Poisons
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100

What name is given to the scientific study of poisons and poisoning

Toxicology

100

Which company owns the trademarks and products of Parker Brothers and Milton Bradley

Hasbro

100

What does George Orwell call Britain in the book 1984

Airstrip 1

100

YMCA

YMCA - Young Men's Christian Association

100

Which condiment is made of mayonnaise, chopped pickles, capers and herbs such as tarragon and dill

Tarter Sauce

100

The worlds's most popular font which in Latin means "Swiss".

Helvetica

200

Which fish eaten in Japan for hundreds of years is notorious for the highly toxic poison contained in its organs

Puffer fish

200

The original version of Monopoly was based on the streets of which American city

Atlantic City, New Jersey

200

Atticus Finch is a fictional character in which Pulitzer Prize-winning novel

To Kill a Mockingbird (by Harper Lee)

200

BBC

BBC - The British Broadcasting Company

200

What is the last missing word of the advertise slogan: "Don't say vinegar - say..."

Sarson's

200

Font commissioned by the British newspaper The Times in 1931 and the best-known serif font in the world. Associated with journalism and publishers use it for books.

Times New Roman

300

C10 H14 N2 is a poisonous alkaloid consumed daily by millions, what is it better known as

Nicotine

300

The name jenga is derived from a word meaning 'build' in which language

Swahili

300

Which author created the iconic fictional character Holly Golightly

Truman Capote (in his book Breakfast at Tiffany's)

300

SIM

SIM (card) - subscriber identification module

300

Which brand name has the slogan: "Bring out the best"

Hellmann's

300

Universally known as the world’s most hated font, this well-known font was designed by Vincent Connare in 1995

Comic Sans

400

What poisonous gas is found in vehicle exhaust fumes

Carbon Monoxide

400

'Does this person wear glasses?' is a typical question in which two-player game

Guess-Who

400

Which Charles Dickens book, first published in 1859, has sold over 200 million copies and is his best selling book

A Tale of Two Cities

400

NATO

NATO - North Atlantic Treaty Organization

400

The name of which condiment derives from Hindi word 'to lick' or 'to eat with appetite'

Chutney

400

Designed for Microsoft Corporation in 1996, the name of the font is a combination of a word meaning green in colour and a girl's name.

Verdana (from 'verdant' which means green and 'Ana')

500

Conium maculatumis the scientific name for which poisonous plant found in ditches and riverbanks with white flowers that grow in clusters and a stem with purple spots

Hemlock

500

What is the total number of Chance and Community Chest spaces on a Monopoly board

Six

500

Wishful Drinking is the autobiography of which actress

Carrie Fisher

500

NASA

NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration

500

Guidelines issued in 1991 by Europe's Federation of the Condiment Sauce Industries recommend that what should contain at least 70% oil and 5% liquid egg yolk

Mayonnaise

500

Font created in the 1950s for IBM typewriters which was called 'Messenger' but changed its name in the last minute.

Courier

600

Plumbism is the technical term for what sort of poisoning

Lead Poisoning

600

What is the name of the murder victim in Clue

Mr. Boddy (the Butler)

600

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe tells the story of the children Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy, but can you remember their surname

Pevensie

600

SCUBA

SCUBA - self-contained underwater breathing apparatus

600

What ingredient gives yellow rice its yellow color

Turmeric

600

In typography, what name is given to a font family that do not have extending features called "serifs" at the end of stroke

Sans-serif (or gothic, or simply sans)

700

What type of bacteria is the most frequently reported cause of food poisoning

Salmonella

700

English musician Anthony Ernest Pratt was the inventor of which board game

Clue

700

Who wrote the 2012 novel The Casual Vacancy

J.K. Rowling

700

CAPCHA

CAPTCHA - completely automated public turing test to tell computers and humans apart

700

In 1922, in which village did Crosse & Blackwell start to produce a product to a recipe attributed to Mrs Caroline Graham and her daughters Evelyn and Ermentrude

Branston

700

What sort of type was first used by Aldus Manutius and his press in Venice in 1500

Italic

Ex. Italic
800

Toxicodendron radicans, often seen as a climbing vine that grows on trees, is better known as what flowering plant

Poison Ivy

800

Which game was created by Canadians Chris Haney and Scott Abbott

Trivial Pursuit

800

Whose first children's book, The English Roses, was published in 2003

Madonna

800

GIF

GIF - Graphics Interchange Format

800

Condiment that children use on everything

Ketchup

800

Designed for Microsoft Corporation in 1996, it is named after a medieval siege engine

Trebuchet MS

900

Which Greek philosopher, was sentenced to kill himself by drinking poison hemlock in 399 BC

Socrates

900

Which strategy board game derives its name from the Latin for 'I play'

Ludo

900

In which book was the first mate of the Pharaon arrested on the day of his wedding to Mercedes

The Count of Monte Cristo

900

IVF

In Vitro Fertilization

900

Does mustard go bad?

 No, mustard doesn't go bad, but it can lose its flavor in the long run, or when not properly stored.

900

Designed by Matthew Carter, named after an American state after Carter seen the state's name in a tabloid headline

Georgia

1000

Which poison has symptoms similar to cholera and was a frequent choice for murder until the advent of the Marsh test

Arsenic

1000

Which modern name was given by Howard Carter to an Ancient Egyptian game of which gaming boards and pieces have be found in excavations, and a complete gaming set found in a Theban tomb

Hounds and Jackels

1000

In the Life of Pi by Yann Martel, what name is given to the Bengal tiger

Richard Parker

1000

ESPN

ESPN - Entertainment and Sports Programming Network

1000

Most popular condiment in America

1000

Another popular font made for Microsoft, the name comes from the Native-American name for Mount Rainier.

Tahoma