Cannabis Trivia Quiz Questions And Answers
Cannabis is indigenous to what geographical area?
A: Central and South Asia.
Technically cannabis is the dried flowers, leaves and
stems of the female what?
A: Cannabis plant.
What is the principal psychoactive ingredient of cannabis?
A: Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC).
How much THC is contained in cannabis varieties used to
produce industrial hemp?
A: Less than 1%.
THC is just one of 483 known compounds in the cannabis
plant, including at least 84 what?
A: Cannabinoids.
Evidence for inhalation of cannabis smoke can be found in
the 3rd millennium BCE in what present day country?
A: Romania.
In 2003, a basket filled with cannabis leaf fragments and
seeds discovered with a 2,500- to 2,800-year-old mummified shaman in what
country?
A: China.
Egyptian mummies dated about 950 BC demonstrate evidence of
the use of what?
A: Cannabis.
Cannabis is often used for its psychoactive effects, which
can include heightened mood and or what?
A: Euphoria.
With chromatographic techniques THC and its major
metabolite can be measured in
blood, urine, hair, oral fluid or what?
A: Sweat .
The Duquenois-Levine test is commonly administered field
test, but it can't positively confirm the presence of cannabis because many
substances give what?
A: False positives.
A decrease in short-term memory, a dry mouth, and impaired
motor skills are side effects of what drug?
A: Cannabis.
The earliest recorded use of cannabis dates from when?
A: The 3rd millennium BC.
Cannabis was used by the ancient
Hindus of India and
Nepal
thousands of years ago and it was called what in Sanskrit?
A: Ganjika
According to the United Nations, cannabis is the illicit
drug that is the what?
A: Most-used in the world.
In 2004, the United Nations estimated that approximately
22.5 million people used cannabis how often?
A: Daily.
Cannabis is often used to reduce nausea and vomiting in
what group of people?
A: People undergoing chemotherapy.
Functional imaging studies have revealed morphological
brain changes in long-term what?
A: Cannabis users.
How is hash oil obtained from Cannabis plant?
A: By solvent extraction.
United States drug policy since the 1950s has been that
cannabis use increases the probability of trying what?
A: Harder drugs.
The ancient Assyrians discovered the psychoactive
properties of cannabis through the Aryans, using it in some
religious ceremonies,
they called it qunubu which means what?
A: Way to produce smoke.
The Canadian Senate's Special Committee on
Illegal Drugs
found that pot is not a cause of other drug use and they rejected what theory?
A: Gateway theory.
Because of the wide variety of non-volatile solvents
available to obtain the oils of the plant, there are a variety of cannabis what
available?
A: Infusions.
Cannabis has been used for rituals throughout ancient
history and is found in cults around world including use by ancient Jews and
early what?
A: Christians.
Traces of cannabis were discovered in pipes recovered from
who's home in Stratford-upon-Avon?
A: Shakespeare's.
Popular solvents for obtaining cannabis infusions are cocoa
butter, dairy butter and what?
A: Cooking oil.
There has never been a documented case of death due to an
overdose of what illegal drug?
A: Cannabis.
The three main forms of Cannabis products come in three
common forms, the flower, the resin and the what?
A: Oil.
Cannabis usually contains about 5% THC content, the resin
can contain up to 20% THC content, and the oil may contain more than how much?
A: 60%.
In 1985 THC levels averaged about 3.5% but by the year
2006
the THC levels had risen to an average of what?
A: 8.8%.
What part of the cannabis plant has the highest
concentration of THC?
A: The buds.
Leaves contain how much less THC than the buds?
A: One tenth.
What type of extracts typically have a higher concentration
of THC than buds?
A: Hashish and hash oil.
Cannabis plants can sometimes be contaminated by heavy
metals and other toxins it absorbs from its what?
A: Growing environment.
How long can detectable levels of THC can be found in the
body after a single use?
A: From a week to a month or longer.
