HEALTH & WELLNESS TRIVIA

BY: MARY ANNA MISKELL

HEALTH & TECHNOLOGY

GAME BOARD
Alcohol

Drugs

100

100

Eating
disorders
100

200

200

200

300

300

300

400

400

400

500

500

500

ALCOHOL 100 POINTS

What category does alcohol fall under?
A) Anti-depressant
b) Stimulant
C) Depressant

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Answer
What is C) depressant

ALCOHOL 200 POINTS

Standard alcoholic beverages, such as the following, contain
about how many grams of pure alcohol?
12 ounces (oz) of regular beer
5 oz of wine
1.5 oz of distilled spirits
8 to 9 oz of malt liquor
a) 50 grams
b) 14 grams
c) 5 grams

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Answer
What is B) 14 grams

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Each year, approximately how many
people under the age of 21 die because
of alcohol?
a) 2,000
b) 5,000
C) 800

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Answer
What is B) 5,000

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What is the intoxicating ingredient in
alcohol?
a) ethanol
b) sugar
C) zinc

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Answer
What is A) ethanol

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Why does alcohol affect men and women
differently?

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Answer:

Men and women metabolize alcohol differently due

to stomach enzymes, hormones, ratio of muscle to
fat, and water concentration in the body.

DRUGS 100 POINTS

By 8th grade what percent of adolescents
have smoked cigarettes?
a) 4%
b) 10%
c) 15%

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Answer
What is c) 15%

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What percent of senior high school
students smoke marijuana daily?
A) 2%
b) 6.5%
C) 5.5%

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Answer
What is B) 6.5%

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What is the big killer of drugs?
A) Prescription drugs
b) Heroin
c) LSD

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Answer
What is A) prescription drugs

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What category does heroin fall under?
a) Depressant
b) Opiate
C) hallucinogen

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Answer
What is b) opiate

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What category does LSD fall under?
A) depressant
b) Opiate
c) hallucinogen

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Answer
What is C) hallucinogen

EATING DISORDERS 100 POINTS

True or false: Only women suffer from
eating disorders

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Answer
False

EATING DISORDERS 200 POINTS

True or false: eating disorders can be genetic
or caused by psychological issues like coping
skills, control issues, trauma, family trouble, or
social issues. Each type of eating disorder has
many possible causes.

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Answer
True

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Approximately how many people in the
U.S. struggle with an eating disorder?
a) 24 million
b) 30 thousand
c) 5 million

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Answer
What is a) 24 million

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True or false: Eating disorders have the
highest mortality rate of any mental
illness

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Answer
True

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What are the 3 big eating disorders?

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Answer
1) Anorexia Nervosa
2) Bulimia
3) Binge Eating