Poisoner's Handbook 2020Q

What killed the Jacksons? Why was it suspicious?

• Cyanide, multiple death

• nothing they are alive

• an accident, not suspicious

• totally natural, not suspicious

What do you see in the introduction credits, when they show common medicine cabinet items, that would be unusual today?

• Asprin

• Cocaine

• Iodine

• Alka selzer

Charles Norris, the chief medical examiner

• Was rich

• examined the bodies- unusual for the time

• All of these

• Used science to detect deaths by poisoning

Alexander Gettler was

• poor

• a brilliant chemist

• hard working

• all of these

How did the Jacksons get cyanide poisoning?

• Inhaled- in the lungs

• food they ate- in the stomach

What common medicine is bismuth found in? What poison does it share a column with?

• Alka Seltzer/ mercury

• Aspirin/ thallium

• Pepto Bismol/ Arsenic

• Maalox/Radium

What were people distilling in their homes that killed them during prohibition?

• Corn

• sawdust/wood

• grapes

• sugar cane

The great war, WWI was known as

• Jungle war

• The Forgotten War

• The Chemists War

• Desert Storm

What was a dangerous additive in gasoline?

• Radium

• Thallium

• Arsenic

• Lead

What color does blood turn with carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning?

• Bright cherry red

• Blue

• Green

• Yellow