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1. Sorrel, a poisonous plant that affects people by touch and eating it raw, was supposedly popularized by what famous Roman Catholic saint?
2. Before Cleopatra decided to commit suicide by being bit by a poisonous snake, she was researching another plant to kill herself with. However, when she saw the horrid death of her servant, she opted otherwise. What plant was it?
3. This common mushroom that grows in Europe and North America develops symptoms in the victim that make it seem like they have PSL, or perspiration-salivation-lacrimation syndrom. What is the name of this mushroom?
4. This mushroom, which is considered illegal, was sought after by people living in the 1960's and 1970's. What fungus made people travel to the Pacific Northwest, Central America, or American Southeast to feel its hallucinogenic powers?
5. For most people, how long do the hallucinogenic effects of magic mushrooms or Psilocybe semilanceata last?
6. You were under a tree escaping from the sun. Well, now you have more to escape from. A drop of something lands on your eyes. Minutes later it is burning and you realize you are under a Manchineel tree. In which of these countries are you most likely in?
7. Someone grafted a tomato plant with a local weed that isn't affected by the winter cold. You then bite into the tomatoes. Yummy, right? Not any longer. Pretty soon you start to develop a headache, nausea, vomiting, dizziness, hallucinations, dry skin, and mania. What plant is the local weed?
8. What plant that can literally strike a person dumb, as in its name, is also the second most favorable office plant?
9. The tree noted in Question 6, the machineel tree, oddly enough is used to treat cancer, infections, paralysis, verneral disease, tetanus, warts, and disorders of what bodily system?
10. In treating people that have been affected by poisonous mushrooms, plants, fungi, and trees, you always treat for what first?
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