets without disturbing surrounding areas.
What is a wine-bottle opener?
My family eats bagels all day on Christmas!
Who is Skye?