Do you remember enough from your days in high school to pass this test? Find out...
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1. What part of the cell is commonly referred to as "the powerhouse of the cell"?
Via stemcellsinc.com
The nucleusThe cytoplasmGolgi apparatusThe mitochondriaCorrect!Wrong!Mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell.
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2. Carl Benda is a scientist best known for what?
Via en.wikipedia.org
Curing polioDiscovering PlutoInventing the practical transformerNaming the mitochondria, commonly referred to as "the powerhouse of the cell"Correct!Wrong!Mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell.
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3. Thomas Jefferson, the third president of the United States, was renowned for his knowledge in the maths, classics, and law. Despite being so smart, what is something he didn't know?
Via en.wikipedia.org
The Earth is roundHow to play the violinThe implications of John Locke's The Second Treatise of Civil GovernmentThat the mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cellCorrect!Wrong!Mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell.
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4. One train leaves Chicago's Union Station at 1 p.m. and another leaves New York's Penn Station at 3 p.m. At what point do they discover that mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell?
Via commons.wikimedia.org
They never doAround 4 p.m.Tomorrow1894, the same year Richard Altmann formally discovered mitochondria aka the powerhouse of the cellCorrect!Wrong!Mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell.
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5. Julius Caesar set fire to the Library of Alexandria in 48 B.C., leading to the library's eventual decay and destruction over the next few centuries. What does "Alexandria" rhyme with?
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GattacaStylographicalJymoldMitochondria, the powerhouse of the cellCorrect!Wrong!Mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell.
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6. Gabriel García Márquez is an immensely influential author who primarily published his works in Spanish. What is a sentence that never appeared in any of his books?
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"Ojito que no somos broma""A los demonios no hay que creerles ni cuando dicen la verdad""El amor se hace más grande y noble en la calamidad""Las mitocondrias son las centrales eléctricas de las células."Correct!Wrong!Mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell.
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7. Sports are to baseball as mitochondria are to what?
Via totalsportscomplex.com
A pool1966's "The Battle of Algiers"John F. Kennedy Jr.Powerhouse of the cellCorrect!Wrong!Mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell.
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8. What shape is this?
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A squareA rhombusSome sort of rectangleMitochondria shaped, which is to say it is shaped like the powerhouse of the cellCorrect!Wrong!Mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell.
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9. Often a jail or prison might have a backup generator to keep power on in case of emergency. What are these generators called?
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WeaponsDelicious treatsSold for hard currencyThe powerhouses of the cellsCorrect!Wrong!Much like mitochondria, powerhouse of the cell.
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10. And finally: Why do we do the things we do?
For loveFor countryFor moneyFor the mitochondria, powerhouse of the cellCorrect!Wrong!Mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell.
