Shoeless Trivia: Episode 46 (Can’t Wait to Get Into Your Genes)

Answer these questions about genetics and people named Gene.

1. Gene Patton was a dancing machine during the 70s on what anything goes variety show hosted by Chuck Barris?
2. Gregor Mendel discovered the laws of genetics by conducting experiments with what type of plants?
3. Gene Rodenberry’s wife Majel Barrett played the the mother of what Star Trek: The Next Generation character? I have a feeling you know this.
4. “Is it as entertaining as a documentary of the same actors having lunch?” was a basic test suggested by what late Chicago movie critic, one half of a dynamic duo?
5. DNA, which carries genetic information, is coiled into a shape much like a spiral staircase. What two word phrase describes this structure?
6. According to Rhythm magazine, Gene Krupa is the third most influential drummer of all time. Name either of the top two.
7. Genes are used as templates by the cells to create what type of organic molecules that are composed of amino acids?
8. You’d have to be royally nuts to forget the title of the reality TV series about Gene Simmons and his wife and kids that ran on A&E from 2006 to 2012. What was it?