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The urge to smoke or vape after drinking coffee, being stressed, or finishing a meal is an example of this type of trigger.
What is a behavioral or routine trigger?
Correct Answer 1000
If stolen 1000 to the other team
The brain remembers people, places, and things connected to using through this powerful learning process that links cues to cravings.
What is conditioning (or conditioned learning)?
correct answer 500
If stolen 1000
Drinking on an empty stomach causes alcohol to enter the bloodstream faster because it passes directly into this organ.
What is the small intestine?
Correct Answer 1000
If stolen 1000
This country is the world’s largest producer of cheese
What is the United States?
Correct Answer 2000
The classification of this drug (Nicotine)
Only the person who picked can answer with no help from their team.
Nicotine is a stimulant that increases the activity of the central nervous system, leading to effects like increased alertness, heart rate, and blood pressure. It triggers the release of neurotransmitters such as dopamine, which can result in feelings of pleasure and reduced anxiety
Correct answer 800. Incorrect answer 200 to the other team
In addiction, the brain’s reward system becomes less responsive over time, meaning a person needs more of the substance to feel the same effect. Only the person who picked can answer with no help from their team
What is tolerance?
Correct answer 800
Incorrect answer 200 to the other team
When someone experiences blackouts, the brain is unable to transfer information into long-term memory because alcohol disrupts this process.
What is a depressant?
What is memory consolidation?
Correct answer 600
If stolen 1200
I’m taken before you know it, given before you ask, and gone before you notice. What am I?
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What is a breath?
Right Answer 1000
Wrong answer 1000 to the other team
This vaping myth claims that because there’s no smoke, it’s “just water vapor.” In reality, vapes produce this, which contains chemicals and fine particles.
What is aerosol?
Correct answer 600?
If stolen 900 to the other team
This brain chemical involved in mood, sleep, and emotional balance can become disrupted by long-term substance use.
What is serotonin?
Correct answer 900
If stolen 1200
Alcohol can interfere with this stage of sleep, leading to poor rest even when someone “passes out.”
What is REM sleep?
Correct Answer 900
If stolen 1200
What is the most common favorite food worldwide, according to global surveys?
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What is pizza?
Right answer 1600
Wrong answer 2100 to the other team
This condition, often called “smoker’s cough,” develops when the lungs try to clear out mucus and irritants from years of nicotine use.
What is chronic bronchitis?
Correct answer 1200
If stolen 1200 to the other team
This survival-based part of the brain sends intense signals during withdrawal, pushing the person to use again, even when they don’t want to.
What is the limbic system?
Correct answer 1600
If stolen 1600
Alcohol suppresses this excitatory neurotransmitter; when someone stops drinking after heavy use, the rebound effect can cause anxiety, shaking, and seizures.
What is glutamate?
Correct answer 1200
If stolen 1600
What is the most visited tourist attraction in the world?
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What is the Las Vegas Strip?
(Surprises most people — it beats Times Square, the Eiffel Tower, and the Great Wall.)
Right answer 1200
Wrong answer 2000 to the other team
Nicotine mimics this neurotransmitter, leading to increased alertness and reinforcing the cycle of dependence.
What is acetylcholine?
Correct answer 2500
If stolen 3000
This brain structure helps form emotional memories, which is why stress or emotional pain can trigger cravings long after someone stops using.
What is the amygdala?
Correct answer 1500
If stolen 2000
Excessive alcohol use was responsible how many deaths per day in the United States in 2023?
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), excessive alcohol use is responsible for about 488 deaths per day in the United States. Closest wins 2500
Range (427-499)
This mammal has the most powerful sense of smell ever measured—1,000 times more sensitive than a human’s.
What is the African elephant?
Right answer 3000
Wrong Answer 0 to the other team