Q 01/05

Dolly the sheep was the first mammal cloned from what?

A) An adult body cell

B) An embryonic stem cell

C) A fertilised egg

D) A sperm cell

Answer · why

A) An adult body cell

An adult body cell: scientists had believed a specialised adult cell kept only the instructions for its own job, so cloning from one seemed impossible...

Q 02/05

From which part of the donor sheep's body was Dolly's cell taken?

A) The tail

B) The udder

C) The ear

D) The liver

Answer · why

B) The udder

The udder: because the cell came from a mammary gland, the lamb was named after Dolly Parton.

Q 03/05

In Jurassic Park, where do scientists find the dinosaur DNA they use for cloning?

A) In frozen dinosaur eggs

B) In insects trapped in amber

C) In fossilised bone marrow

D) In tar pit skin samples

Answer · why

B) In insects trapped in amber

In insects trapped in amber: in reality, a study of dated fossil bones found DNA has a half-life of about 521 years, far too short to survive from the...

Q 04/05

At which research institute was Dolly the sheep cloned?

A) Sanger Institute

B) Pasteur Institute

C) Salk Institute

D) Roslin Institute

Answer · why

D) Roslin Institute

Roslin Institute: cloning was the next step in its research into genetically modified livestock that could pass new traits to their offspring.

Q 05/05

In Star Wars, the Republic's army of clone troopers was grown from which bounty hunter's DNA?

A) Cad Bane

B) Aurra Sing

C) Jango Fett

D) Zam Wesell

Answer · why

C) Jango Fett

Jango Fett: as part of the deal, he kept one unaltered clone to raise as his son, Boba Fett.