Trivia Quiz

Trivia Quiz

I recently did a guest lecture spot in a graduate sociology class, and rather than merely subjecting them to just a boring history lecture, I started with a little trivia quiz. Those graduate students didn’t do too well on it and I thought you might do better. Have fun with it, and I’ll post the answers in a few days.



1. In his first term, President George Washington led federal troops against rebels in western Pennsylvania. Which psychoactive drug was at the root of the controversy?



2. In the period 1790 – 1805 the U.S. fought a war against the Barbary Pirates in North Africa. Why were American ships in the Mediterranean at this time?





3. During the Civil War, where did the Confederate Army get its medical opium?



4. When and where was the first U.S. law against marijuana passed?



5. How many doctors testified to Congress concerning the proposed Marihuana Tax Act of 1937? Were they for or against the Act?



6. How many people had used marijuana in 1937 according to the Government’s testimony to Congress?



7. What were the Government’s estimates of the number of people using marijuana in 2008?



8. Switzerland began providing free heroin to addicts in the mid-1990s. How many people in Switzerland have died of opioid overdose in Switzerland since then?



9. How many people were arrested for simple marijuana possession in the U.S. last year?



10. California adopted state medical marijuana by referendum in 1996. How many states now have medical marijuana laws?