Fruits
Vegetables
Grains
Protien
Dairy
100
How much fruit should the average person eat a day?
A. 2 Cups
B. 5 Cups
C. .5 Cups
A. 2 Cups
100
True or False: Carrots help you see in the dark?
False!
This was a myth created by the British army during WW2 to mislead the enemy about their military capabilities.
100
True or False: There are two subcategories of grains?
True! Whole grains and refined grains.
100
True or False: Insects contains quite high levels of protein?
True! Insects have more protein than some normal protein food
100
True or False: All 50 states in the U.S. have dairy farms.
True!
200
True or false: Not all oranges are orange.
True! The color of an orange depends on where it grows.
200
Carrots were originally what color?
A. Green
B. Yellow
C. Black
D. Purple
D. Purple
A genetic mutation cause the first documented carrots to lose their purple color and turn orange.
200
Other than food what are grains used for?
A. Cooking oils
B. Fuels
C. Cosmetics
D. All of the Above
D. All of the above
200
This thing, often being the goal of going to the gym, is aided in its growing process by protein.
What is muscle?
200
The average American consumes how many gallons of milk per year?
A. 30
B. 25
C. 20
D. 15
B. 25 Gallons
300
Bananas are considered berries but this fruit known as ____berries aren't.
What are strawberries? Berries, by definition, have their seeds on the inside, whilst you can see just by looking at a strawberry that they hold their seeds on the outside.
There are a few other surprising berries such as grapes, avocadoes, kiwis, currants, tomatoes, cucumbers, aubergines, and pomegranates.
300
This long green vegetable makes your pee smell funny!
What are asparagus?
300
Name three kinds of grains.
What is wheat, rice, corn, barley, oats, millet, quinoa, rye, sorghum, buckwheat, amaranth, spelt, bulgur, farro, teff, triticale, kamut, freekeh, fonio, and einkorn.
300
Protein contained in this white and yellow food is considered to ne the highest quality protein out of all foods.
What are eggs?
300
Name three kinds of dairy.
milk, yogurt, cheese, lactose-free milk and fortified soy milk and yogurt
400
This green and brown fruit contains more vitamin C than oranges.
What are kiwis? Kiwis have the most nutrients of all fruits.
400
This vegetable is classified by something called the Scoville Scale which measures the concentration of capsaicinoids, the compounds responsible for spiciness.
What are peppers?
Bell peppers measure at a 0 in the Scoville Heat Units (SHU), while some of the hottest peppers, like the Caroline Reaper, can exceed 2 million SHU!
400
This grain production is different than other grains because it requires a dry moist climate to grow.
What is rice?
400
What protein rich food is this?
What is salmon?
400
What is the most popular type of cheese in the United States?
What is Cheddar?
500
This yellow fruit is slightly radioactive.
What are bananas? Bananas contain potassium which decays making them slightly radioactive.
500
What was the first vegetable to be grown in space?
What are potatoes? In October 1995, NASA and the University of Wisconsin- Madison collaborated to help grow the first veggie in space - a potato!
500
What grain is the most widely grown commercial crop in the world?
What is wheat?
500
Name five sources of protein.
seafood; meat, poultry, and eggs; beans, peas, and lentils; and nuts, seeds, and soy products.
500
What state in the United States produces the most dairy?
What is Wisconsin?
If Wisconsin was its own country it would be ranked number four in the worlds largest dairy producers.