Greek in quizzes

Question 1

With a name literally meaning ‘end stage’ in Greek, which is the final stage in both mitosis and meiosis?

Answer 1

TELOPHASE [end, stage]

Question 2

The name of which sexually transmitted disease is derived from a Greek word that means “an unwanted discharge of semen”?

Answer 2

GONORRHEA [seed, flow] aka the clap

Question 3

The scientific name for the genus of mosquitoes that includes the “yellow fever mosquito” (species: aegypti) comes from the Greek for “odious”, rather fittingly. What is that word?

Answer 3

AEDES

Question 4

Originally identified by Ptolemy in the 2nd century CE, formerly referred to as Serpentarius, and portrayed as a man grasping a snake, which large constellation that crosses the celestial equator takes its name from the Greek for “Serpent bearer”? Its brightest stars include Rasalhague, Sabik, Cebalrai and Marfik.

Answer 4

OPHIUCHUS