Famous scientists
Microbiology
Weird animals
TV and movies
Big and small
100

Elon Musk wishes he was as cool as this electrical engineer and inventor.

Who is Nikola Tesla?

100

Something that TFT players aren't known for doing, but really should if they want to prevent the spread of disease-causing pathogens.

What is washing your hands?

100

The bubonic plague and TFT players give this animal a bad reputation.

What is a rat?

100

The (full) name of the drug that an underpaid chemistry teacher synthesized to make some extra cash. 

What is methamphetamine? 

100

The powerhouse of the cell.

What are mitochondria?

200

A theoretical physicist and cosmologist with a recognizable 'text-to-speech' voice.

Who is Stephen Hawking?

200

It was originally discovered in bacteria as a viral defense mechanism, but is more commonly associated with 'gene editing' technology in the mainstream media.

What is CRISPR?

200
Both a luxury brand of winter clothing, as well as something you want to avoid during nesting season. 

What is Canada Goose?

200

A bioluminescent arthropod, as well as a prematurely cancelled 2002 TV series. 

What is Firefly?

200

The closest star system to the sun.

What is Proxima Centauri (also accepted: Alpha Centauri)?

300

Studied finches in the Galapagos Islands, then married his cousin. 

Who is Charles Darwin?

300

The fourth most abundant element in all organisms, although it would be impossible for plants and animals to obtain it without symbiotic microorganisms. 

What is nitrogen?

300
A member of the order Coleoptera, and named for its apparent scat fetish. 

What is a dung beetle?

300

The narrator for the Planet Earth and Life documentary series. 

Who is Sir David Attenborough?

300

The term used to describe 6.02 x 1023 particles of a substance, also known as Avagadro's constant. 

What is a mole?

400

When she died, her body was so radioactive that she had to be buried in a lead coffin.

Who is Marie Curie?

400

A type of abnormal protein that is responsible for diseases such as Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, and Fatal Familial Insomnia. 

What are prions?

400

Enjoyed as a delicacy in Japan, although you must be careful to cut around the organs containing tetrodotoxin. 

What are pufferfish? (also accepted: Fugu)

400

Uma Thurman's love interest impersonated Jude Law to work at this company, which is also a valid sequence of DNA nucleotides. 

What is GATTACA?

400

According to modern physics, this length, equal to 1.616255×10−35 m, is the smallest possible distance.

What is Planck's length (or number)?

500

While James Watson and Francis Crick were given the Nobel Prize for the discovery of DNA's double-helix structure, this female scientist was the one that should have gotten the credit for it.

Who is Rosalind Franklin?

500

The common name for a large group of photosynthetic organisms, including seaweed, kelp, diatoms, dinoflagellates, euglenoids, and cyanobacteria. 

What is algae?

500

In Central Park Zoo, two of these creatures, named Roy and Silo, are in a loving gay relationship. They even adopted an egg from another couple and raised the baby! 

What are chinstrap penguins?

500

With a budget of only $7000, this cult classic is arguably one of the best time-travel movies of all time. 

What is Primer?

500

The largest known entity in the universe. 

Yo mama.