BIOTECH FUN FACTS
Molecular Biology
UCF
EBOARD
CRISPR
100
Which life-saving drug was the first ever genetically engineered product in 1982? (hint: this drug was derived from the pancreas of animals; cows and pigs )
What is "Insulin"
100
What structure is this?
DNA Double Helix
100
What is the name of the UCF President?
Who is Alexander Cartwright?
100
What food does Hannah make the best?
a) pasta
b) rolls
c) chicken curry
d) salmon
What is "rolls"?
100
A word, phrase, or sequence that reads the same backward as forward.
What is "palindrome"
200
This technique, used to edit DNA precisely, has revolutionized genetic research and was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2020.
What is CRISPR-Cas9?
200
What is the Central Dogma of Molecular Biology?
DNA➡ RNA➡ Protein
200
This is the oldest building at UCF
What is John C Hitt Library?
200
What is LuLu's real name?
a) Balissa
b) Alyssa
c) Lily
d) Avery
What is "Alyssa"
200
Cas 9 is this type of enzyme
What is "restriction enzyme or nuclease"
300
This first-ever cloned mammal, created in 1996, sparked a global conversation about the ethics and potential of biotechnology.
a) dog
b) sheep
c) rat/mice
d) pig
Who is Dolly the sheep?
300
Which of the following does cytosine pair with?
a) Guanine
b) Thymine
c) Adenine
d) A pyrimidine
a) Guanine
300
The original name of the college before it was named UCF
What is Florida Technological University?
300
What sport does Autumn coach?
a) cross country
b) soccer
c) ice skating
d) swimming
What is "Ice skating"?
300
She is the co-creator of the CRISPR-Cas 9 technology
Who is "Jennifer Doudna"
400
This fruit was the first genetically modified organism (GMO) to be approved for sale in the United States, engineered to resist a virus that threatened its extinction.
a) banana
b) strawberry
c) papaya
d) mango
What is the papaya?
400
Does DNA replicate in a conservative, semiconservative, or dispersive model?
Semiconservative
400
This is the smallest college at UCF
What is the "College of Optics and Photonics?
400
Which organ did Naika have to get surgery on due to a birth defect?
a) liver
b) heart
c) lungs
d) intestines
What is "Heart"?
400
This is a treatment and potential cure for sickle cell disease
What is "Casgevy"?
500
This imaging technique uses powerful magnets and radio waves to create detailed images of the organs and tissues inside the body, revolutionizing diagnostics in medicine. What does its acronym stand for?
What is magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)?
500
Control of gene expression in eukaryotic cells occurs at which level(s)?
a) only the transcriptional level
b) epigenetic and transcriptional levels
c) epigenetic, transcriptional, and translational levels
d) epigenetic, transcriptional, post-transcriptional, translational, and post-translational levels
d) epigenetic, transcriptional, post-transcriptional, translational, and post-translational levels
500
What year was UCF founded?
What is 1963?
500
What year was Mr. Fairchild, Autumn, and Hannah's favorite teacher in high school?
a) sophomore year
b) freshmen year
c) junior year
d) senior year
What is "Junior Year"?
500
These words make up the acronym CRISPR
Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats