Nutritional/Health
True or False: Red meat can cause heart disease
True
True or false: The US produces over 100 million pounds of meat a year
True; they produce about 102 million pounds yearly.
True or False: Cows release the most greenhouse gases among all farm animals.
True
What meat do followers of Hinduism not eat?
Beef
True or false: Perdue Foods is the biggest meat company in the United States
False; Tyson Foods is the biggest company
What mineral is found in your blood that is also found in meat?
Iron
True or false: the U.S. is the biggest exporter of meat.
False; Brazil is
What is the chemical formula for methane?
CH4
What common meat do some Jewish people not eat?
Pork
Who are the anti-meat writers we read about in class?
Jim Mason and Peter Singer
How many amino acids are in meat?
All twenty of them
How many people work in slaughterhouses? (Closest numerical answer gets the points)
Half a million people
How much can shifting from non-organic to organic farming reduce clean water consumption? (Closest numerical answer gets the points)
By 98%
What fish do people eat the most?
Tuna
What is the difference between being vegan and being vegetarian?
While vegans do not eat any animal products, vegetarians can eat products like dairy and eggs. Neither eat any meat.
Name one vitamin that is only found in meat.
Vitamin B12 or Vitamin D3
What percentage of US employment is in the food sector? (Closest numerical answer gets the points)
10%
What percent of human-made emissions come from animal agriculture and deforestation to create space for livestock grazing or growing crops to feed farm animals? (Closest numerical answer gets the points)
15-20%
What is the most commonly eaten meat in America?
Chicken
When did farming begin? (Closest numerical answer gets the points)
About 12,000 years ago
How much protein is found in one pound of Chicken? (Closest numerical answer gets the points)
52 grams
or for the Americans
1.83 ounces
What percentage of the U.S.'s GPD is from animal production? (Closest numerical answer gets the points)
6%
How many tons of carbon dioxide do farm animals produce? (Closest numerical answer gets the points)
6.2 billion pounds
What is the most commonly eaten meat in the world?
Pork
What animal was illegal to butcher in ancient China?