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

Earlier clones had come from embryonic cells; Dolly proved a mature, specialised cell could grow a whole new animal.

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 mammary-gland origin explains the name; the donor ewe was six years old.

Q 03/05

The first mammal cloned from an adult cell was named after which performer?

A) Tammy Wynette

B) Reba McEntire

C) Dolly Parton

D) Loretta Lynn

Answer · why

C) Dolly Parton

The team leader said they could not think of a more impressive pair of glands than Parton's.

Q 04/05

Where was Dolly cloned?

A) Sanger Institute

B) Pasteur Institute

C) Salk Institute

D) Roslin Institute

Answer · why

D) Roslin Institute

The institute is part of the University of Edinburgh; PPL Therapeutics and the Ministry of Agriculture paid for the work.

Q 05/05

In which country was Dolly born?

A) Scotland

B) England

C) Wales

D) Ireland

Answer · why

A) Scotland

She lived her whole life at the institute in Midlothian, where she was bred with a Welsh Mountain ram.