Poisons
Name three poisons that you eat/drink pretty much every day
Salt, sugar, and water (p.g 12, 13
Who was that person who went to Antarctica and ate husky liver and almost died?
Douglas Mawson (pages 25-30)
Which of these animals are poisonous: jellyfish, wasps, cats, pythons, black widow spiders, or beetles?
Jellyfish, wasps, and black widow spiders.
What are the main characters of this book?
Count Vomito, Donna Venoma, MI Gutzache, Watson, and Dr. Grimgrave
How do doctors cure poison?
They put a tube down the throat, and into the belly to suck out the poison (p.g 18)
Who was that lady who poisoned herself?
Bianca Capello (p.g 33)
What are two types of medicine that comes from poisonous plants but relaxes the muscles in your body?
Curare and atropine (p.g 83).
What kind of metal is gray, heavy and soft?
Lead (p.g 61)
Where is healing clay from?
In the Greek island of Lemnos (p.g 38)
The first person to find out that oxygen is poisonous is French. TRUE/FALSE
TRUE (p.g 44)
What time did chemical weapons get banned?
1925 (p.g 55)
Which famous poisoner murdered his own wife with hyoscine?
Dr. Crippen
What type of gas comes out of your body when you fart or burp?
Methane gas (p.g 46)
Who was Agathocles?
Agathocles was the king of Syracuse. He was using a feather to clean his teeth, but his wicked grandson had dipped the feather in poison (probably a nerve poison). Agathocles had stopped moving, and everyone thought the king was dead. So during the traditional Greek funeral, Agathocles was burned alive.