Poisonous plants
QUESTIONS FOR NERDS
math.. I guess
RIDDLES
Children's books
100

Often found in homes, this spiky plant helps humans with burns — but is toxic to dogs and cats.


What is aloe vera?

100

This is the theoretical boundary around a black hole beyond which nothing can escape


What is the event horizon?

100

This is the only even prime number.


What is 2?

100

I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have no body, but I come alive with wind. 


What is an echo?

100

This girl fell down a rabbit hole and met a Mad Hatter at a tea party.


Who is Alice?

200

Even a small taste of this plant, also called belladonna, can cause hallucinations or death.


What is deadly nightshade?

200

This is a dangerous balloon-like bulge in a blood vessel wall, which can rupture and cause serious bleeding in the brain.


What is an aneurysm?

200

This is the 10th Fibonacci number.


What is 55?

200

I have keys but no locks. I have space but no room. You can enter but can’t go outside. 


What is a riddle?

200

This pig lives on a farm and loves to try new things, especially with his friend Charlotte.


Who is Wilbur?

300

This ornamental plant’s seeds are extremely toxic and can be fatal even in small amounts — it’s where ricin comes from.


What is a castor bean plant?

300

This is the term for animals that can survive extreme environments, such as space or boiling water.

 

What are extremophiles (or tardigrades)?


300

The sum of the interior angles of a dodecagon (12-sided polygon).


what is 1800 degrees?

300

I have cities, but no houses; forests, but no trees; and rivers, but no water.


What is a map?

300

This is the very first thing the hungry caterpillar ate on Monday.


What is an apple?

400

Known for its umbrella-like white flowers, this deceptively harmless-looking plant contains cicutoxin, a powerful convulsant, and has been called “the most violently toxic plant in North America


What is water hemlock

400

This term describes a neural network architecture inspired by the human brain’s structure, consisting of layers of interconnected nodes called neurons.


What is a deep neural network?

400

This is the limit of (1 + 1/n)ⁿ as n approaches infinity


What is e (approximately 2.718)?


400

I am always hungry, I must always be fed,

The finger I touch, will soon turn red


What is fire?

400

In Matilda, this cruel headmistress is afraid of Matilda’s powers and eventually runs away.


Who is Miss Trunchbull?

500

Native to Africa and used by hunters to poison arrows, this plant contains cardiac glycosides so potent that its genus name, Acokanthera, is nearly synonymous with death.


What is the poison arrow tree?

500

This unsolved computer science problem asks whether every problem whose solution can be quickly verified can also be quickly solved.


What is the P vs NP problem?


500

If

  f(x) = 3x² – 2x + 5

  and

  g(x) = √(x + 1),

find the exact value of (f ∘ g)(3).


What is 13?

500

I am the beginning of the end,

And the end of before.

I’m essential to time,

But I am nothing more.


What is the letter E?

500

This classic novel opens with the line, “’Where’s Papa going with that ax?’ said Fern to her mother.”


What is Charlottes Web?

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