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100
What racket sport is played by hitting a “birdie” back and forth over a net?
Badminton
Badminton is a great way to work on hand-eye coordination, reaction time, and movement while getting your heart rate up.
100
This game has players drawing pictures while teammates try to guess what they are.
Pictionary
Pictionary became a huge hit after it was released in the 1980s.
100
This legendary singer was famous for enjoying peanut butter and banana sandwiches.
Elvis Presley
Elvis's love of peanut butter and banana sandwiches became part of his legend. Some versions were fried in butter, making them a pretty calorie-heavy meal!
100
Someone who follows a vegan diet does not eat which of these?
A. Beans
B. Eggs
C. Rice
D. Potatoes
B. Eggs
Vegans don't eat animal products, so that includes meat, dairy, and eggs.
100
TRUE OR FALSE: Hiccups can happen when you eat too quickly.
TRUE
Eating quickly can irritate the diaphragm and trigger hiccups.
100
Which fruit is dried to make a prune?
A. Plum
B. Fig
C. Apricot
A. Plum
Prunes are dried plums. Most are made from special varieties of plums that are naturally sweet and easy to dry.
200
A cornhole bag that goes completely through the hole is worth how many points?
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 5
C.3 points
A bag through the hole scores 3 points, while one left on the board scores 1. Cornhole is also a fun way to practice hand-eye coordination, balance, and accuracy.
200
This game has players acting out words or phrases without speaking.
Charades
Charades has been played in different forms for hundreds of years.
200
This famous TV host has talked openly about her weight and dieting for decades and became a spokesperson and major investor in WeightWatchers.
Hint: You get a car! You get a car! Everybody gets a car! 🚗
Oprah Winfrey?
Oprah has publicly discussed her struggles with weight and dieting for much of her career. In 2015, she bought a stake in WeightWatchers and became one of the company's most recognizable faces.
200
Which of these foods is naturally vegan?
A. Peanut butter
B. Ranch dressing
C. French toast
D. Pudding
A. Peanut butter
Most regular peanut butter is just peanuts, oil, salt, and sometimes sugar, with no animal products.
200
You should tilt your head backward when you have a nosebleed.
FALSE
Lean slightly forward instead. Tilting back can cause blood to run down your throat.
200
Which part of a pineapple plant does a pineapple grow from?
A. Underground roots
B. The center of the plant
C. A tree branch
B. The center of the plant
Pineapples don't grow on trees. Each pineapple grows from the center of a leafy plant close to the ground.
300
Pickleball combines elements of tennis, badminton, and what other paddle sport?
Hint: Think of a game often played on a table.
Ping-Pong / Table Tennis
Fun fact: Ping-pong became an Olympic sport in 1988
300
In this classic game, players remove wooden blocks from a tower without knocking it over.
Jenga
You pull out one block at a time and hope you’re not the one who sends the whole tower crashing down! 😆
300
This Cleopatra star wrote her own weight-loss book called Elizabeth Takes Off in the 1980s.
Hint: 💍 She was married eight times!
Elizabeth Taylor
In Elizabeth Takes Off, Taylor shared calorie-conscious recipes and some unusual combinations, including cottage cheese with sour cream and fruit, grapefruit for breakfast, and meals built around lean meats, fish, vegetables, and controlled portions.
The cottage-cheese combination is probably the funniest one to mention to the group.
300
Which popular candy is accidentally vegan?
A. Skittles
B. Snickers
C. M&Ms
D. Reese's Cups
A. Skittles
Skittles don't contain gelatin or other animal-based ingredients, so regular Skittles are vegan.
300
True or False: Your shoes can affect your balance.
TRUE
Shoes that don’t fit well or have poor support can make it harder to stay steady.
300
TRUE OR FALSE: White and brown eggs have basically the same nutritional value.
TRUE
Shell color mostly depends on the breed of the hen, not how nutritious the egg is.
400
Which position in baseball usually crouches for most of the game?
A. Pitcher
B. Catcher
C. Shortstop
B. Catcher
Catchers may squat and stand more than 100 times during a game — quite the leg workout!
400
In this game, you move around a board buying properties and collecting rent.
Monopoly
The goal is basically to get rich while everyone else goes broke. 😂
400
This Golden Girls star credited staying active and eating foods she enjoyed—in moderation—with helping her stay healthy into her 90s.
Hint: 🌹 “Thank you for being a friend…”
Betty White
Betty wasn't known for following strict health-food diets. She joked about loving hot dogs, French fries, and Red Vines, while emphasizing moderation.
400
Which of these condiments is usually NOT vegan?
A. Ketchup
B. Mustard
C. Mayonnaise
D. Hot sauce
C. Mayonnaise
Regular mayonnaise is made with eggs. Vegan mayo skips the eggs and uses plant-based ingredients instead.
400
TRUE OR FALSE:
Your blood pressure can be higher at the doctor's office simply because you're nervous.
TRUE
It's called the “white coat effect,” and anxiety during a medical visit can temporarily raise blood pressure.
400
Which food was once called a “love apple”?
A. Tomato
B. Peach
C. Cherry
A. Tomato
Europeans once called tomatoes “love apples.” The nickname may have come from an old belief that tomatoes had romantic or aphrodisiac qualities.
500
NASCAR drivers can lose several pounds during a race because of what?
A. Extreme heat
B. Driving at high speeds
C. Wearing a helmet
D. Sitting in one position
A. Extreme heat
Race cars get extremely hot inside, causing drivers to sweat and lose a lot of water.
500
In this game, players secretly place ships on a grid and try to guess where their opponent has hidden theirs.
Battleship
You call out spots like B6 and hope you get a hit. Sink all of your opponent's ships and you win!
500
This Hollywood icon described a breakfast of two raw eggs whipped into warm milk.
Hint: 💨 Her white dress blowing over a subway grate became one of Hollywood's most famous images.
Marilyn Monroe
In a 1952 interview, Marilyn described this unusual breakfast and called her eating habits “absolutely bizarre.” Raw eggs can carry Salmonella, so they're not recommended today.
500
Which of these popular foods is usually vegan?
A. Oreos
B. Graham crackers
C. Cheese crackers
D. Shortbread cookies
A. Oreos
Surprise! Regular Oreos don't contain milk or eggs, so they're a famous accidentally vegan snack.
500
TRUE OR FALSE:
You can develop a food allergy later in life, even to a food you've eaten for years.
TRUE
Food allergies can develop at any age, even after eating the same food safely for years. Common adult food allergies include shellfish, fish, peanuts, and tree nuts.
500
Which vegetable was once commonly purple before orange varieties became popular?
A. Carrots
B. Celery
C. Turnips
A. Carrots
Early cultivated carrots were often purple or yellow. Orange carrots became especially popular later in Europe.
600
In sumo wrestling, you can lose without ever falling down. What else causes a wrestler to lose?
A. Leaving the ring
B. Turning around
C. Touching the opponent's belt
A. Leaving the ring
A sumo wrestler loses if they step outside the ring or if any body part besides their feet touches the ground.
600
In this game, you shake five dice and try to get combinations like a full house or five of a kind.
Yahtzee
In this game, you shake five dice and try to get combinations like a full house or five of a kind.
600
While filming The Wizard of Oz, this teenage star was reportedly pressured by MGM to severely restrict her food to keep her weight down.
Hint: 🌈 “Somewhere Over the Rainbow”
Judy Garland
MGM reportedly kept Judy on a very restricted diet of soups, salads, and other low-calorie foods while monitoring what she ate. She was also given stimulants to suppress her appetite and sedatives to sleep—all while she was still a teenager.
600
Which ingredient makes most traditional Jell-O NOT vegan?
A. Sugar
B. Gelatin
C. Food coloring
D. Corn syrup
B. Gelatin
Gelatin is made from animal collagen, usually from cows or pigs. Vegan versions use plant-based thickeners instead.
600
True or False: Taking some medications with grapefruit can be dangerous.
TRUE
Grapefruit can change how your body processes certain medications, causing too much or too little to enter your bloodstream
600
Which everyday food is technically made from a flower bud?
A. Broccoli
B. Potato
C. Onion
A. Broccoli 🥦
Broccoli florets are actually thousands of tiny flower buds packed together. If broccoli keeps growing, those buds eventually open into little yellow flowers.
700
Nancy Kerrigan was attacked shortly before the 1994 Winter Olympics. Which fellow American figure skater became connected to the scandal?
Hint: She was the first American woman to land a triple Axel in competition.
Tonya Harding
The 1994 scandal became one of the biggest stories in sports history and turned Tonya Harding and Nancy Kerrigan into household names.
700
This classic board game is believed to be thousands of years old and is played by moving pieces diagonally across a checkerboard.
Checkers
Checkers is one of the oldest games still played today, with early versions going back thousands of years.
700
According to an old Hollywood diet rumor, this Gone with the Wind star supposedly stayed thin on grapefruit, black coffee, and very little food.
Hint: “Frankly, my dear…”
Vivien Leigh
Vivien Leigh was famously petite, and this extremely restrictive diet became one of the eating routines associated with her in old Hollywood stories.
700
Why might a vegan choose maple syrup instead of honey?
A. Honey is made by bees
B. Honey contains dairy
C. Honey contains eggs
D. Honey is made from gelatin
A. Honey is made by bees
Vegans avoid honey because bees make it for their own colony. Some commercial honey practices can also harm bees, including clipping queen bees' wings or killing colonies in certain situations.
700
TRUE OR FALSE:
A person can have cataracts without realizing it at first.
TRUE
Cataracts often develop slowly, so early vision changes may be hard to notice.
700
Which food naturally contains a chemical also found in some fireworks?
A. Bananas
B. Potatoes
C. Cheese
A. Bananas
Bananas naturally contain potassium. Potassium compounds are also used in some fireworks to help create certain colors.
