Plants (from Smosh's Beopardy)

Keep Off the Grass

50

Which famous ganja-loving musician was buried with a bud of marijuana?

Bob Marley

100

Though illegal for recreational use, this "sacred medicine" remains legal for Native American religious ceremonies.

Peyote

150

Miley Cyrus said "I saw the snakes right away" when she recounted doing this psychedelic drug.

Ayahuasca

200

An 18th century medical text describes an instance in which a man accidentally fed his family a plant-based drug. His son "was attached with fits of immoderate laughter". What drug was it?

Psilocybin or magic mushrooms

The Five Senses

50

Trees can talk to each other. True or False?

True!

They communicate via a network of underground fungus, and can inform each other about droughts, disease, insect attacks, and more.

100

A "sensitive plant," also known as a "shy plant," is covered in tiny little hairs that cause it to do what when touched?

Curl up and "hide". It reopens a few minutes later.

150

Sunfloweres are aptly named, because they practice "heliotropism." What does this mean?

They follow the movement of the sun.

200

Flowers are the sweetest! When played a recording of a buzzing bee, flowers will do what in anticipation?

Produce more sugar in its nectar

Leaf Them Alone

50

Move over, Venus Flytrap- the carnivorous Pitcher Plant has been known to eat which amphibian? 

Frogs

100

A chemist used the beautiful Lily of the Valley flower as poison, in an infamous episode of which popular TV show?

Breaking Bad

150

While the oil from this plant is often used on hair, the plant itself is a poison that militaries have attempted to weaponize.

Castor beans

200

Beauty is pain! The deadly plant, Nightshade, was used in eye drop form by Women in Renaissance Italy, to do what?

Enlarge their pupils and make their eyes look bigger

Going Green

50

For better or worse, plants have had major impacts on our economies - like when this flower caused an economic crisis during the Dutch Golden Age.

Tulips

100

Flashback to High School Biology! Biologist Gregor Mendel used which pod-based plants to study genetics?

Pea plants

150

Thank goodness for Wood Pulp! This ingredient is in all of the following, except...

a. Toothpaste
b. Cheese Wheels
c. Nail Polish
d. Shredded Cheese

b. Cheese wheels

200

Willow tree bark was used to treat pain and fevers for thousands of years and became the basis for this popular over-the-counter drug.

Aspirin

Doing The Most

50

Lucky Pandas! The fastest growing plant on Earth can grow 1.5 inches an hour! What plant is it?

Bamboo

100

A blind vulture might try to eat the world's stinkiest plant, the "Carrion Flower." What does this plant smell like?

Rotting meat or a dead body

150

The tallest plant in the world is in a California National Park! It was named "Hyperion", and it is a...

Coast Redwood Tree

200

A flower called "The Juliet", cost $3M to grow, and has been valued at $15.8M, making it the world's most expensive flower. It is an ultrarare version of this commonly sold flower.

A rose