Poisons
Name three poisons that you eat/drink pretty much every day.
Salt, sugar, and water (pg. 12, 13)
Who was that person who went to Antarctica, 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.
Name 2 different kinds of poisonous metals.
Copper, lead, thallium, and mercury pg. 60-62 and 64-66
Who was Robert Bunsen?
He was a German chemist and scientist, and he's on the hall of fame (p.g 58)
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)
Which plants are irritating: chilli, buttercup, celery, poison ivy, or stinging nettles?
They're all irritating. (p.g 84)
Where is healing clay from?
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)
At least how many kinds of fish could be poisonous?
1200 pg. 97
What is the most dangerous metal atom?
Beryllium pg. 57
What time did chemical weapons get banned?
1925 (p.g 55)
Who was the famous poisoner that murdered his own wife with hyoscine?
Dr. Crippen
In which year did a young Zimbabwean boy get stung 2243 times by bees?
1964 pg. 103
What mad poisoner tried to poison his workmates with thallium?
Graham Young pg.65
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. p.g 32)
What kind of poison is in a castor-oil seed?
Ricin pg. 90
What type of metal burns in the air?
Caesium (p.g 56)