ICARE
IDREAM
UIowa
Local Landmarks
Cell Basics
100
What does ICARE stand for?
What is Iowa Cancer Research Experience?
100
What does IDREAM stand for?
What is Iowa: Discovering Research Experiences and Membership (IDREAM)?
100
The name of University of Iowa's mascot
Who is Herky?
100
Give the name of the county where Iowa City and Coralville are located.
What is Johnson County?
100
Give the name of the cellular component that makes proteins.
What is the ribosome?
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200
The first and last name for the interim program manager for ICARE.
Who is Megan Meyer?
Program Directors: Jessica Sieren and Andrean Simons-Burnett
200
The first and last name of the program manager for IDREAM.
Who is Meghan Lawler-Heis?
Program Director: Rainbow Hultman
Associate Directors: Sheila Baker, Stephanie Gantz, & Susan Shen
200
Name the tradition that occurs at the end of every first quarter of UIowa home football games.
What is the Hawkeye Wave?
Fans wave to pediatric patients in the windows of the Stead Family Children's Hospital.
200
Give the name of the Iowa City's local farm/orchard.
What is Wilson's Apple Orchard?
They host apple cider tastings every Thursday and pumpkin picking throughout the fall.
200
Give the full name for "ATP".
What is adenosine triphosphate?
300
Name the focus of ICARE director Dr. Sieren's research.
What is radiology for cardiovascular and thoracic imaging?
What is CT imaging techniques for lung cancer?
300
Name the focus of IDREAM director Dr. Rainbo Hultman's research.
What are the mechanisms for migraines and major depressive disorder?
What are therapeutic targets identified in rodent brains?
300
Name the famous female basketball player who played for University of Iowa from 2020 until 2024.
Who is Caitlyn Clark?
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300
Name at least 3 local coffee shops.
What are...
Java House
Midnight Coffee
Kindred Coffee
Daydrink
Press Coffee
Encounter Cafe
Mammitas Coffee
Hyper
Zoetic Coffee
fix! Coffee
...?
(Note: National chains do not count.)
300
State the typical resting membrane potential of a neuron (mV).
What is -70 mV?
400
Name the ICARE postbac who researches the effects of glutathione peroxidase loss and cellular ROS in colon cancer cells.
Who is John McFadden?
John works in Dr. Sarah Short's lab.
400
Name the IDREAM postbac who researches the physiology of G protein-coupled receptors using a patch clamping technique.
Who is Joe Deuitch?
Joe works in the Gantz lab!
400
Guess how many Herky statues are on public display throughout Johnson County.
What is 45?
(Acceptable answers between 40 to 50).
As of January 2026, ThinkIowaCity has recorded 45 Herky statues on public display throughout Iowa City, Coralville, Solon, North Liberty, and Tiffin. They were all painted by local artists.
400
Give the name of the river that flows through Iowa City and Coralville.
What is Iowa River?
400
Describe the typical purpose of using trypsin in cell culture maintenance.
What is to detach cells for cell passaging?
500
Give the first names of all of the post-baccs who joined ICARE in August 2025 (7 total).
Who are Bogdan, Logan, Emma, Kayla, Nurgul, John, and Schaler?
500
Give the first names of all post-baccs who joined IDREAM in August of 2025 (5 total).
Who are Roy, Zoya, Joe, Synclare, and Nora?
(If I got this wrong, I am sorry... I am going off of a list from Meghan.)
500
The height of the Recreation and Wellness Center's climbing wall.
What is 52.5 feet?
(Acceptable answers between 40-60 ft).
500
Give the name of Iowa's former capital building.
What is the Pentacrest?
The Old Capitol building was built in Iowa City in 1842. The state government moved to Des Moines in 1857 (Wikipedia).
500
Describe the central dogma in full detail.
What is the idea that DNA is used to transcribe RNA, which is used to translate proteins?
