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Medicinal Plants Trivia Quiz

A great of medicines are derived frome plants, how well-informed are you in the history of medicinal plants?

A multiple-choice quiz by thejazzkickazz. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
thejazzkickazz

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
41,956

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
4 / 10

Plays
1715

Awards
Top 35% Quiz

Last 3 plays: Guest 73 (6/10), gogetem (10/10), Guest 92 (7/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. Approximately, what percentage of all prescription made for drugs in the USA are derived from plants? Hint

25-50

85-100

12-24

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Question 2 of 10

2. In the Rig Veda, Aryuvedic medicine describes treating snakebites with reserpine. What plant is reserpine derived from? Hint

Aconitum

Rauvolfia serpentina

Sassafras albidum

Gingko biloba

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Question 3 of 10

3. Foxglove (digitalis purpurea) can aid in the tone and rythmn of the heart. What is the primary ingredient which is so conducive to the heart? Hint

digitoxin

glycosides

diginin

digitonin

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Question 4 of 10

4. Cinchona, feverbark, was nearly made extinct from over-collection of it in the Andes jungles. What disease was it used to cure? Hint

malaria

Plague

leprosy

mumps

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Question 5 of 10

5. Americans consume over 80 million tablets of aspirin a year. What plant does it originate from? Hint

Snakeroot

Willow tree

Periwinkle

Kukui

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Question 6 of 10

6. Queen Anne's Lace was used in the past for abortion and contraception. What is the active ingredient which makes this plant so efficacious? Hint

taxol

tannin

ferujol

terpenes

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Question 7 of 10

7. What plant filled the court rooms and hospital during the spread of Yersina pestis...it was believed the terpenes inside this plant stopped the 'bug' in its tracks? Hint

Datura

Pavaver

Artemisia

Asclepias

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Question 8 of 10

8. What is the substance in soybeans thought to stop blood-flow to cancer cells, hence crippling the spread of cancer? Hint

genistein

thymol

campothecin

thujones

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Question 9 of 10

9. What plant did the colonists in the 13 colonies brew for tea, after the Boston Tea Party? Hint

wormweed

Papaver somniferum

Bee balm

Veronia amygdala

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Question 10 of 10

10. What did the Incas call the 'divine plant'? Hint

Meconium

Echinacea

Brugmansia

Erythroxylon

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Approximately, what percentage of all prescription made for drugs in the USA are derived from plants?

Answer: 25-50

2. In the Rig Veda, Aryuvedic medicine describes treating snakebites with reserpine. What plant is reserpine derived from?

Answer: Rauvolfia serpentina

3. Foxglove (digitalis purpurea) can aid in the tone and rythmn of the heart. What is the primary ingredient which is so conducive to the heart?

Answer: glycosides

4. Cinchona, feverbark, was nearly made extinct from over-collection of it in the Andes jungles. What disease was it used to cure?

Answer: malaria

Cinchona is the source of quinine - used to cure malaria.

5. Americans consume over 80 million tablets of aspirin a year. What plant does it originate from?

Answer: Willow tree

6. Queen Anne's Lace was used in the past for abortion and contraception. What is the active ingredient which makes this plant so efficacious?

Answer: ferujol

Daucus carota is part of the fennel family - silphium.

7. What plant filled the court rooms and hospital during the spread of Yersina pestis...it was believed the terpenes inside this plant stopped the 'bug' in its tracks?

Answer: Artemisia

8. What is the substance in soybeans thought to stop blood-flow to cancer cells, hence crippling the spread of cancer?

Answer: genistein

9. What plant did the colonists in the 13 colonies brew for tea, after the Boston Tea Party?

Answer: Bee balm

10. What did the Incas call the 'divine plant'?

Answer: Erythroxylon

Erythoxlon cocoa, the common plant derivative for cocaine.

Source: Author thejazzkickazz

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