Transcript Science in the movies Jeopardy

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Regeneration
Mutants
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Chimeras
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Regeneration for 100
In the movie Freddy vs. Jason, one of the
two characters slices of both arms
completely (with bloody results) and
immediately after this, both arms grow
back. Which of the two characters
regenerated their whole entire arm?
Who is Freddy Kruger?
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Mutants for 100
Mutations can be either induced or
spontaneous. Spiderman was bit by this,
which caused an induced mutation in his
DNA.
What is a radioactive housespider
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Cloning for 100
In the movie “The Matrix” this character,
played by Hugo Weaving, is capable of
cloning himself in order to increase the
numbers of agents to fight Keanu Reeves
(“The one”).
Who is Agent Smith?
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Chimeras for 100
The liger drawn in Napolean Dynomite is a
chimera. In real life, a liger is a what?
What is a hybrid (between a tiger and a
lion)
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Chemistry and physics for 100
Magneto, of the marvel comic franchise
possesses numerous abilities due to his
mutation. In addition to generating
magnetic fields and controlling them, he is
able to manipulate________.
What are ferrous metals?
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Regeneration for 200
In X-Men, this character is a mutant who
has the ability to regenerate using the
Healing Factor.
Who is Wolverine.
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Mutants for 200
This is the name of the mysterious
substance that induces the mutation of
four little turtles into the four Teenage
Mutant Ninja Turtles.
What is Ooze.
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Cloning for 200
A 1988 movie where Arnold
Schwarzenegger was due to a secret
cloning experiment in an attempt to create
the perfect child with six different fathers.
Danny Devito was the twin “genetic trash”
leftover.
What is Twins?
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Chimeras for 200
In the movie “Hercules,” these two animals
combine to make up his chimeric trainer
Phil.
What is Human and goat.
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Chemistry for 200
In the movie “Meet the Fockers” actor
Robert De Niro injects Sodium pentothal
into actor Ben Stiller which makes him
honest. This street name refers to the
drug Sodium pentothal.
What is truth serum?
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Regeneration for 300
In Matrix Reloaded, we are introduced to
two new characters that possess the
ability to self-heal their flesh wounds
through instant regeneration. These
characters are referred to as:
Who are The Twins?
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Mutants for 300
This mutant is one of Spiderman’s worst
enemies; like a virus, he needs to be
bound to a host body in order to survive.
Who is Venom.
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Cloning for 300
In this 1990 Michael Crichton film Jurassic
Park, the cloning on Dinosaurs was
accomplished by taking the “dino DNA”
from this insect.
What is the mosquito
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Chimeras for 300
This character is a chimera made up of a
human torso and head, and octopus lower
half.
Who is Ursula
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Chemistry for 300
In Jurassic Park, the dinosaurs are deprived
of this amino acid, who's one letter
abbreviation is K, in order to prevent the
dinosaurs from reproducing. (Eventually
they found out that the dinosaurs had
been getting this amino acid from other
crops)
What is Lysine
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Regeneration for 400
In the movie Men In Black, an alien gets his
whole entire head shot off by Agent J.
Subsequently it completely regenerates
right after it gets shot off. What is the
name of this Alien?
Who is Jeebs?
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Mutants for 400
In the 2008 movie Mutant Chronicles, a
machine is used to turn humans into
mutants. Although it causes much less
dramatic mutations, this causes mutations
in our DNA, and we are exposed to it
every time we step outside or into a
tanning booth
What is UV radiation
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Cloning for 400
In this movie, wives are cloned as robotic
housewives so that the men could spend
more time at the local men’s club.
What is Stepford Wives?
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Chimeras for 400
This character, from the movie “Mortal
Kombat,” is a chimeric creature that is a
mix between a horse, bull, and ram?
Who is Centaur
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Chemistry for 400
This is a visco-elastic material often used in
children's science projects. In a movie by
the same name, a scientist named
Professor Philip Brainard played by
discovers this material and uses it to help
a basketball team win their game.
What is flubber.
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Regeneration for 500
In the movie X-men, if Wolverine were to
regenerate in the same manner as a
zebrafish, his wound would first form this.
What is a blastema.
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Mutants for 500
X-men characters are born mutants, their
mutations do not occur from an external
sources such as radiation, toxic shock,
chemical agents, or energy. Therefore,
these mutations are this type.
What is a spontaneous mutation
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Cloning for 500
In the movie multiplicity Dr. Owen Leeds
clones Doug Kinney. In order to do this in
reality, he would need to remove this from
the oocyte.
What is the nucleus (or DNA).
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Chimeras for 500
In the movie Harry Potter in the Sorcerer’s
Stone, Fluffy is the dog that has 3 heads
protecting the trap door. Were we to
attempt to recreate fluffy, one way to
attempt this would be to transplant two
additional ________s into the embryo in
an early of development.
What is an organizer
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Chemistry for 500
In the movie “Fight Club”, Brad Pitt and
Edward Norton steal this from a
liposuction center to make soap.
What are human fatty acids?
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