CAL COAST RED RIBBON WEEK JEOPARDY GAME

History

100

During this month we celebrate Red Ribbon Week.

What is October?

200

The first Red Ribbon Week celebration took place in what state?

What is California?

300

The year that Red Ribbon Week started 

1985

400

This woman, who was the First Lady of the United States at the time, helped start Red Ribbon Week.

Who is Nancy Reagan?

500

This man inspired the first Red Ribbon Week Celebration. He was a DEA agent killed during a drug bust.

Who is Kiki Camarena?

Science

100

This plant is the base of some of the most dangerous and lethal drugs in the world

What is the Poppy 

200

The chemical symbol C₁₀H₁₅N is this drug made in the hit TV show Breaking Bad

What is methamphetamine 

300

Elevates heart rate, breathing rate, blood pressure, and body temperature. This drug is is a stimulant that affects the central nervous system, giving users a quick, intense feeling of power and energy

What is cocaine?

400

Small doses help suppress coughing, but larger doses can cause fever, confusion, impaired judgment, blurred vision, dizziness, paranoia, excessive sweating, slurred speech, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, irregular heartbeat, high blood pressure,

What are cough medicines?

500

Drugs over-activate this circuit in the brain, producing the euphoria of the drug high. But with repeated exposure, the circuit adapts to the presence of the drug, diminishing its sensitivity and making it hard to feel pleasure from anything besides the drug.

What is the Basal Ganglia

Math

100

The age in CA you have to be to purchase tobacco and alcohol

What is 21

200

7.4 x 10⁹ written in standard form 

$74000000000 (74 Billion, the costs related to crime, lost work productivity and health care due to substance abuse in the US) 

300

480000 divided by 365 (round to the nearest whole number)

1315 (roughly the average amount of people who die from tobacco smoking each day) 

400

500+200+3500+1500+500+500+180+4500=

$11380 (roughly the cost of a DUI) 

500

Solve R=6e^12.77x where x=.08 (round to the nearest tenth) 

16.7 (roughly the percentage/probability of you getting into car accident with blood alcohol concentration of .08)  

Nicknames to Avoid

100

Chronic

Marijuana

200

Booger Sugar

Cocaine 

300

Caps

Mushrooms 

400

Angle Dust 

PCP

500

Special K (not the cereal) 

Ketamine

Miscellaneous

100

Increases the likelihood of a person developing psychiatric disorders in his or her late 20s

What is early substance abuse

200

These substances are associated with poor academic performance, impaired development, mental health issues, and many factors that affect the health and behavior of youth.

What is alcohol and drug use?

300

Over time, your brain adjusts to drugs by making less of these chemicals which causes your brain to not function as well, and it becomes harder for you to feel pleasure.

What is dopamine?

400

Some of the most common withdrawal symptoms include anxiety, convulsions and shaking.

What is Alcohol?

500

The percentage of overdose deaths that involve opioids (pain medicine)

80%