McGill Scientists
This scientist famously worked on patient H.M. and greatly contributed to the field of neuropsychology.
Who is Brenda Milner?
This drug was included in a popular soft drink until 1929.
What is Cocaine?
This was the most watched Netflix show in March 2020?
What is 'Love is Blind'?
This famous Canadian is featured on the side of a tall downtown building. You can clearly see it from the Mont Royal observatory!
Who is Leonard Cohen?
This was discovered in 1887 by J.J. Thompson.
What is an ATOM?
This scientist worked extensively on radioactivity and is known as the "father of nuclear physics".
Who is Ernest Rutherford?
The leaves of this plant were used to develop the first form of Aspirin.
What is a willow tree?
These are the names of Kim & Kanye's kids.
Who are North, Saint, Chicago, and Psalm?
What is the St Lawrence?
These receptors are the targets of ~34% of all FDA-approved drugs.
What are GPCRs?
This scientist is known for seminal work in the field of neurosurgery and neural stimulation.
Who is Wilder Penfield?
This NSAID selectively inhibits the COX2 enzyme.
What is Celecoxib?
This is the most streamed song of 2020
What is 'Blinding Lights'?
This venue hosts the Science Games power hour.
What is The Dominion?
This element is a known neurotoxin.
What is LEAD?
This physician received his medical degree at McGill and is known as the "father of modern medicine".
Who is William Osler?
This is the byproduct of a reaction between cocaine and ethanol when they are taken at the same time.
What is cocaethylene?
America faced a shortage of this spiked seltzer in 2019
What is 'White Claw'?
This building, nicknamed the "Big O", was build in the mid-1970's
What is the Olympic Stadium
These types of cells are being used for personalized medicine.
What are iPSCs?
This scientist holds two degrees from McGill and is famous for discovering place cells in the hippocampus.
Who is John O'Keefe?
The discovery of this drug led to the first female Chinese scientist to win a Nobel Prize.
What is artemisinin?
This song sparked the Mannequin Challenge in 2016
What is 'Black Beetles' by Rae Sremmurd?
This Montreal landmark served as the US Pavillion during Expo67
What is the Biosphere?
This cell line was the first immortal cell line. Fun fact: The number of cells grown to date is capable of wrapping around Earth's equator more than 3x!!
What are HeLa cells?