| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Oct 10 10:42PM -0700 On 10/8/20 8:05 PM, Mark Brader wrote: > *Note*: where applicable, be sufficiently specific. For example, > "football" by itself will not be considered a correct answer. > 1. Scrum. Rugby > 2. Chukka or chukker. polo > 3. House. curling > 4. Behind. Canadian football > 5. Googly. > 6. Bielmann. > 7. Quarte ["cart"]. lacrosse > 8. Leaner. horseshoes > 9. Touchback. American football > 10. Albatross. golf > monarch butterfly. They contain glycosides that make it toxic, > both as a larva and an adult butterfly, to birds and other > predators. What wildflower? milkweed > 4. This poisonous plant or weed is actually very pretty, with > purple and yellow flowers and bright red berries. It is related > to the tomato. What is it? nightshade > 6. What showy deep pink flower, sometimes called rosebay willowherb, > takes its name from the way it tends to be found after a certain > event that sometimes occurs in nature? fireweed > sneeze when they pass by a clump. They are more likely to be > allergic to what less conspicuous weed, belonging to the sunflower > family, that blooms at the same time and often in the same places? ragweed > that tends to repel insects, and therefore is sometimes planted > in gardens. For some other creatures, though, the stuff is > anything but a repellent. Name the plant. catnip > 9. What common weed has an old nickname of pissabed (and in French, > pissenlit), because it contains a diuretic? dandelion > 10. What common wildflower is used in herbal medications for > depression? It is said to bloom on the eve of its namesake's day, > June 24. St John's wort -- Dan Tilque |
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