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WorksheetsPoisoner's Handbook Quiz
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
The Jacksons were found dead, locked in a room together with no apparent break in. How did the Jacksons get cyanide poisoning?
Inhaled- in the lungs
food they ate- in the stomach
What color does blood turn with carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning?
Bright cherry red
Dark Navy Blue
Neon Green
Neon Yellow
Radium was used as a 'glow-in-the-dark' paint on watches. The ladies that painted the watch faces grew ill. Where was the radium found in the body?
In the bones
In the brain
In the eyes
In fat cells
In the early 1900s, forensics and science was not believed, today do we believe forensic evidence to be true?
yes
no
Which chemical does your body treat as calcium and causes the weakening of the bones?
Radium
Lead
Cyanide
Bismuth
Which is NOT true about cyanide poisoning?
It causes a slow death.
The skin is turns red.
The lips turn blue.
The body can't get oxygen.
Which two substances have similar properties?
Arsenic and Bismuth
Methanol and Denatured Alcohol
Cyanide and Formaldehyde
Lead and Radium
If the dead body was a blushed pink color and has blood that is a bright red color, you might suspect _________ poisoning.
Carbon monoxide
Cyanide
Lead
Thallium
Fanny went to trial ______ for arsenic poisoning.
1 time
2 times
3 times
4 times
Can carbon monoxide be absorbed after death?
Yes, easily
Yes, but it takes time
No, it isn't absorbed by the body
The body that was dismembered died of carbon monoxide poisoning. Where did the carbon monoxide come from?
Car was left running in the garage
Campfire
Illuminating gas
Pills administered as medicine
How were the bones tested?
They were ground up and tested with chemicals in a test tube
They were kept submerged in alcohol for one week
They were wrapped in photosensitive paper
They were put into a gas chromatograph
In the case of the Murderous Metal, it was up for debate as to which metal poisoned the victims. Which element was NOT on the list of possibilities?
Arsenic
Bismuth
Lead
Cadmium
During your investigations, what two substances did you learn prevents oxygen from binding to hemoglobin? Essentially, which two substances cause death by suffocation?
Cyanide and Carbon Monoxide
Radium and Carbon Monoxide
Radium and Cyanide
Arsenic and Bismuth
Did the man that dumped the body parts kill the victim?
Yes, he is a murderer, only murderers have dismembered bodies.
Maybe, the evidence doesn't show he is guilty.
No, the evidence cleared him of the murder.
