Fun Facts
Fruit Salad
Boston History
Genetics in the Media
100

This instructor's top artist to stream music from last year was Taylor Swift.

Karina

100

Oranges are high in this nutrient, which is known to decrease the risk for open neural tube defects.

Folic acid

100

The largest art heist in the city of Boston's history occurred at this museum in 1990.

Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

100

This celebrity's 2013 op-ed "My Medical Choice" sparked a large, immediate increase in women seeking BRCA genetic testing.

Angelina Jolie

200

This second-year student is a big fan of the USS Constitution.

Cara

200

The sonographic finding of a strawberry shaped skull is most commonly associated with this chromosomal trisomy.

Trisomy 18

200

The Great Molasses Flood of 1919 took place in this Boston neighborhood.

The North End

200

Starring Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman, this movie addressed a futeristic world in which societal roles are governed by an individuals genetic composition.

GATTACA

300

This first-year student shares their birthday with Danny Devito.

Jessie

300

On ultrasound, this fetal structure often resembles a banana in the presence of an open neural tube defect.

The cerebellum

300

Before it became a public park, the Boston Common was originally utilized for this purpose.

Cow grazing

300

In 2022, actor Chris Hemsworth shared that he has a genetic predisposition to Alzheimer's disease (AD) associated with variation in which AD gene?

APOE

400

This second-year student was the first to describe themselves as "outsidey, not outdoorsey".

Lily

400

This ultrasound finding may suggest spina bifida or a Chiari II malformation.  

Lemon sign

400

The Museum of Fine arts originally resided in this public square before being moved to its current Fenway location in 1909.

Copley Square

400

In Jurassic Park, this animal's DNA was used to fill gaps in fragmented dinosaur DNA.

Frog

500

This second-year student recently checked going into a cranberry bog off the top of their bucket list.

Grace L.

500

This is the medical term for a strawberry birthmark.

Hemangioma

500

In the summer of 1901, this exotic animal could be found living in a pond in the Boston Public Garden.

Alligators

500

This classic Hollywood actress/humanitarian was known for having two rows of eyelashes caused by a genetic trait called distichiasis.

Elizabeth Taylor