Abstract
It’s a simply iconic scene from a simply iconic movie; in the cult classic film The Princess Bride, the protagonist Westley faces off against the scoundrel Vizzini in a battle of wits to rescue his true love. The challenge is simple: each man is given a chalice, one of them containing poisonous iocane powder. Colorless, odorless, tasteless, and soluble in water, Vizzini must choose the unpoisoned chalice off wits alone. However, he chooses wrong, dying instantly.
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Jara, Martin
(2025)
"Arsenic & The Princess Bride: How Your Body Handles Poison,"
Osmosis Magazine: Vol. 2025:
Iss.
1, Article 7.
Available at:
https://scholarship.richmond.edu/osmosis/vol2025/iss1/7
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