Day 1 - 2/20/24

Question 1

The use of alcohol dates back to 2700 BC with the _____

Answer 1

Babylonians

Question 2

_____ is the main ingredient in alcohol

Answer 2

Ethanol

Question 3

_____ people worldwide die yearly from an alcohol-related death. (How many?)

Answer 3

3 million

Question 4

_____ Americans die yearly from alcohol

Answer 4

141,000

Question 5

_____ Americans under the age of 12 have an alcohol disorder

Answer 5

1 in 10

Question 6

_____ Americans die daily from excessive alcohol use; 84% of them are over _____ years old

Answer 6

385; 35

Question 7

_____ of alcohol-related deaths are people in the 15-49 year old range

Answer 7

10%

Question 8

Men are _____ times more likely to die from alcohol abuse than women

Answer 8

3

Question 9

Females 12-17 years old are _____ likely to have alcohol use disorders than boys

Answer 9

more

Question 10

_____ involving alcohol kills more people than car accidents

Answer 10

Suicide

Question 11

96% of teen who die from alcohol die from _____ or _____ _____

Answer 11

suicide; car accidents

Question 12

What is cirrhosis?

Answer 12

A liver disease which comes from drinking too much alcohol; it never goes away and it can’t be cured, only prolonged

Question 13

Which religion drinks the most alcohol?

Answer 13

Catholics

Question 14

At what age can Catholic kids drink the communion wine?

Answer 14

12

Question 15

What does B.A.C. stand for, in terms of alcohol and health?

Answer 15

Blood Alcohol Content/Concentraion

Question 16

What is your B.A.C.?

Answer 16

It’s the amount of alcohol in your blood compared to the amount of water; represented as a percentage

Question 17

At what percentage does your B.A.C. consider you to be drunk?

Answer 17

0.08%

Question 18

What things affect (not necessarily lower) your B.A.C.?

Answer 18

Size, gender, body mass, food, the type of food, the type of drinks, and the quantity of all of them

Question 19

Why doesn’t the government ban alcohol?

Answer 19

It makes them too much money through taxes.

Question 20

In the first week of the COVID lockdown, by what percentage did the sales of alcohol increase by?

Answer 20

234%

Question 21

What was Prohibition?

Answer 21

The time period when the making, distributing, and selling of alcohol was illegal in the United States

Question 22

When was Prohibition?

Answer 22

1920 - 1933

Question 23

Why did the government establish Prohibition?

Answer 23

There was so much violence caused by gangs fighting for control of the alcohol distribution because it generated SO much revenue

Question 24

Why did the government repeal Prohibition?

Answer 24

Because instead of making the gang violence decrease, it caused more of it.