Health
Step outside before you have breakfast so that the sunlight can stimulate your body's production of which vitamin?
D
This mineral is required for bone development and so a doctor might recommend taking it if you have osteoporosis.
Calcium
In the Eastern Orthodox Church, the first Monday of Lent is a time of celebration. This is so people will not become downcast by the fasting, but see it as a time to make a 'new start' and draw closer to God. What is the day called?
Clean Monday
Tom's mom had four kids: Nickel, Dime, Quarter and who is the fourth?
Tom
1950: You might not have made the football or baseball team in school and you might not have been the most popular kid in America. But what made its debut in this year that was guaranteed to take your mind off your troubles and raise a "chuck"le or two?
"Peanuts" comic strip
A natural surge in which hormone occurs in the morning, making the energy that breakfast provides more effective?
Insulin
This vitamin is important to eye health and a deficiency of it can lead to night blindness. What vitamin is it?
Vitamin A
On the first Wednesday of Lent, Roman Catholics attend services and have something placed on their foreheads. What is this?
Ashes
What begins with T, ends with T, and has T in it?
Teapot
"Meathead," "dingbat," and "stifle yourself" are associated with what show?Hint
a."The Jeffersons"
b."Cannon"
c. "Archie's TV Funnies"
d "All in the Family"
"All in the Family"
People with which blood group are known as the 'universal recipients'?
AB+
This vitamin plays an important role in helping the blood clot. What is it?
Vitamin K
Several churches observe similar guidelines about meals during Lent. These include reducing the size of meals, avoiding rich foods, and so on. People may also make changes in other ways. Which of the following is generally *not* true in these churches?
a. You can continue to drink water or non-alcoholic drinks
b. One may eat meat and dairy at any time
c. You can take medicines if they are necessary or prescribed
d. One should try to make more time for prayer and contemplation
b. One may eat meat and dairy at any time
If there is a basket of 13 apples and you take three of them, how many apples do you have?
3
1957: What children's book by Theodore Geisel, which spawned a movie starring Mike Myers in 2003, was first published in this year?
The Cat in the Hat
How much blood is pumped by the human heart in a minute in a normal, healthy, person?
In a normal, healthy person at rest, a heart pumps approximately 5 liters (or 1.5 gallons) of blood per minute.
This is an electrolyte that helps to keep the heart, muscles and nerves working well. What is it?
Potassium
In some cultures, the day before the start of Lent, called Mardi Gras, or Carnival, is a celebration of one last time to do things not permitted during the fast. However, the day may be also called Shrove Tuesday. Why is that?
People were expected to start Lent by going to Confession
If you threw a white hat with a blue ribbon into the Red Sea, what would it become?
Wet
Guess the show: "You take the good, you take the bad..." What do you get?
The Facts of Life
Which is the largest gland in the human body?
1. Pineal gland
2. Adrenal gland
3. Liver
4. Pituitary gland
3. Liver
Which of the following diseases can you catch if you go barefoot 100% of the time?
a. AIDS
b. Athlete's Foot
c. Hookworm
d. Herpes
c. Hookworm
The last day of Lent is Holy Saturday. In the Catholic Church, the policy is that the Easter Vigil Mass should begin at a particular time. What is that?
After sunset
A woman has six daughters and they each have a brother. How many children does she have?
7
What legendary radio newsman brought America "See It Now" in 1951?
Edward R. Murrow