How much do you know about the mapping of the human genome?

		What is a gene?
			A pleasing personal characteristic which surely couldn't have come from your parents
			A length of DNA, contained in the nucleus of cells, which receives and issues chemical instructions regulating bodily functions
			An unpleasant personal characteristic which can be blamed on your parents
			One leg of a pair of denim trousers
		What is a genome?
			The complement of haploid chromosomes contained in a single gamete or nucleus
			The new Volkswagen people-carrier
			A diminutive figurine for the garden
		According to president Clinton, the decoding of the human genome could extend the life of Leo Blair by around:
			50 years
			25 years
			10 years
			100 years
		To which of the following landmarks in human achievement has the genome project not yet been compared by leading scientists and commentators?
			The building of Noah's ark
			The discovery of antibiotics
			The splitting of the atom
			The Apollo moon landings
			The invention of the wheel
			The Gutenberg printing press
		Which of the following has Craig Venter, the brilliant US scientist and rapacious capitalist who led the commercial bid to crack the genome, not been called?
			The Alan Turing of his generation
			Doctor Evil
			An asshole, an idiot and an egomaniac
			Darth Venter
		What do the initials A, T, C and G stand for?
			Aren't they the singers in Steps?
			Adenine, thymine, cytosine and guanine
			Allspice, thyme, cinnamon and garlic
			Anger, tearfulness, churlishness and greed
		The cost of the human genome project was equivalent to:
			One millennium dome
			Around a quarter of a millennium dome
			Five millennium domes, costing £758m apiece
		Celera is:
			An Italian government funded project to isolate the genes which make men want to drive fast cars
			A genetically modified celery seed unsuccessfully marketed by Monsanto
			The company founded by brilliant US scientist and rapacious capitalist Craig Venter
			A new salt substitute recently endorsed by Jamie Oliver
		Written out in its entirety, the deciphered genome would fill
			200 telephone directories
			Enough telephone directories to fill the British Library
			A telephone directory
		Who is most likely to win a Nobel Prize for sequencing the human genome?
			Frances Collins, head of the International Human Genome Project
			No one
			Tony Blair
			Bill Clinton
		The finished human genome sequence will be
			Available for a fee on the internet as an insomnia treatment
			Available free of charge on the internet
			Serialised in the Daily Telegraph
			Read out by the BBC on Saturday afternoons in place of Grandstand
		What is c elegans?
			A part of the male reproductive system
			Iceland's top boy band
			A species of worm on which altruistic and brilliant British scientist John Sulston, who led the project in Britain, did much of his early work
			A new leisurewear range from Calvin Klein
		What outcome of genetics research is likely to have the biggest impact on society in the near future?
			Doctors will be able to tell healthy people what diseases they are likely to get in future and whether specific drugs will work on them or not
			The wealthy will be able to give birth to "designer children" - but the only designs available will be an Arnold Schwarzenegger/ Bill Gates hybrid (boys) and a Pamela Anderson/ Susan Sontag genotype (girls)
			Most diseases will be curable
			FIFA will permit the FA to graft skill genes from European and South American footballers on to native players
		Which of the following is not true of John Sulston, the altruistic and brilliant British scientist?
			He makes his own ginger beer
			He wears old leather sandals
			He drives a secondhand car
			He grows runner beans
		Sulston described the worm whose genetic map he produced as:
			"A nice little mover"
			"A nice little earner"
			"Really quite sweet, once you get to know it"
		What causes many diseases?
			Overdose of hyperbole from politicians
			Stress
			Tiny mutations in our genes
			Supermodels
		Brilliant US scientist and rapacious capitalist Venter is a former:
			Joy rider
			Crack dealer
			Professional surfer
		Who are Crick and Watson?
			The British family firm which invented the first gene sequencing machine in 1924 but failed to exploit it
			A firm of lawyers specialising in gene patenting
			The Anglo-American scientific team who discovered the structure of DNA
			A popular singing duo from the 90s whose naïve ballads briefly entered the charts
		The 82ft yacht belonging to the brilliant US scientist and rapacious capitalist Craig Venter is called:
			The Schmoozer
			The Sorcerer
			The Schemer
			The Egomaniac
		If you unravelled the DNA in a single human cell, how long would it be?
			Long enough to reach the moon and back
			Exactly one furlong
			How long is a piece of string?
			Roughly the height of Craig Venter