The four parts of Wagner's "Der Ring des Nibelungen," are Das Rheingold (The Rhine Gold)", "Die Walkure (The Valkyrie)", "Siegfried" and "Gotterdammerung (Twilight of the Gods)."
Today's Question:
What poison is derived from the castor bean, and who was the Bulgarian defector killed with it in the "poison umbrella case?"
The answer to this is ricin.
(Sources: American Mensa, email transmission, October 24, 2011; http://press.princeton.edu/titles/6302.html; http://www.evermore.com/azo/ring/1.jpg)
Compiled by Otto and Patricia Ladensack
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