Alcohol Facts
Teens & Alcohol
Drinking & Driving
Effects of Alcohol
Misc.
100
The type of alcohol found in alcoholic beverages
What is ethanol?
100
The age at which you can first drink alcohol without breaking the law
What is 21
100
The number of teens who are killed in the United States each day in alcohol- related motor vehicle crashes
What is 11
100
Physical and mental impairment resulting from the use of alcohol
What is intoxication
100
Does alcohol get digested
What is No
200
Periodic excessive drinking
What is binge drinking
200
The leading cause of death among teens in the U.S.
What is driving while intoxicated
200
The number of Americans who, in the past decade, have died in car crashes that resulted from alcohol use
What is a quarter of a million
200
An alcohol related condition in which fat builds up in the liver and cannot be broken down
What is fatty liver
200
FREE SPACE
What is FREE SPACE
300
A dangerous toxic condition that occurs when a person drinks a large amount of alcohol in a short period of time
What is alcohol poisoning
300
A support group for people ages 12 to 20 whose parents, other family members, or friends have drinking problems
What is Alateen
300
The ratio of legally drunk drivers to the total number of drivers on the road after midnight
What is 1:4
300
A condition in which liver tissue is destroyed and replaced with useless scar tissue
What is cirrhosis
300
What fraction of designated drivers have at least one drink
What is 1/3
400
The group of psychoactive drugs that include alcohol
What is depressants
400
The approximate number of problem drinkers in the United States between the ages of 14 & 17.
What is 5 MILLION
400
The percent of all teen involved car crashes that are linked to alcohol
What is 85%
400
The leading cause of mental retardation in the United States
What is fetal alcohol syndrome
400
What percent of alcohol does the strongest beer in the world have?
What is 67.5%
500
Third leading lifestyle-related cause of death
What is alcoholism
500
What percentage of alcohol do people between the ages of 12 and 20 drink
What is 11%
500
How many times will a drunk driver drive before his/her first arrest
What is 80
500
Why can you not remember things when drinking?
The brain temporarily loses the ability to create memories
500
How many minutes does it take for brain cells to react to alcohol
What is 6 minutes
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