In homes in England in the 1800s, which of the following was sometimes eaten for breakfast:
A. boiled meat
B. fruit pie
C. scrambled eggs
B. fruit pie. In rural (country) homes fruit pie was thought to be a good start to the day. Maybe those pies were the ancestors of pop tarts?
100
School breakfasts provide what percent of the recommended daily allowance of vitamins, minerals, and calories?
A. 25%
B. 5%
C. 40%
A. 25%. According to national standards, school breakfasts should provide 25% of the recommended daily allowance of protein, calcium and iron, vitamins A and C and calories
100
BuzzBee is the character for...
A. HoneyCombs
B. Oats and Honey
C. Honey Nut Cheerios
C. Honey Nut Cheerios
100
True or False. Students who eat breakfast do better on tests in the morning.
True. Students who eat breakfast are 10% less likely to suffer from memory problems. When you remember better you can do better on tests!
100
What percent of all sodas sold are drunk with breakfast?
A. 90%
B. 3%
C. 12%
C. 12% of sodas are consumed with (or instead of) breakfast. Not a healthy start to the day!
200
The World's Largest Pancake Breakfast is held every year in Springfield, Massachusetts. If you stacked all the pancakes made at the breakfast in 1999 on top of each other the stack would reach:
A. to the moon
B. 20 feet
C. 2 miles
The stack of pancakes would have been about two miles high.
200
In 2007 the US budges included how much money specifically for the school breakfast program?
A. $1.4 million
B. $2.7 thousand
C. $2.2 billion
C. $2.2 billion. American schools used this money to serve over 10,100,000 meals every day, which adds up to over 1.7 billion breakfasts every year.
200
The character on a Trix cereal box is this kind of animal.
A. Rabbit
B. Elf
C. Squirrel
A. Rabbit
200
True or False. Drinking orange juice can help you wake up.
True. Smelling citrus smells (oranges, lemons, limes) helps your brain become more alert.
200
Which of these breakfast drinks has the least sugar?
A. Orange Juice
B. Apple Juice
C. Milk
A. Orange juice. According to HISD food service, one serving of orange juice has 10 grams of sugar. 1% milk has 11 grams and apple juice has 13 grams of sugar.
300
The Pennsylvania Dutch enjoy which of the following foods for breakfast?
A. radishes
B. pickles
C. popcorn
Radishes.
300
What year did the school breakfast program first begin?
A. 1922
B. 1966
C. 1997
B. 1966. Congress established the School Breakfast
Program (SBP), first as a pilot program in
1966, then permanently in 1975.
300
The name of the leprechaun on the Lucky Charms box is
A. Lucky
B. Prince Charming
C. Lucifer
A. Lucky
300
True or False. Coffee stunts your growth.
False. But, the caffeine in coffee can cause dizziness and nervous.
300
True or False. Drinking an energy drink will give you more energy than eating breakfast.
False. Energy drinks provide a short burst of sugar or caffeine. Eating a balanced breakfast gives you energy to last all day long.
400
Which of the following "American" breakfasts was also eaten by ancient Egyptians around 1500 BC?
A. french toast
B. ham and eggs
C. cereal and milk
B. ham and eggs
400
Breakfast helps you focus. Students in HISD who ate breakfast performed ____% better on TAKS math than students who did not eat breakfast.
A. 24%
B. 52%
C. 77%
C. 77% According to the First Class Breakfast brochure, students who consumed a school-based breakfast performed 77percent better on TAKS math than students who did not eat a nutritious school breakfast
400
The names of the Rice Krispies Elves are
A. Crash, Bang, and Boom
B. Snap, Crackle, and Pop
C. George, Frank, and Harry
B. Snap, Crackle, and Pop
400
True or False. Research in the USA has shown that more than 10,000 marriages a year now begin with romances started during breakfast coffee breaks.
Strange but True.
400
Calcium helps builds your bones. Which breakfast food has the most calcium?
A. 1 cup milk
B. 1 cup yogurt
C. 1 cup oatmeal
B. Yogurt.
500
The first modern breakfast cereal was created in 1863 in...
A. London, England
B. San Diego, California
C. New York, New York
C. New York, New York
500
What percent of students in America usually skip breakfast or do not have breakfast at home.
A. 85%
B. 35%
C. 15%
B. 35%
500
Sonny the Cukoo bird is Cukoo for this kind of cereal.
A. Cocoa Puffs
B. Cocoa Crisps
C. Choco Oats
A. Cocoa Puffs
500
True or False. People who eat breakfast are less likely to become overweight as they get older.
True. Studies show that breakfast eaters usually stay slimmer and report less illness as they age.