FREE! Click here to Join FunTrivia. Thousands of games, quizzes, and lots more!

10 Average Questions about Basic Genetics

Some basic questions on genetic inheritance.

A multiple-choice quiz by crisw. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
crisw

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
1,608

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
13625

Awards
Top 10% Quiz

Last 3 plays: PurpleComet (7/10), Guest 180 (5/10), Damrhein (4/10).

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. The 'instructions' contained in every cell that has a nucleus are 'written' in... Hint

DNA

T-RNA

Sugars

Mitochondria

NEXT>

Question 2 of 10

2. Humans have how many total chromosomes? Hint

NEXT>

Question 3 of 10

3. Which of the following creatures has the most chromosomes? Hint

Fruit fly

Dog

Human

Goldfish

NEXT>

Question 4 of 10

4. Humans have two chromosomes that determine sex- X and Y. Which of the following karyotypes (chromosome types) would be a normal female? Hint

XXY

5. Most nasty genetic disorders are recessive- you need two bad copies of the gene to come down with the disease. Some are dominant- if you have just one of the bad genes, you will get the disease. Which of the following disorders has dominant inheritance? Hint

Tay-Sach's disease

Huntington's chorea

Phenylketonuria

Cystic fibrosis

NEXT>

Question 6 of 10

6. In Venetian Floozies, purple stripe color is autosomally dominant over pink. If you mate a male purple striped Floozy that does not carry the pink gene to a female pink Floozy, what percentage of the offspring would you expect to have purple stripes? Hint

0 percent

100 percent

25 percent

50 percent

NEXT>

Question 7 of 10

7. Who discovered the basics of genetics while pottering around in the garden? Hint

Albert Einstein

Gregor Mendel

James Watson

Charles Darwin

NEXT>

Question 8 of 10

8. Watson and Crick won a Nobel Prize for their discovery of... Hint

The structure of DNA

The protein coding system of RNA

The inheritance pattern of Tay-Sachs disease

Mitosis

NEXT>

Question 9 of 10

9. Some genetic disorders are maintained in a population because, if an individual has only one bad copy of the gene, some survival advantage is maintained. People with just one copy of a particular mutated gene are protected from malaria. If they have two bad copies of the same gene, they have the disease... Hint

Muscular dystrophy

Hemophilia

Sickle cell anemia

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

NEXT>

Question 10 of 10

10. When the cell is not busy dividing, the chromosomes 'unwind and relax'. What are they called when they are in this form? Hint

Plasmids

Chromatin

Endoplasmic reticulum

Chloroplasts

(Optional) Create a Free FunTrivia ID to save the points you are about to earn:

Select a User ID:

Choose a Password:

Your Email:

Most Recent Scores

Apr 16 2024 : PurpleComet: 7/10
Apr 08 2024 : Guest 180: 5/10
Apr 06 2024 : Damrhein: 4/10
Apr 02 2024 : saradu: 5/10
Mar 16 2024 : rivenproctor: 8/10
Mar 10 2024 : Guest 158: 5/10
Mar 08 2024 : Robert907: 5/10
Mar 08 2024 : MikeyGee: 7/10
Mar 05 2024 : dmaxst: 8/10

Score Distribution

Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. The 'instructions' contained in every cell that has a nucleus are 'written' in...

Answer: DNA

Short for 'deoxyribonucleic acid.'

2. Humans have how many total chromosomes?

Answer: 46

In pairs- 23 of them.

3. Which of the following creatures has the most chromosomes?

Answer: Goldfish

Yep...goldfish have 96!

4. Humans have two chromosomes that determine sex- X and Y. Which of the following karyotypes (chromosome types) would be a normal female?

Answer: XX

XY is male. YY doesn't exist. XXY is a male with the genetic disorder Klinefelter's syndrome.

Answer: Huntington's chorea

Huntington's is a progressive disorder of the brain that does not appear until late in life- after the victims have already passed the bad gene on to their children. It killed singer Woody Guthrie.

Answer: 100 percent

All of the offspring will be purple Floozies that carry the pink gene. If P stands for purple and p for pink, the male would have the genotype PP and the female pp. All their offspring would be Pp.

7. Who discovered the basics of genetics while pottering around in the garden?

Answer: Gregor Mendel

Working with peas, Mendel (who was a monk) discovered the basic laws of inheritance but was ignored by his fellow scientists. His work was later rediscovered.

8. Watson and Crick won a Nobel Prize for their discovery of...

Answer: The structure of DNA

They discovered that it was shaped like a spiral- thus the title of Watson's book 'The Double Helix'.

Answer: Sickle cell anemia

It's thought that the gene changes red blood cell shapes enough that the malaria parasite cannot live in them.

10. When the cell is not busy dividing, the chromosomes 'unwind and relax'. What are they called when they are in this form?

Answer: Chromatin

Source: Author crisw

This quiz was reviewed by FunTrivia editor rossian before going online.
Any errors found in FunTrivia content are routinely corrected through our feedback system.