Black Scientists
Loving Words
Savannah's Nerd Fest 2020
Toilet Paper
How many followers do you have?
300

Marie Maynard Daly was an American biochemist whose research helped establish that this common health problem can lead to atherosclerosis (a narrowing of arteries due to plaque buildup) and be exacerbated by smoking and high cholesterol levels.

High blood pressure/ hypertension

300

The name of this famous Parisian museum is often confused for a misspelling of the English word “Love”.

Louvre Museum

300

What is the virus that we just want to minus?

(Ask Mike)

SARS (SARS Coronavirus)

300

This famous geometrically named government building uses an average of 666 rolls of toilet paper each day.

The Pentagon

300

This famous hot head has 82.8 million of "the best followers ever" on Twitter. 

Donald "Jazz" Trump

350

James E. West is a physicist who invented the electret-type of this product at Bell laboratories in 1962. Due to their good performance and ease of manufacture, hence low cost, the vast majority of this product made today are still electret-type, included in everything from karaoke machines to cell phones to hands-free headsets.

Microphone

350

This normally circular cereal was changed to a heart for Valentine's Day this year.

Cheerios 

350

This two-dose combination vaccine commonly given to young children has been accused for causing autism.

MMR Vaccine

Bonus points for what it stands for! 

350

The first recorded use of toilet paper was in this country (which basically invented everything else) in the 6th century, but the their government didn’t start mass producing it until the 14th century.

China

350

This major global religion has the most adherents of all religions. 

Christianity

400

Charles R. Drew was an American surgeon who pioneered the process that allowed for the storage and shipment of blood products overseas during WWII. However 1942, Drew resigned from his post as director of this famous blood-collecting organization’s Blood Bank, due to its the policy that the blood of African-Americans would be accepted but would have to be stored separately from that of whites.

American Red Cross

400

This 2012 French-language romantic film won the Cannes Palme d'Or and the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

Amour

400

The bacteria is responsible for a causing a common throat infection as well as Necrotizing Fasciitis 


Strep (Streptococcus Pyogenes)

400

In 1935, Northern Tissue was the first commercial manufacturer to introduce this quality control promise: toilet paper  free of this ouchy wood annoyance.

Splinters! 

400

This friendly and large baby mammal follows its mother for approximately 16 years after birth. 


Baby Elephant

450

George Washington Carver was a agricultural scientist and head of the Division of Plant Mycology and Disease Survey for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, promoted the practice of planting legumes, such as peanuts and alfalfa, in American agriculture to help replace this important chemical element in the soil.

Nitrogen

450

This words comes from the Greek for "heat" and "love" and describes many single celled organisms that live in temperatures at 106 F to 252 F, like the bacteria in Yellowstone's colorful hot springs.

Thermophile

450

This virus infects epithelial cells and nerve cells. Over half of the world population is thought to be infected (mostly asymptomatically)


Herpes Simplex

450

This is the only known continuously inhabited location that uses toilet paper in microgravity. 

International Space Station

450

These two oldest Weasley siblings follow (youngest to oldest) after Ginny, Ron, Fred and George, and Percy...


Charlie and Bill

500

Katherine Johnson was a mathematician for NASA. In 1962, this astronaut requested that Johnson personally recheck calculations made by electronic computers (which were new at the time) before his mission, in which he would become the first American to orbit Earth.

John Glenn

500

Mamihlapinatapai is “The Most Succinct Word” according to the Guinness Book of World Records. It translates roughly to "looking at each other hoping that either will offer to do something which both parties desire but are unwilling to do." It is derived from the Yaghan language, which is spoken in Tierra del Fuego, an archipelago that is shared by these two South American countries. Let’s hope there no mamihlapinatapai between the two!

Argentina and Chile

500

These vaccines: Yellow Fever, MMR, Influenza, and Rabies are made using this common shopping list item.

Eggs

500

This paper manufacturer (which is still a brand today and what the Bernhisel children grew up on, single-ply) first popularized commercial toilet paper in America through marketing in 1890, but originally under a different name so their company wouldn't be sullied by the embarrassing product. 

Scott

500

This female musician has the largest instagram following of any musician (If you get this wrong, we'll have to say Thank U, Next).


Ariana Grande