BNF Healthy Eating Week quiz guide for the Quiz-Master

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1 BNF Healthy Eating Week quiz guide for the Quiz-Master This pub-style quiz comprises five rounds related to the five challenges that are at the heart of BNF Healthy Eating Week: Have breakfast; Have 5 A DAY; Get active; Drink plenty; and Try something new. Here s some information to help you organise and run the quiz. The Quiz-Master s decision is final! Mobile phones and computers should not be used during the quiz! Each round has five questions and, in total, the quiz should take about 30 minutes to complete. You could run the quiz one lunch break. Organise participants into teams of 2-5, provide each team with one answer sheet and pen, and ask them to come up with a team-name. The Quiz-Master should read out the first four rounds and the final round is a picture round. Answer sheets can be scored at the end of each round or at the end of the quiz, by the Quiz-Master or the participants. The maximum amount of points available is 41 and the team with the most points wins! Tiebreaker question (if needed): Which food was the first to be grown in space? Potato (first team to shout out correct answer wins) You may want to provide a prize for the winning team, have fun!

2 Have breakfast (round 1) 1. The word cereal comes from 'Ceres', the name of the Roman goddess of what? Agriculture (1 point) 2. True or false multigrain breads are always whole-grain? False (1 point) 3. Which country has the traditional breakfast of hot cereal or porridge called putu pap? South Africa (1 point) 4. Eggs are a dietary source of vitamin D, name three other sources of vitamin D. Oily fish; fortified foods such as breakfast cereals, fat spreads, milk, milk products and dairy alternatives (e.g. soya drinks); eggs and meat (they contain a small amount); and sunlight! (1 point if 3 correct sources are named) 5. What, in Samuel Johnson s A Dictionary of the English Language, published in 1755, was described as eaten by people in Scotland, but fit only for horses in England? Oats (1 point) Have 5 A Day (round 2) 1. The quality of which small round berry is judged on its ability to bounce (as well as its colour, size and freshness)? Cranberry (1 point) 2. In the 19 th century, the US Supreme Court ruled that which fruit was to be counted as a vegetable? Tomato (1 point) 3. What is the name of the world s smelliest fruit and what region is it native to? Durian / SE Asia (1 point if both parts correct) 4. Name six different types of apple commonly consumed in the UK. Pippin, Jonathon, Granny Smith, Golden delicious, Red delicious, Pink lady, Cox, Braeburn, Russet, Royal Gala, Bramley, Fuji, Jazz, Discovery (1 point for 6 correct answers) 5. What fruit s name means apple with many seeds in Latin but is actually classified as a berry? Pomegranate (1 point)

3 Get Active (round 3) 1. The Guinness World Record for the fastest marathon dressed as a vegetable is 2hr 59min 33sec and was achieved at the London Marathon in What vegetable was he dressed as? Carrot (1 point) 2. What colours are the five interlocking Olympic rings? Blue, yellow, black, green and red (1 point). For a bonus point for putting these five colours in the correct order (1 bonus point) 3. In 2016, how many marathons and in how many days did Eddie Izzard complete across South Africa to raise money for Sport Relief? 27 (in 27 days!) (1 point) 4. At the moment, if the English premiership was arranged alphabetically, who would be first? AFC Bournemouth (1 point) 5. The longest match in the history of tennis was played between John Isner and Nicolas Mahut at Wimbledon in How long, to the nearest hour, did it last for? 11 hours (1 point) Drink Plenty (round 4) 1. Water makes up about 75% of bodyweight in babies. Is this percentage lower, higher or the same in adults? Lower (water is about 60% of bodyweight) (1 point) 2. Which ingredient of a popular pie plays a role in maintaining water and solute balance? Kidneys (Steak and kidney pie) (1 point) 3. If you drank three 150 ml glasses of orange juice in a day, how many of your 5 A DAY would it provide? One (1point) 4. True or false, green, black, oolong and white tea come from the same plant? True (Camellia Sinensis tree) (1 point) 5. Which country is coffee thought to have originated from? Ethiopia (1 point)

4 Try Something New (round 5 - picture round) 1. Can you guess which fruit or vegetable grows on the trees below? (1 point for each correct answer) Banana Cucumber Orange Pineapple

5 2. Can you name these herbs? (1 point for each correct answer) Oregano Mint Parsley Tarragon

6 3. Can you identify these fruit and vegetables from a close-up? (1 point for each correct answer) Kiwi Cucumber Yam Grapefruit

7 4. Can you name the following Team GB Olympic athletes? (1 point for each correct answer) Louis Smith Jessica Ennis (Ennis-hill) Chris Hoy Anthony Joshua

8 5. Can you name the following types of melon? (1 point for each correct answer) Cantaloupe Honeydew Galia Horned melon