32309 Easy Trivia Questions
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Which scientist formulated the rules that A=T and G=C in DNA?
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Erwin Chargaff
What is the name of the replication model where each daughter DNA has one parent strand?
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semi-conservative
In which cell organelle is most DNA found in eukaryotes?
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nucleus
What is the name of the bond between a sugar and a base in a nucleotide?
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glycosidic bond
How many rings does a pyrimidine base have?
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one
Who shared the 1962 Nobel Prize with Watson and Crick for DNA structure?
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Maurice Wilkins
In DNA, which base is complementary to cytosine?
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Guanine
What does the acronym DNA stand for?
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Deoxyribonucleic acid
What sugar is found in DNA?
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Deoxyribose
How many strands make up a DNA molecule?
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Two
Which base pairs with adenine in DNA?
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Thymine
What shape does a DNA molecule have?
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Double helix
What is the name of the UK's national institute for data science and AI named after Turing?
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The Alan Turing Institute
In which London district was Alan Turing born?
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Maida Vale
Who portrayed Alan Turing in the 2014 film The Imitation Game?
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Benedict Cumberbatch
Which cryptanalyst co-developed the Bombe with Alan Turing?
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Gordon Welchman
What was Alan Turing's academic position at the University of Manchester?
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Reader in Mathematics
What was the name of Alan Turing's secondary school?
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Sherborne School
Which 2014 film dramatizes Alan Turing's life?
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The Imitation Game
What subject did Alan Turing study at Cambridge University?
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Mathematics
What is the name of the theoretical computing model Turing introduced?
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Turing machine
Which German cipher machine did Alan Turing help break?
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Enigma
What was Alan Turing's role at Bletchley Park?
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Cryptanalyst
In which year did Alan Turing die?
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1954
What principle states that gravitational mass and inertial mass are equivalent?
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equivalence principle
What is the maximum mass limit for a stable white dwarf star?
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Chandrasekhar limit
What type of time dilation is caused by differences in gravitational potential?
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Gravitational time dilation
What is the name of the principle that states the laws of physics are the same in all inertial frames?
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Principle of relativity
What effect causes a moving object to appear shorter in the direction of motion?
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Length contraction
What does the letter 'c' represent in Einstein's equation E=mc^2?
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Speed of light