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   >    the ancient Egyptians to wrap their mummies, and by Neolithic   
   >    tribes in Switzerland to make linen.   
      
   Flax.  4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Dan Blum.   
      
   > 5. This is a wetland sedge that originated in the river basins of   
   >    Ethiopia.  The Egyptians began writing on it about 4,000   
   >    years ago.  It is native to Egypt, Ethiopia, and tropical Africa   
      
   Papyrus.  4 for everyone.   
      
   > 6. A biennial with purple or white flowers, that in large doses   
   >    can kill people, it was developed into one of the world's most   
   >    valuable cardiac drugs.  It is native to Western Europe.   
      
   Foxglove.  (Makes digitalis.)  4 for Dan Tilque and Dan Blum.   
      
   > 7. These plants are also known as "gum trees", and can grow to 10 m   
   >    to 60 m tall.  Products of this plant are used in antiseptics,   
   >    balms, diuretics and disinfectants, as well as in perfumes.   
   >    Found mostly in Australia.   
      
   Eucalyptus.  4 for Joshua and Dan Blum.   
      
   > 8. This rain-forest tree was sometimes known as "weeping wood".   
   >    This "weeping" substance was eventually used to erase mistakes,   
   >    and allow cars and bicycles to roll smoothly.  Native to South   
   >    America.   
      
   Rubber tree.  4 for Joshua and Dan Blum.   
      
   > 9. Historically, the leaves of this shrub were used to produce a   
   >    blue dye for a variety of fabrics, including denim.  Originally   
   >    native to India; also still found and used in West Africa.   
      
   Indigo.  4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Dan Blum.   
      
   > 10. This pretty, fast-growing, upright annual is thought to be both   
   >    a blessing and a curse.  One product of the seeds of this   
   >    plant is used to ease pain, while another has had "nightmare   
   >    consequences" in many parts of the world.  Grown in Turkey,   
   >    Afghanistan, India, Myanmar, Thailand.   
      
   (Opium) poppy.  (Makes morphine and heroin.)  4 for Joshua   
   and Dan Blum.   
      
   I did not accept "opium", which is not a plant.   
      
      
   Scores, if there are no errors:   
      
   GAME 2        ROUNDS->   2   3   4   6   7   8     BEST   
                 TOPICS-> Geo Lit His Can Ent Sci     FOUR   
   Joshua Kreitzer         40  30  35   0  36  32     143   
   Dan Blum                20  24  32   0  35  36     127   
   Dan Tilque              26  16  28   0  28  24     106   
   Erland Sommarskog       40  12  20   0  12  12      84   
   Pete Gayde              29  12  35   8  --  --      84   
      
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    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)