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Linus Pauling
His Studies
The Amazing Race
DNA Today
Suprise!
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What is the year Pauling died?
1994
100
What protein structure did Pauling discover?
the alpha helix
100
Who got the credit for discovering the structure of DNA?
Watson and Crick
100
What is the Central Dogma of molecular biology?
DNA, RNA, and proteins
100
Where did AKU grow up?
Canada
200
What did he receive his Ph.D?
Cal Tech
200
What technique did he learn at Caltech?
x-ray crystallography
200
Who was Watson and Crick's role model?
Linus Pauling
200
What are the 3 main components of DNA?
bases, deoxyribose sugar, phosphates
200
What was the name of AKU's high school?
Philip Pocock Catholic Secondary School
300
What is the name of his book?
The Nature of The Chemical Bond
300
What structure did he propose for DNA?
a triple helix
300
Who said that he wanted to "imitate Linus Pauling and beat him at his own game"?
James Watson
300
What is a codon?
Triplet of bases that codes for an amino acid
300
What is the main active ingredient in Tylenol?
acetaminophen
400
In what year did he receive his Nobel Prize in Chemistry?
1954
400
What was the name of Pauling's colleague?
Robert Corey
400
In what year did Watson and Crick build the double helix model?
1953
400
What project released the first complete sequence of a human genome?
The Human Genome Project
400
What were the first 5 believed scientific components used for observational research?
Fire, Earth, Water, Air, Ether
500
Why did he receive the Nobel Peace Prize in 1962?
For his work against nuclear weapons
500
In what year did he publish his triple helix model?
1953
500
What photo revealed DNA's double helix structure?
Photo 51
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In what year was the first full DNA genome sequenced?
1977
500
Out of the four presenters, who has a twin?
T. Nash