** Game 5, Round 9 - Science - Types of Clouds
1. Cirrus.
2. Stratus.
** Game 5 - Round 10 - Challenge Round - Poisons
* C. Locations of Famous Poisonings
C1. In 2006 polonium-laced green tea was used to kill the former
Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko, in what European capital?
C2. Well water contaminated by arsenic killed more than 1,000,000
people in this country in the 1990s. An event that the
World Health Organization called the largest mass poisoning
of a population in history. Where did this occur?
E2. In which of Arthur Conan Doyle's novels did Sherlock Holmes
discover a poisonous thorn above the dead victim's ear?
** Game 5, Round 9 - Science - Types of Clouds
Please see the handout:
http://www.vex.net/~msb/tmp/QFTCI/5-9/clouds.jpg
And give the letter that corresponds to each named type of cloud.
1. Cirrus.
2. Stratus.
3. Mammatus.
4. Lenticular.
5. Noctilucent.
6. Cirrostratus.
7. Cirrocumulus.
8. Nimbostratus.
9. Cumulonimbus.
10. Kelvin-Helmholtz.
** Game 5 - Round 10 - Challenge Round - Poisons
In October of 54, Agrippina the Younger poisoned her husband, Roman
Emperor Claudius, to secure the line of succession for her son Nero.
In recognition of her decision to move things from bad to worse,
this final round is on poisons and poisonings.
* A. Historical Figures who were Poisoned
A1. In 1513, what Spanish conquistador met a sticky end in what
is now Florida when he was shot by an arrow poisoned with
the milky white sap from a manchineel tree?
A2. In December 1916, Prince Felix Yusupov and his associates
had to resort to shooting and drowning Rasputin after their
attempt to poison him had failed. What poison did they
lace Rasputin's food and drink with earlier that evening?
* B. Names of Poisons
B1. What is the common English name for the plant known as
belladonna or "beautiful lady". It serves as a highly
effective poison because it contains the toxic chemicals
solanine, hyoscine, scopolamine, and atropine?
* C. Locations of Famous Poisonings
C1. In 2006 polonium-laced green tea was used to kill the former
Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko, in what European capital?
* D. Poisons in Music
D1. Which group recorded the song "Poison Ivy", which went to
#1 on the R&B charts in 1959?
D2. What was the only US #1 hit for the glam rock band Poison?
* F. Quotes About Poisons
F1. Who was the American novelist who, in 2011, was listed by
"Time" magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in
the world, and who wrote "Shattered legs may heal in time,
but some betrayals fester and poison the soul"?
F2. Who was the Russian and American novelist, poet, and
butterfly expert who said "I mean, I have the feeling that
something in my mind is poisoning everything else"?
These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2025-10-20,
and should be interpreted accordingly.
On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give
both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty.
Please post all your answers in a single followup to the newsgroup,
based only on your own knowledge. (In your answer posting, quote
the questions and place your answer below each one.) I will reveal
the correct answers in about 3 days.
All questions were written by members of the Cellar Rats, and are
used here by permission, but have been reformatted and may have
been retyped and/or edited by me. The posting and tabulation of current-events questions is independent of the concurrent posting
of other rounds. For further information please see my 2026-03-10
companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition
(QFTCI*)".
** Game 5, Round 9 - Science - Types of Clouds
Please see the handout:
http://www.vex.net/~msb/tmp/QFTCI/5-9/clouds.jpg
And give the letter that corresponds to each named type of cloud.
1. Cirrus.
2. Stratus.
3. Mammatus.
4. Lenticular.
5. Noctilucent.
6. Cirrostratus.
7. Cirrocumulus.
8. Nimbostratus.
9. Cumulonimbus.
10. Kelvin-Helmholtz.
And if you like, for fun but for no points, decode the rot13
and answer for the 5 decoys:
11. Avzohf.
12. Phzhyhf.
13. Nygbphzhyhf.
14. Nygbfgenghf.
15. Fgengbphzhyhf.
** Game 5 - Round 10 - Challenge Round - Poisons
In October of 54, Agrippina the Younger poisoned her husband, Roman
Emperor Claudius, to secure the line of succession for her son Nero.
In recognition of her decision to move things from bad to worse,
this final round is on poisons and poisonings.
* A. Historical Figures who were Poisoned
A1. In 1513, what Spanish conquistador met a sticky end in what
is now Florida when he was shot by an arrow poisoned with
the milky white sap from a manchineel tree?
A2. In December 1916, Prince Felix Yusupov and his associates
had to resort to shooting and drowning Rasputin after their
attempt to poison him had failed. What poison did they
lace Rasputin's food and drink with earlier that evening?
* B. Names of Poisons
B1. What is the common English name for the plant known as
belladonna or "beautiful lady". It serves as a highly
effective poison because it contains the toxic chemicals
solanine, hyoscine, scopolamine, and atropine?
B2. Digoxin is both a remedy for congestive heart failure and,
in high doses, a poison that slows the heart until it
eventually stops. From what flower can digoxin be extracted?
* C. Locations of Famous Poisonings
C1. In 2006 polonium-laced green tea was used to kill the former
Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko, in what European capital?
C2. Well water contaminated by arsenic killed more than 1,000,000
people in this country in the 1990s. An event that the
World Health Organization called the largest mass poisoning
of a population in history. Where did this occur?
* D. Poisons in Music
D1. Which group recorded the song "Poison Ivy", which went to
#1 on the R&B charts in 1959?
D2. What was the only US #1 hit for the glam rock band Poison?
* E. Novels that Feature Poisons
E1. Name either the author or the title of the book from the
following synopsis: When two of Susan Wheeler's patients
have unexpected complications after their operations, she
investigates the incidents and discovers that the oxygen
lines to Operating Room 8 have been tampered with to include
carbon monoxide, thereby poisoning her patients.
E2. In which of Arthur Conan Doyle's novels did Sherlock Holmes
discover a poisonous thorn above the dead victim's ear?
* F. Quotes About Poisons
F1. Who was the American novelist who, in 2011, was listed by
"Time" magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in
the world, and who wrote "Shattered legs may heal in time,
but some betrayals fester and poison the soul"?
F2. Who was the Russian and American novelist, poet, and
butterfly expert who said "I mean, I have the feeling that
something in my mind is poisoning everything else"?
** Game 5, Round 9 - Science - Types of Clouds
1. Cirrus.
2. Stratus.
3. Mammatus.
4. Lenticular.
5. Noctilucent.
6. Cirrostratus.
7. Cirrocumulus.
8. Nimbostratus.
9. Cumulonimbus.
10. Kelvin-Helmholtz.
** Game 5 - Round 10 - Challenge Round - Poisons
A1. In 1513, what Spanish conquistador met a sticky end in what
is now Florida when he was shot by an arrow poisoned with
the milky white sap from a manchineel tree?
A2. In December 1916, Prince Felix Yusupov and his associates
had to resort to shooting and drowning Rasputin after their
attempt to poison him had failed. What poison did they
lace Rasputin's food and drink with earlier that evening?
B1. What is the common English name for the plant known as
belladonna or "beautiful lady". It serves as a highly
effective poison because it contains the toxic chemicals
solanine, hyoscine, scopolamine, and atropine?
B2. Digoxin is both a remedy for congestive heart failure and,
in high doses, a poison that slows the heart until it
eventually stops. From what flower can digoxin be extracted?
C1. In 2006 polonium-laced green tea was used to kill the former
Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko, in what European capital?
C2. Well water contaminated by arsenic killed more than 1,000,000
people in this country in the 1990s. An event that the
World Health Organization called the largest mass poisoning
of a population in history. Where did this occur?
E2. In which of Arthur Conan Doyle's novels did Sherlock Holmes
discover a poisonous thorn above the dead victim's ear?
F2. Who was the Russian and American novelist, poet, and
butterfly expert who said "I mean, I have the feeling that
something in my mind is poisoning everything else"?
** Game 5, Round 9 - Science - Types of Clouds
Please see the handout:
http://www.vex.net/~msb/tmp/QFTCI/5-9/clouds.jpg
And give the letter that corresponds to each named type of cloud.
1. Cirrus.
2. Stratus.
3. Mammatus.
4. Lenticular.
5. Noctilucent.
6. Cirrostratus.
7. Cirrocumulus.
8. Nimbostratus.
9. Cumulonimbus.
10. Kelvin-Helmholtz.
And if you like, for fun but for no points, decode the rot13
and answer for the 5 decoys:
11. Avzohf.
12. Phzhyhf.
13. Nygbphzhyhf.
14. Nygbfgenghf.
15. Fgengbphzhyhf.
** Game 5 - Round 10 - Challenge Round - Poisons
In October of 54, Agrippina the Younger poisoned her husband, Roman
Emperor Claudius, to secure the line of succession for her son Nero.
In recognition of her decision to move things from bad to worse,
this final round is on poisons and poisonings.
* A. Historical Figures who were Poisoned
A1. In 1513, what Spanish conquistador met a sticky end in what
is now Florida when he was shot by an arrow poisoned with
the milky white sap from a manchineel tree?
A2. In December 1916, Prince Felix Yusupov and his associates
had to resort to shooting and drowning Rasputin after their
attempt to poison him had failed. What poison did they
lace Rasputin's food and drink with earlier that evening?
* B. Names of Poisons
B1. What is the common English name for the plant known as
belladonna or "beautiful lady". It serves as a highly
effective poison because it contains the toxic chemicals
solanine, hyoscine, scopolamine, and atropine?
B2. Digoxin is both a remedy for congestive heart failure and,
in high doses, a poison that slows the heart until it
eventually stops. From what flower can digoxin be extracted?
* C. Locations of Famous Poisonings
C1. In 2006 polonium-laced green tea was used to kill the former
Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko, in what European capital?
C2. Well water contaminated by arsenic killed more than 1,000,000
people in this country in the 1990s. An event that the
World Health Organization called the largest mass poisoning
of a population in history. Where did this occur?
* D. Poisons in Music
D1. Which group recorded the song "Poison Ivy", which went to
#1 on the R&B charts in 1959?
D2. What was the only US #1 hit for the glam rock band Poison?
* E. Novels that Feature Poisons
E1. Name either the author or the title of the book from the
following synopsis: When two of Susan Wheeler's patients
have unexpected complications after their operations, she
investigates the incidents and discovers that the oxygen
lines to Operating Room 8 have been tampered with to include
carbon monoxide, thereby poisoning her patients.
E2. In which of Arthur Conan Doyle's novels did Sherlock Holmes
discover a poisonous thorn above the dead victim's ear?
* F. Quotes About Poisons
F1. Who was the American novelist who, in 2011, was listed by
"Time" magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in
the world, and who wrote "Shattered legs may heal in time,
but some betrayals fester and poison the soul"?
F2. Who was the Russian and American novelist, poet, and
butterfly expert who said "I mean, I have the feeling that
something in my mind is poisoning everything else"?
These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2025-10-20,
and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information
please see my 2026-03-10 companion posting on "Questions from the
Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
** Game 5, Round 9 - Science - Types of Clouds
Please see the handout:
http://www.vex.net/~msb/tmp/QFTCI/5-9/clouds.jpg
And give the letter that corresponds to each named type of cloud.
1. Cirrus.
2. Stratus.
3. Mammatus.
4. Lenticular.
5. Noctilucent.
6. Cirrostratus.
7. Cirrocumulus.
8. Nimbostratus.
9. Cumulonimbus.
10. Kelvin-Helmholtz.
And if you like, for fun but for no points, decode the rot13
and answer for the 5 decoys:
11. Nimbus.
12. Cumulus.
13. Altocumulus.
14. Altostratus.
15. Stratocumulus.
** Game 5, Round 10 - Challenge Round - Poisons
In October of 54, Agrippina the Younger poisoned her husband, Roman
Emperor Claudius, to secure the line of succession for her son Nero.
In recognition of her decision to move things from bad to worse,
this final round is on poisons and poisonings.
* A. Historical Figures who were Poisoned
A1. In 1513, what Spanish conquistador met a sticky end in what
is now Florida when he was shot by an arrow poisoned with
the milky white sap from a manchineel tree?
A2. In December 1916, Prince Felix Yusupov and his associates
had to resort to shooting and drowning Rasputin after their
attempt to poison him had failed. What poison did they
lace Rasputin's food and drink with earlier that evening?
* B. Names of Poisons
B1. What is the common English name for the plant known as
belladonna or "beautiful lady". It serves as a highly
effective poison because it contains the toxic chemicals
solanine, hyoscine, scopolamine, and atropine?
B2. Digoxin is both a remedy for congestive heart failure and,
in high doses, a poison that slows the heart until it
eventually stops. From what flower can digoxin be extracted?
* C. Locations of Famous Poisonings
C1. In 2006 polonium-laced green tea was used to kill the former
Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko, in what European capital?
C2. Well water contaminated by arsenic killed more than 1,000,000
people in this country in the 1990s. An event that the
World Health Organization called the largest mass poisoning
of a population in history. Where did this occur?
* D. Poisons in Music
D1. Which group recorded the song "Poison Ivy", which went to
#1 on the R&B charts in 1959?
D2. What was the only US #1 hit for the glam rock band Poison?
* E. Novels that Feature Poisons
E1. Name either the author or the title of the book from the
following synopsis: When two of Susan Wheeler's patients
have unexpected complications after their operations, she
investigates the incidents and discovers that the oxygen
lines to Operating Room 8 have been tampered with to include
carbon monoxide, thereby poisoning her patients.
E2. In which of Arthur Conan Doyle's novels did Sherlock Holmes
discover a poisonous thorn above the dead victim's ear?
* F. Quotes About Poisons
F1. Who was the American novelist who, in 2011, was listed by
"Time" magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in
the world, and who wrote "Shattered legs may heal in time,
but some betrayals fester and poison the soul"?
F2. Who was the Russian and American novelist, poet, and
butterfly expert who said "I mean, I have the feeling that
something in my mind is poisoning everything else"?
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