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100

What is the anatomical name for the commonly termed ‘windpipe’?

What is the trachea
100
What building is the department of Mechanical Engineering hosted in?
What is Sackett/Vogt Hall
100
This man discovered penicillin in 1928.
Who is Alexander Fleming
100

"The transport of mass, momentum and energy is essential to the function of living systems" describes what bioengineering concept (hint: it's a class you have to take)

Biotransport
100
What African country did a member of BMES falsely claim to descend from?
What is Chad
200
How many total bones are in the human body?
What is 206
200
What decade was UofL's Speed School officially founded?
What is the 1920s (1925)
200

This English-language textbook of human anatomy originally created by Henry Gray and illustrated by Henry Vandyke Carter. What is it's common name

What is Gray's Anatomy
200

This substance in the body is an aqueous solution containing 92% water, plasma, and other proteins.

What is blood
200
The city, Timbuktu is famous for being a huge ancient trading city in West Africa. What country is it in?
What is Mali
300
What is the name of the process of blood cell formation?

What is Hematopoiesis

300
U.S. Reports recently released a ranking of all the BE programs in the country. UofL's Bioengineering department placed in the top 100, ranking at what?
What is 96th
300
In what decade was the first human heart transplant performed?
What is the 1960s (1967)
300

The method of reproduction used by prokaryotes, in which a single parent cell divides into two daughter cells

What is binary fission
300
From what country were the first slaves brought to America in 1619?
What is Angola
400
This cranial muscle surrounds the skin around the eye, and elevates the eyebrow as when surprised. What is it's name?
What is Epicranius
400

The UofL engineering school was named after a man with the initials J.B. What does the J.B. in J.B. Speed stand for?

What is James Breckinridge Speed
400

Invented by David Gow in 2007, this device, known as the iLIMB, became the world’s first what?

What is bionic hand
400

 A hollow ball of cells that occurs early in embryonic development.


What is blastula
400

This country is the largest oil exporter in the world, and Africa’s biggest oil producer with about 2.2 million barrels produced every day.

What is Nigeria
500
What type of epithelial cell lines the respiratory passages?

Pseudostratified Columnar Epithelium 

500
Who is the current dean of Speed School?
Who is Dr. Gail Depuy
500
Though Peter Piot discovered this virus in 1976, it's biggest scare was just a couple years ago. What was the name of this virus?
What is Ebola
500

A leukocyte that stains dark purple with base dyes; appear in many types of inflammations, particularly allergic reactions.

What is basophil
500
This small west African country is famous for being the birthplace of Voodoo. The BMES president actually descends from it.
What is Benin