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Zinc-Bacateriochlorophyll
Biochemistry
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True or False: Researchers knew immediately zinc was present in the bacteriochlorophyll and not magnesium.
False
100
What is an organism capable of self-nourishment by using inorganic materials as a source of nutrients and using photosynthesis or chemosynthesis as a source of energy?
What is an autotroph
100
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Who is Howie Mandel
100
Who is the host?
Who is Alex Trebek
100
How many districts compete in the Hunger Games?
What is 12
200
What is the optimal pH level Acidphilium species prefer?
What is 3.5
200
True or False: In contrast to glycolysis, the pentose phosphate pathway allows the complete oxidation of glucose to carbon dioxide?
True: When this occurs, the overall stoichiometry involves the input of 6 molecules of glucose 6-phosphate and the production of 12 NADPH, 6 CO2 and the regeneration of 5 molecules of glucose 6-phosphate.
200
What is the name of the summer reality TV show where contestants live together in one large house and compete for Head of Household and Power of Veto to eliminate each other one by one to win $250,000?
What is Big Brother
200
Since its debut in 1984, how many episodes of Jeopardy! has there been? (May be within +/- 100 of the actual number)
What is 6,500
200
What is the name of Katniss Everdeen's sister
Who is Prim/Primrose Everdeen
300
What are the three Acidiphilium species that are similar to one another?
What is Acp. cryptum, Acp. multivorum, and Acp. organovorum
300
True or False: Gluconeogenesis is simply a reversal of glycolysis that occurs when blood glucose levels fall below normal levels.
False: While some reactions are reversals of glycolytic reactions, four different enzymes are required to bypass the three metabolically irreversible reactions of glycolysis.
300
What are the names of the hosts for Wipeout?
Who are John Henson and John Anderson
300
What was the name of the player who hold the highest cummulative amount won on Jeopardy!?
Who is Brad Rutter (He won $3,455,102. The total amount was a combination of his original appearance in 2002, the "Million Dollar Masters Tournament" in 2002, the "Ultimate Tournament of Champions" in 2005 and the "Jeopardy! IBM Challenge" in February 2011.)
300
What is the name of the actress who plays Katniss Everdeen in The Hunger Games and Catching Fire movies?
Who is Jennifer Lawrence
400
What are names of the authors who wrote this paper? (Last names will work)
Who are Akira Hiraishi and Keizo Shimada
400
Who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1929 for their work in glycolysis?
Who was Arthur Harden
400
Who was the winner of the Blood vs. Water season of Survivor?
Who is Tyson Apostol
400
Ken Jennings set the record for the most consecutive games played during the 2004-2005 season. How many games did he win? (Number can range +/- 5)
What is 74
400
What did Katniss and Rue use to signal one another when they plotted to blow up the supply pile?
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500
List one of the theories the author suggested on how the zinc was inserted into the bacteriochlorophyll.
Zn chelatase is present in the species, Mg chelatase inserts Zn into the protoporphyrin IX, or Mg atom is exchanged for Zn during Bch1 biosynthesis step
500
Short segments of lagging-strand DNA fomed by the discontinuous process are called what?
What are Okazaki fragments
500
What year did American Idol air its first episode?
When was 2002
500
In 2011 Harry Friedman became the first producer in television history to tie himself for Best Game Show, winning Emmy awards for Jeopardy! and this other popular game show that still runs today. Name this game show.
What is Wheel of Fortune
500
What is the well-known statement Effie used for the Hunger Games?
What is "Happy Hunger Games! And may the odds be ever in your favor."