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Quiz about LSD
Quiz about LSD

LSD Trivia Quiz


LSD is a dangerous chemical that is highly illegal. This powerful substance, amazingly, was discovered by complete accident. My quiz asks about the history of LSD, from its serendipitous find to its current status.

A multiple-choice quiz by star_gazer. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
star_gazer
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
337,406
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
6 / 10
Plays
794
Awards
Top 20% Quiz
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Question 1 of 10
1. What does LSD stand for? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. Who accidentally discovered LSD? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. In what country was LSD discovered? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. What type of a drug is LSD? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. What US government organization conducted numerous tests with LSD on humans (many of these tests were unethical)? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. In private and academic studies, LSD showed great potential. Which of the following options best answers the question: What were some of these potential benefits? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. What was the origin of "Bicycle Day"? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. Dr. Timothy Leary was a professor of psychology who first tried LSD in the late 1950's. He immediately "fell in love" with the psychedelic chemical. Leary began conducting experiments and giving LSD to some of his students for consumption. Parents then began to complain to the school's administration. Eventually, Tim Leary, along with his assistant professor Richard Alpert, were fired. What was this school? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. When LSD became illegal in 1966, a number of chemists went underground so to continue to supply people with the drug. Probably, the most famous of these individuals worked as a sound engineer for rock bands like the Grateful Dead and Jefferson Airplane. His nickname was "Bear." In 1966 he was arrested and The San Francisco Chronicle's headline read "LSD Millionaire Arrested." What was his name? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. What was Operation Julie? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. What does LSD stand for?

Answer: Lysergic acid diethylamide

LSD was initially synthesized in 1938 from ergotamine, a chemical derived by Arthur Stoll from ergot; ergot is a grain fungus that often grows on rye. LSD is measured in millionths of a gram, or micrograms. A typical dose is between 100 and 500 micrograms.
2. Who accidentally discovered LSD?

Answer: Albert Hoffman

A young Swiss chemist named Albert Hoffman first synthesized LSD on November 16, 1938. It was put into storage; then, five years later, Hoffman decided to rework with it. This time, in 1943, he accidentally got a tiny amount of the chemical on his own skin. The first LSD "trip" took place and Hoffman thought that he had lost his mind. Once the effects of the drug had worn off, Hoffman realized that he had made an amazing discovery. A few days later, Hoffman intentionally dosed himself with a large amount of the drug.

After taking LSD, Hoffman began to feel the powerful sensory effects of the drug. Although at first he was quite frightened; once home, Hoffman was able to relax; and, he even began to like the strangeness that he experienced:

"... little by little I could begin to enjoy the unprecedented colors and plays of shapes that persisted behind my closed eyes. Kaleidoscopic, fantastic images surged in on me, alternating, variegated, opening and then closing themselves in circles and spirals, exploding in colored fountains, rearranging and hybridizing themselves in constant flux ..."
3. In what country was LSD discovered?

Answer: Switzerland

LSD was discovered in Sandoz (now Novartis) research laboratories in Basel, Switzerland. In 1965, Sandoz ceased production of LSD due to protests and controversy.
4. What type of a drug is LSD?

Answer: Hallucinogen

Hallucinogens change the perception, emotion, and consciousness of the person using them. They amplify well known states of mind; and, they cause qualitatively different experiences of ordinary consciousness. More than often a hallucinogenic state can be compared to being in a dream or a trance.

The most potent known hallucinogen is LSD.
5. What US government organization conducted numerous tests with LSD on humans (many of these tests were unethical)?

Answer: CIA

In the 1950's, the CIA conducted a secret study, code named Project MKULTRA. In this study, members of the general public, government workers, criminals, and the mentally ill, were given LSD so to gain information and data about the drug. Numerous of these people were given LSD without their knowledge; some of those people were then able to successfully sue the US government, once knowledge of these unfair tests became public.
6. In private and academic studies, LSD showed great potential. Which of the following options best answers the question: What were some of these potential benefits?

Answer: All of these

Through research, LSD showed a tremendous potential to be beneficial to humanity in a number of ways. Unfortunately, as word spread of this new "wonder" drug, people began to use it for recreational purposes, in particular the hippie culture. When high on LSD, many already unstable people hurt either themselves or others, causing the need to make LSD illegal.
7. What was the origin of "Bicycle Day"?

Answer: Albert Hoffman felt the effects of LSD while on a bicycle

After knowingly dosing himself with LSD, and still very unsure about the drug, Albert Hoffman rode his bicycle home due to war time restrictions. As he pedaled, the full experience of the drug's effects became evident, and Hoffman was terrified. He didn't calm down until he arrived home and called his doctor for help.

Amongst some people, "Bicycle Day" is observed each year.
8. Dr. Timothy Leary was a professor of psychology who first tried LSD in the late 1950's. He immediately "fell in love" with the psychedelic chemical. Leary began conducting experiments and giving LSD to some of his students for consumption. Parents then began to complain to the school's administration. Eventually, Tim Leary, along with his assistant professor Richard Alpert, were fired. What was this school?

Answer: Harvard University

After the firings from Harvard, Leary and Alpert set up a LSD community in Mexico; soon after, Mexican authorities threw them out. The two former Harvard professors then moved into a private mansion in upstate New York called Millbrook. Here, a large group of people, led by Leary, experimented with LSD; unfortunately, local police made sure to harass the Millbrook residents. Leary, also, traveled the nation preaching to people about the great benefits of LSD. President Richard Nixon called Tim Leary "the most dangerous man in America."
9. When LSD became illegal in 1966, a number of chemists went underground so to continue to supply people with the drug. Probably, the most famous of these individuals worked as a sound engineer for rock bands like the Grateful Dead and Jefferson Airplane. His nickname was "Bear." In 1966 he was arrested and The San Francisco Chronicle's headline read "LSD Millionaire Arrested." What was his name?

Answer: Owsley Stanley

Ken Kesey was the author of "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest"; he became involved with LSD in the early sixties and formed a famous group of LSD users called "The Merry Pranksters."

In the 1950s, Al Hubbard became known as the "Johnny Appleseed of LSD." He was so impressed with the substance that he traveled the world giving numerous people LSD to try.

Humphrey Osmond was a British psychiatrist who worked with LSD and coined the word "psychedelic." In 1957, at the New York Academy of Sciences, Osmond explained that he combined the word "psyche" (meaning mind) with the word "delos" (meaning manifest). The original rhyme that Osmond wrote was: "To fathom Hell or soar angelic, just take a pinch of psychedelic."
10. What was Operation Julie?

Answer: A large LSD drug bust

In the UK, in the mid 1970s, a massive undercover police investigation focused on some private homes in Wales. Many police agents posed as hippies who were mistaken by the locals to be birdwatchers. One of the police officers involved was a lady named Julie, which is how the operation received its name.

After two-and-a-half years, the police action resulted in over 100 million monetary pounds of LSD being seized and 120 people being arrested.
Source: Author star_gazer

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