Trimble Trivia
Who is Dr. Trimble's favorite video game character?
Sonic
What common beautiful flower is extremely toxic to cats, causing rapid acute kidney failure?
Lillies (all species)
What is the name of AU's eagle macot?
Tuffy
What narcotic comes from poppy flowers and is used to produce drugs such as morphine and heroin?
Opium
Being frozen in ice and also magical German soldier serum.
What is Dr. Trimble's favorite movie series?
The Lord of the Rings
What holiday plant is much less toxic to pets than it's commonly said to be?
Poinsettias
What is AU's top student employer?
The Rec Center
Which state had the highest rate of drug overdose deaths as of 2024?
West Virginia
For which king does the magician Merlin work and advise?
King Arthur!
What artist's work is featured heavily in Dr. Trimble's office?
Anne Stokes
Name one plant containing a nicotine-like alkaloid.
Burley tobacco (Nicotiana tabaccum), which contains nicotine
Poison hemlock (Conium maculatum), which contains coniine
How many times has AU cancelled classes in the last 15 years?
Literally just the one time two weeks ago.
What is the name of the type of alcohol found in drinking alcohol that acts as a CNS depressant?
Ethanol
What type of elemental bender is Aang in Avatar: The Last Airbender?
He's the avatar! He can do it all! (But he was originally an airbender of course)
What is Dr. Trimble's number one complaint in class?
He misses chalk/the markers don't work
He's scared of the photographer
What famous purple flowering plant contains both atropine and scopolamine?
Deadly nightshade (Atropa belladona)
What year was AU founded?
1878
According to the Drug Enforcement Administration, what is generally considered a lethal dose of fentanyl?
2 milligrams
What is the name for tornadoes produced by wildfires?
Fire whirls
What year did Dr. Trimble start teaching at AU?
2009
What poisonous plant containing the toxin coniin was used to execute Socrates in 399 BCE?
Poison hemlock (Conium maculatum)
How many eagle statues are there around campus?
25
Methamphetamine is a CNS stimulant that enhances the release of various monoamine neurotransmitters. Name one neurotransmitter affected.
Serotonin
Dopamine
Norepinephrin
Name every element. All of them.