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Spice or Drug Name Quiz
Saffron? Sertraline? Cardamom? Clonazepam? Pick which one's a spice
Saffron? Sertraline? Cardamom? Clonazepam? Pick which one's a spice
Saffron, the world's priciest spice, can sell for $10,000/kg — more by weight than gold or many pharmaceuticals. Spice rack and pharmacy shelf aren't as different as they look: both are full of long, exotic, faintly Latin-sounding names. This quiz challenges you to tell saffron from sertraline, cardamom from clonazepam, and ajwain from atorvastatin.
Each round presents 10 randomized questions from a pool of 50, with four multiple-choice options and instant feedback after every answer. Your final score comes with a performance tier and shareable results.
You'll meet global spices like asafoetida, sumac, mahlab, ajwain, and grains of paradise, alongside pharmaceuticals from SSRIs (sertraline, fluoxetine) to GLP-1s (semaglutide, tirzepatide), benzodiazepines (clonazepam, alprazolam), and statins. By the end you'll know which suffixes scream 'pharmacy' and which roots come from Sanskrit, Arabic, or Tamil.
Saffron is a spice, made from the dried red stigmas of the Crocus sativus flower. While it has been studied for various health effects, it is sold and used as a culinary spice and not licensed as a pharmaceutical drug.
It takes around 150,000 hand-picked Crocus sativus flowers to produce a single kilogram of saffron. Most of the world's supply comes from Iran, with high-grade saffron selling for several thousand dollars per kilogram.
No. Sertraline is the generic name of the SSRI antidepressant sold as Zoloft. Many drug names sound spicy, but sertraline is purely a pharmaceutical.
Last updated: May 2026