Gambling
Of the Ancient Egyptians, Mayans, Ancient China or Romans, the civilization that first started gambling.
What is Ancient China (2300 BC)?
This is the name of the drug found in cigarettes.
What is nicotine?
Caffeine was first introduced to Europe in this item brought there from South America by the Spaniards.
What is chocolate?
The alcohol from one can of beer can stay in your system for this long.
What is an hour?
Compulsive shoppers buy this type of item the most.
What are clothes?
This US state, a gambling mecca, has never had a state lottery. And probably never will.
What is Nevada (becasue casino owners see it as competition)?
This is the name of the drug found in cannabis. (The abbreviation will work. It's not as easy to pronounce as nicotine.)
What is THC (tetrahydrocannabinol)?
Soldiers in World War I carried caffeine in this form to combat fatigue in the field. In World War II, they got Tootsie Rolls.
What are tablets?
This percentage of people in the world have tried alcohol at least once in their lives.
What is 85%?
This percentage of men in the world are compulsive shoppers. They often refer to themselves as "collectors".
What is 20%?
Built in 1638, this European city was home to the world's first casino.
What is Venice, Italy?
In 1580, the first one of these was mass-produced. It was made of chalk and was mainly used by sailors.
What is a smoking pipe?
Coffee has this much more caffeine in it as a can of soda.
What is 3 times as much (300%)?
In 2017, this many teenagers drank alcohol.
What is 2.3 million?
Compulsive shoppers tend to begin in this age range.
What are teens and early twenties?
A wealthy high roller, referred to as this aquatic animal, is usually given amenities to entice them to stay and play at the casino.
What is a whale?
If a person owns a humidor, chances are they smoke these.
What are cigars?
This percentage of adults in the world consume some form of caffeine daily.
What is 90%?
This many people are active members of Alcoholics Anonymous.
What is 2.1 million people?
Low income compulsive shoppers usually search the neighborhood for these sales.
What are garage or yard sales?
This casino activity is known to have the worst odds of winning among any other, even though it's one of the most popular.
What are playing the slot machines?
The practice of smoking hookah is believed to originate in this country.
What is India?
This many grams of caffeine is enough to kill a person. (a 12 ounce can of Mountain Dew has .0067 grams of caffeine)
What is 20 grams?
488,000 people of this age group have been diagnosed with clinical alcoholism in 2016.
What are teenagers?
Compulsive shopping often leads to this other disorder after the shopper has bought all of the items.
What is hoarding?