Quiz on Poisons

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• Quiz contains of 4 Rounds. Round rules are mentioned
before each round.
• In case of multiple parts, each part will carry 10 points.
• First and second answers will get 10 , 5 points
respectively.
• Second answer will be considered if it comes within 5
secs after the First
• And the cliché rule : “QM IS THE GOD”

Round 1
Some scientific
things

• Scientific part of the poisons will be given
in the Qn.
• Name the poison or the medical
condition caused by the poisoning.
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Q1
X poisoning is rare and death due to X poisoning
is even rarest. X poisoning requires a
considerable concentration of X (3g/kg) in
human body. Most of the reported cases are
Infants or Sailors who had to face shipwreck. Id
X.

Q2
X poisoning is also called ‘psycho-solvent
syndrome’. It is mainly caused by swallowing or
inhaling X. Chemicals like Toluene and some
acetates present in X is responsible for this
poisoning. Id X.

Q3
 X is a derivative of benzene and is an oily liquid. It
undergoes evaporation quickly. In gaseous form it
has a pleasant fruity smell. X is very dangerous as
its polymerisation is highly exothermic which will
result in an explotion. X is carcinogenic and once
entered into the body it gets oxidised and acts as a
toxin. Id X which was in the news recently.

Q4
X is the most toxic substance known till now. If
injected, 10-7 g of X is enough to kill a 70kg person. It
was first found in a sausage in the late 18th C. It was
due to the incorrect preparation which involved certain
bacterial action. Hence it was named from the latin
name of sausage. Targeted usage of extremely small
amounts of X can reduce skin wrinkles. Id X.

Q5
Bacillus cereus is one of the most common bacterias
which cause food poisoning. These kind of food
poisoning is called X syndrome / X posioning. This is
because X is a food item which is most likely to have
the toxins from the bacteria. It happens because during
the preparation of X, there occurs a gap between the
two stages of cooking which results in the bacterial
action. These toxins are not completely destroyed by
the second phase of cooking. Id X

• Qns will be regarding poisons or their use
in Culture and Myths.
• If you feel the names of the poison are
hard to guess, then mind that it is set to
be so.
• There are enough clues in each Qn.

Q6
 According to Chinese myths, X was made by a
special process. They seal several venomous
creatures in a closed vessel. The creatures fight
with each other and the survivor who eats all
others is used to feed a larva and X is extracted
from it. It is used mainly by black magicians in
a context similar to Odiyans. Id X.

Q7
X gets its name from an animal order which contains
pufferfish (the main source of this toxin). According to
reports, X poisons about 50 japanese people every
year. This happens due to the incorrect way of cooking
pufferfish. X is favoured by Rosa Klebb in the James
Bond film ‘From Russia with Love’. Id X.

Q8
 “On adding the shining green gooseberry juice to
Ammoniated solution a deep blue coloured precipitate
was obtained which on reaction with HCl became
colourless. When Pottasium ferrocyanide was added to
the above solution it formed a red coloured precipitate
which has to be Cupricferrocyanide.
 When I heated conc. Gooseberry juice with alcohol and
sulphuric acid, a pleasant smell of pineapple was
obtained.
 So I concluded that the poison was _________.”
 Which was the poison and who is the speaker.

The poison was Verdigris
Speaker is Sherlock Holmes from
the book
‘The case of Screaming Stepfather’

Q9
Hemlock is a species belonging to the carrot family. It
contain many alkaloids especially Coniine. Ingesting
about 0.1 g of Coniine is fatal to humans. It also
causes health issues when inhaled or through skin
contact. It is popular in culture as it caused the death
of many. The most famous one was executed by
forcing him to drink the juice of hemlock and asked
him to walk. He walked and fell down, he couldn’t
feel his legs. Gradually he fell into death. Whose
execution is described above as per his student.

Q10
X is the most deadliest artificial poison in the world. It
was created in the 1950s as an insecticide but couldn’t
use it because it was too much toxic. X once get inside
the human body, acts on nerve cells and prevent
acetylcholinesterase enzyme from breaking down
acetylcholine which results in non-stop impulse
transmission. It causes irregular muscle contractions
and eventually the death of the person. Id X which
became popular after appearing in ‘THE ROCK’.

Round 3
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• Qns related to poisoning in Malayalam
Movies.
• Plot of the movie will be given in the Qn.
• Identify the movie

Q11
Stephen Louis is a quadriplegic by birth who is immensely rich, and
believes in celebrating each moment of life. John , a musician at a hotel,
enters his life. Both enjoy a good friendship and try to make each other
happy. But with the arrival of a beautiful home nurse named Anjali, the
attitudes of both friends towards their lives turn around. The movie takes
unexpected twists and turns and Anjali finally turns out to be Alex's
mistress. She had come to Louis's residence undercover to poison him
and to steal him off his wealth, with Alex, who had taken advantage of
Louis' openness with him. Unfortunately, John, who last visited Louis
before his poisoning, was blamed. Later John’s maid recognised Anjali
andt he police let go off John and arrest Alex and Anjali. Surprisingly, on
a good note, Louis survives and the friends live together happily.

Q12
Soloman and Sophia are in love. Then Sophia reveals that her brother
was killed by some drug addicts. Soloman had a dark and disturbing
past. Soloman is actually falsely accused in a murder case of the
photographer and is hiding from the police. Soloman is filled with
guilt and decides to leave the place on the pretext of higher education
abroad. Sophiya overhears a conversation between Soloman and his
sister. Unaware of all this, Soloman goes to the teachers and insists on
them having payasam from him.
Meanwhile, a very guilty Sophiya confesses to the priest about what
she heard and that she had poisoned Soloman's payasam. Just then
Soloman visits the priest and learns all this. Soloman rushes back only
to find the two teachers dead. Soloman takes the punishment for
Sophie and when he comes out he goes to the tombs of Anna and
Alice John where he meets Sophie. The story ends with them deciding
to live together.

Q13
Sumesh reached Rashmi's house. This was the time Mohan went from
home after an argument with Rashmi. So he waited for his chance and
bought required tools along a bottle strong poison with him. He had
climbed up the ladder to reach the ventilator and attached some pieces of
plastic pipes after tying a thread on its end. As Rashmi slept, Sumesh
bought the thread to Rashmi's mouth without even a single noise. He
then sent poison to Rashmi's mouth via the pipe and thread. That was
how Rashmi lost her control and died. After that he burnt all the
materials including bottles and dropped the bottle that contained poison
to make everyone believe that it was a suicide.

Q14
Mukundan, supported by the public, do a protest to stop the bar. Mukundan is arrested, but
becomes ill and gets admitted to hospital. At hospital, Pushkaran Muthalali tells Mukundan that
he is closing the bar. By evening, Mukundan develops chest pain and vomits out blood.
Mukundan tells Ambujam that he is poisoned by giving lime juice. The scene shifts to a sudden
hearing of Mukundan's death by heart attack . Later, Ambujam is seen hospitalised. Babu and
Sunitha file a case in . Balchandran, with assistant from Alex and Narendra are appointed. Alex, a
forensic department staffer, recognises poisoning from the cremated body remains. Balchandran
gets a confession from the head nurse of hospital that it was poisoning by giving slow poison in
the glucose drip. Now Pushkaran Muthalali tells Balachandran that Balachandran's sister Sunitha
and Babu are in love. Later, Balchandran fixes the marriage of Sunitha. On the day before
marriage, Sunitha and Babu plan to run away. But Balchandran catches Babu and in the dark, a
fight occurs. Next day, Babu is shown dead at a riverside. Here, Sunitha tells Inspector Susheelan
that Balachandran has killed. Inspector Susheelan arrests Balachandran. Later, Balachandran is
sentenced to life imprisonment. Balachandran escapes from jail. Balachandran catches Arasan,
who says it was poisoning and only Pushkaran knows. Finally, constable Shankaran Pillai tells
that Susheelan has killed. Now the police come and arrest everybody.

Q15
One night changes it all, when Balan has a terrible nightmare. The whole house is
woken up in the middle of night. The elder members of the family suspects that Balan is
turning mad. The news somehow gets out. Villagers start suspecting Balan of following
the footsteps of his ancestors into madness (because Balan's uncle also fell mentally ill
with a nightmare). Now the village evaluates and judges each and every move he
makes; he is soon deemed mentally ill.. Gopi, progressive and educated, consults Balan
with a medically qualified physician. The physician declares he is fine. But village
doesn't agree. In the meantime, Balan's wife is forced to leave the house with their
children. The family fixes the marriage of his younger sister while hiding the fact the
she has a "challenged" elder brother. Eventually, Balan is admitted in an asylum and
undergoes treatment . He comes out eventually broken both physically and mentally.
Balan's mother eventually poisons him. Apart from the main story line concerning
Balan the movie also makes a subtle sketch of the life of people in a "matriarchal"
society. The uncle of Balan enjoys so much influence in the family affairs that he
becomes a catalyst to the hero's slow but steady decline to lunacy.

• Few instances of poisoning in history are
given in the Qn.
• Identify the person mentioned in the Qn.
• In case of multiple parts, each part will get
10 points.

Q16
In a scheme, X provided shelter to a Frenchman,
Dominique Rennelleau, who appeared to be suffering
from dysentry X had actually poisoned Rennelleau. X
claimed that most of his murders were really
accidental drug overdose. Dutch students Henk Bintanja,
and his fiancée Cornelia Hemker were invited to Thailand
after meeting X in Hong Kong. They, like many others,
were poisoned by X, who then nurtured them back to
health in order to gain their obedience. There is a myth
that Chowdhary, former companion of X was poisoned by
X himself.

Q17
 Some believe that X died due to some diseases which he
already had. Popular myth is that he was poisoned with
antimony. The culprit is believed to be Y, his colleague
who is also a musician. Interestingly, the music piece
that Stane plays in the Iron man(2008) comes from Y.
The Iron Man fan asserts that Stane playing Y's music
piece is the indication of him betraying Stark later on in
the film.
 Id both.

Q18
X died due to stomach cancer like his father. A description of X in the months
before his death led to put forward other causes for his death, including
deliberate arsenic poisoning. Arsenic was used as a poison during the era
because it was undetectable when administered over a long period.
Furthermore, in a 1978 book with Ben Weider, Forshufvud noted that X's body
was found to be well preserved when moved in 1840. Arsenic is a strong
preservative, and therefore this supported the poisoning hypothesis. Forshufvud
and Weider observed that X had attempted to quench abnormal thirst by
drinking large amounts of orgeat cyrup that contained cyanide compounds in
the almonds used for flavouring.They maintained that the pottasium
tartrate used in his treatment prevented his stomach from expelling these
compounds and that his thirst was a symptom of the poison. According to a
2007 article, the type of arsenic found in Napoleon's hair shafts was mineral, the
most toxic, and according to toxicologist Patrick Kintz, this supported the
conclusion that he was murdered.
Id X.

Q19
While flying south in September 2004 to help
negotiate with those who had taken over a thousand
hostages in a school in Beslan (North Ossetia), X fell
violently ill and lost consciousness after drinking tea
given to her by an Aeroflot flight attendant. She had
reportedly been poisoned with mercury, with some
accusing the former Soviet secret police poison
facility. X survived the poisoning but was killed in
2006 by gunshot.

Q20
On 8 June 1954, X’s housekeeper found him dead at the age of 41; he had died
the previous day. Cyanide poisoning was established as the cause of
death. When his body was discovered, an apple lay half-eaten beside his bed,
and although the apple was not tested for cyanide, it was speculated that this
was the means by which X had consumed a fatal dose. An inquest determined
that he had committed suicide. Andrew Hodges and another biographer, David
Leavitt, have both speculated that X was re-enacting a scene from the Walt
Disney film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937), his favourite fairy tale.
Both men noted that (in Leavitt's words) he took "an especially keen pleasure in
the scene where the Wicked Queen immerses her apple in the poisonous
brew".X's remains were cremated at Woking Crematorium on 12 June
1954, and his ashes were scattered in the gardens of the crematorium, just as his
father's had been
Id X

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