PodQuiz 1014

Hi there, and welcome to Podquiz 1014.

Just before we start this time, I would like to thank PayPal donor Thomasin.

We start this week with a classical covers music round.

You're going to hear five classical versions of popular songs,

and in each case, I'd just like you to tell me the title of the song.

Question one.

Question two.

Question three.

Question four.

Question five.

Question six.

Question five.

Round two.

Round two is on DNA.

Question six.

What does the A in DNA stand for?

Question seven.

DNA is broken down into units called nucleotides, with one of four bases.

These are usually referred to with a single letter.

Which one of these is not a nucleobase?

A, T, or Z, or Z, if you prefer.

Question eight.

What name is given to the package of DNA with part or all of the genetic material of an organism?

Humans typically have 46 of these.

Question nine.

DNA is composed of two polionucleotide chains that coil around each other to form which shape?

Question ten.

Name one of the three people who received the 1962 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering this structure of DNA.

David Caveley.

Question twelve.

A of the following five questions are related to the popular group, the National degli Motors,

and the human speciality group's design.

Round three.

Round three is a quick-fire round on anniversary names.

For each of the following five questions I will give you a name of a wedding anniversary

according to Eatecut in Society in Business and Politics and at Home by Emily Post, and

I'd like you to tell me the number of years that anniversary is.

Number of languages.

Number of items.

Number of houses.

Number of languages.

And the past and present form.

Number ofでは Fa or Ever.

The gen angles.

For example, if I were to say would, the answer is five years.

Question eleven.

Silver.

Question twelve.

Gold.

Question thirteen.

Paper.

Question fourteen.

China.

Question fifteen.

Tin.

Round four.

The final round this week is places.

Question sixteen.

Lake Tanganyika is the second largest freshwater lake by volume and the second deepest in the world.

Name one of the four African countries that border it.

Question seventeen.

Melrose Avenue, Wilshire Boulevard and Sunset Boulevard are all streets in which city?

Question eighteen.

Famous for its waterfalls, Iguazu National Park can be found in which country?

Argentina.

Brazil.

Peru.

Answer thirteen.

Argentina.

Or Peru.

Question nineteen.

Which world-famous prehistoric megalithic structure lies on Salisbury Plain in England,

two miles west of the town of Amesbury?

Answer twenty.

India.

Or Peru?

Answer twenty.

Which world-famous prehistoric megalithic structure lies on Salisbury Plain in England,

two miles west of the town of Amesbury?

Answer twenty.

Famous for its wildlife, including giant tortoises, the Galapagos Islands are the most famous

for its wildlife.

And this is a great question.

islands are a province of which country? I'll be back with the answers in two minutes after DNA

by the Knowledge Plug.

I'll be back with the answers in two minutes after DNA

by the Knowledge Plug.

I'll be back with the answers in two minutes after DNA

And now, the answers.

Number one was the ABBA song, Mamma Mia.

Number two was the Adele song, Rolling in the Deep.

Number three was the Cranberry song, Linger.

Number four was the Queen song, Killer Queen.

She's a killer queen, got bad identity.

And number five was the Taylor Swift song, Look What You Made Me Do.

Oh, look what you made me do.

Look what you made me do.

Look what you just made me do.

Oh, look what you made me do.

Round two.

Round two was on DNA, and the answer to number six, the A in DNA stands for Acid.

Number seven, the letter I mentioned that is not a nucleotide base was Zed.

Number eight, the package of DNA is called a chromosome.

Number nine, the shape of DNA is a double helix.

And number ten, I wanted one of the names of the three people who won the Nobel Prize for discovering the structure of DNA.

won the Nobel Prize for discovering the structure of DNA they were James Watson

Francis Crick and Maurice Wilkins round three round three was the quickfire round

on anniversary names and the answer to number 11 silver is 25 years number 12

gold is 50 years number 13 paper is one year question 14 China is 20 years and

number 15 tin is 10 years round four the final round was places and for number 16

gold is 50 years number 13 paper is one year question 14 china is 20 years and

I wanted one of the four countries that border Lake Tanganyika. They are Tanzania,

the Democratic Republic of the Congo, or the DRC, Burundi, or Zambia. So any of those would

score you the point. Number 17, Melrose Avenue, Wilshire Boulevard and Sunset Boulevard are all

in Los Angeles. Number 18, Iguazu National Park is in Argentina.

Number 19, that megalithic structure on Salisbury Plain is Stonehenge.

And number 20, the Galapagos Islands are a province of Ecuador.

That's it for Poll Quiz 13.

Thank you very much for listening, and I do hope you enjoyed it.

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