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Tag: science

  • Bombshell Birthdays, Trashy Climbers and Hockey Hooligans!

    Marilyn Monroe, 1954.
    Image Wikipedia

    All of the following are connected to 3 March.

    1. An actress born on 3 March 1911 was, according to Encyclopædia Britannica, the original ‘blonde bombshell’; who was she?
      • Jean Harlow
      • Fay Wray
      • Mae West
      Everest Base Camp.
      Image Wikipedia
    2. On this day in 2014, Nepal implemented a system requiring climbers of Mount Everest to return ___ of trash more than they produced during their ascent and descent. Which of these is missing from the previous sentence?
      • 4 kg (8.8 lb)
      • 6 kg (13.2 lb)
      • 8 kg (17.6 lb)
    3. Alexander Graham Bell, inventor and scientist, best known for the invention of the telephone, was born on 3 March 1847. Where was he born?
      • Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada
      • Edinburgh, Scotland
      • Isle of Skye, Scotland
      Flag, which flew over Fort McHenry following the Battle of Baltimore in the War of 1812, is said to have inspired Francis Scott Key.
      Image Wikipedia
    4. The Star-Spangled Banner, written by Francis Scott Key during the War of 1812, was officially adopted by an act of Congress as the official national anthem of the United States on this day in…
      • 1853
      • 1892
      • 1931
    5. The first recorded public indoor ice hockey game took place today in 1875. It was played in the Canadian city of…
      • Montreal
      • Quebec
      • Vancouver

    Good luck! The answers will be posted later today.

  • Hello Dolly—Answer

    Dolly the Sheep. [Image from Wikipedia]
    1. Roslin, Scotland
    2. Finn-Dorset
    3. Dolly Parton

    Dolly, a female Finn Dorset sheep, lived from 1996 to 2003 and made history as the first mammal cloned from an adult somatic cell. Her birth on 5 July 1996, was announced by British developmental biologist Ian Wilmut and his colleagues at the Roslin Institute near Edinburgh, Scotland, on 22 February 1997. This significant milestone in science dispelled the long-standing belief that adult mammals could not be cloned and sparked a debate about the potential applications and ethical implications of mammalian cloning technology. The process of creating Dolly involved nuclear transfer, where a cell was extracted from her mammary gland, proving that cloning from a mature cell originating from a specific body part was possible.

    When asked about Dolly’s name Professor Wilmut said,

    Dolly is derived from a mammary gland cell and we couldn’t think of a more impressive pair of glands than Dolly Parton’s

    Dolly Parton [Image from Wikipedia]

  • Hello Dolly

    Dolly.
    [Image from Wikipedia]

    It was announced on 22 February 1997 that the previous July, Dolly, a female sheep, had been born. She was the first mammal cloned from an adult somatic cell.

    1. Where was Dolly born?
      • Le Bourget, France
      • Castel Gandolfo, Italy
      • Roslin, Scotland
    2. What breed of sheep was she?
      • Faroe-Cheviot
      • Finn-Dorset
      • Friesian-Easycare
    3. Dolly was named after…
      • Dolly Gray
      • Dolly Parton
      • Dolly Sinatra

    The answers will be posted later today.