Where was the first international agreement to limit the use of chemical weapons signed?
The Hague
Brussels
Strasbourg
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Algiers
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Columbine
Hellebore
Hemlock
Monkshood
What type of plant did the Athenians of ancient Greece use to poison the water supply of enemy city Kirrha around 600 B.C.?
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Attacks with what gas prompted England’s war office to create a chemical weapons program during World War I?
Tear gas
Chlorine gas
Mustard gas
Phosgene
Agent Orange is made from a mixture of which two herbicides?
04
Tetradioxin and methyl viologen dichloride
2,4,5-Trichlorophenoxyacetic acid and 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid
Atrazine and glyphosate
Atrazine and sodium chlorate
What percentage of World War I deaths came from chemical weapons?
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20%
Less than 1%
10%
15%
Nerve agents disrupt neurotransmission using what class of organic compounds?
06
Phosphonates
Sulfates
Nitrates
Arsenates
Which chemist is remembered as the “father of chemical warfare”?
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Antoine Lavoisier
Frits Haber
Carl Bosch
Victor Grignard
Which two chemical agents from Syria’s surrendered arsenal did the U.S. destroy in August 2014?
08
Phencyclidine and methyldichloroarsine
Methylphosphonyl difluoride and liquid sulfur mustard
Oleoresin capsicum and phosphine gas
Atropine and pralidoxime chloride
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