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Sugar High Trivia

1. How many calories are there in one teaspoon of sugar? a. 15 b. 30 c. 45 d. 120

2. In 1843, Moravian Jakub Kryštof

Rad, director of a sugar company, was granted a patent to do what? a. Use sugar in candy b. Make sugar cubes c. Turn sugar into a powder-like substance d. Make ices out of sugar

3. Which country consumes the most sugar in the world, per capita? a. U.S.A. b. Germany c. Netherlands d. Ireland 5. Two hundred years ago, the average American ate only 2 pounds of sugar a year.

According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, how much sugar does the average American currently eat per year? a. 4 pounds b. 13 pounds c. 21 pounds d. 152 pounds

6. To avoid listing “sugar” as the fi rst ingredient, food manufacturers may use a di erent name (such as dextrose, galactose, glucose, etc.). How many di erent names are there for sugar? a. 12 b. 32 c. 56 d. 1,354

4. There are three main categories of sugar. Which one of the following is not one of those three? a. Polyos b. Disaccharides c. Monosaccharides Monosaccharides a. Go to the Coca Cola d. Miluvshalachmanows Miluvshalachmanows museum in Atlanta where they give out small cans of Coke sweetened with sweeten Coke

7. In 1985, Coca Cola switched over to corn syrup rather than cane sugar, to sweeten their classic cola. If you want to see what

Coca Cola with sugar tastes like today, what do you have to do? a. Go to the Coca Cola museum in Atlanta where they give out small cans of Coke sweetened with sugar b. Go to South America where they still use sugar to sweeten Coke

Answers: 1. A 2. B 3. A 4. D 5. D 6. C 7. D

Wisdom Key: 6-7 correct: ARRRRRGGHHHHHHHh!!!! You have got to slow down on the sugar. Do you really need to spray that sugar spray in your mouth? Isn’t it enough that you have a ring pop on every fi nger? 3-5 correct: You are an average American… How are those 152 pounds of sugar feeling? 0-2 correct: “Uh, well, I just must tell you. Aunt Sally and I have been o of sugar for 13 years now and we, uh, eh, feel so great. You really have to try it. I mean we don’t feel deprived at all. We eat blackened salmon for breakfast, grilled salmon for lunch, and seared salmon for dinner. On our anniversary we celebrate with broccoli ice cream.” Sounds like fun – but at least they have all their teeth!

c. Try to fi nd an old can in your grandmother’s pantry d. Buy a kosher for Pesach Coke bottle (marked with the yellow caps), which use sugar instead of corn syrup which is not kosher for Pesach

Feeling Anti-Social?

Here are some excuses for not hanging out with your buddies

The President said he might drop in. The man on television told me to say tuned. I’ve been scheduled for a karma transplant. I did my own thing and now I’ve got to undo it. I have to go to the post o ce to see if I’m still wanted. I have to check the freshness dates on my dairy products. I’m attending the opening of my garage door. I’m being deported. I’ve come down with a really horrible case of something or other. My plot to take over the world is thickening. I have to fulfi ll my potential. I have some real hard words to look up in the dictionary. The last time I went out, I never came back. I have to answer all of my “occupant” letters. None of my socks match. I changed the lock on my door and now I can’t get out. I’m making a home movie called, “The Thing That

Grew in My Refrigerator.” I’m touring China with a wok band. I never go out on days that end in “Y.” I just picked up a book called “Glue in Many Lands,” and I can’t put it down. There are important world issues that need worrying about. I feel a song coming on. I’m trying to be less popular. I’m waiting to see if I’m already a winner. You know how we psychos are. My favorite commercial is on TV. I have to study for a blood test. I’m observing National Apathy Week. I’m going to the Missing Persons Bureau to see if anyone is looking for me. I have to stay home and see if I snore. I prefer to remain an enigma. I have to make an air sandwich. I’m sorry; I have to rotate the strings on all of my shoes. I don’t want to ruin our friendship. I left my tolerance in another coat. I’m too busy watching the paint dry. I’m going to be playing with my mental blocks.

You Gotta be Kidding Me!

Jim gets pulled over by police.

“Step out of the car,” says the cop, “I am going to need you to take a breathalyzer test.”

“I can’t,” Jim says, “I have asthma that can set o an attack.”

“Alright,” says the cop, “then you’re going to have to take a blood test.”

“Can’t do that either,” Jim replies, “I am a hemophiliac. If a wound is opened, I won’t stop bleeding.”

“Ok,” the cop answers, “then I will need a urine sample.”

“Sorry,” says Jim, “I also have diabetes. That could push my sugar count really low.”

“Fine, so just come on out, and walk a straight line for me.”

“Can’t do that either,” responds “Can’t do that either,” responds Jim.

“Why not?” asks the cop. “Why not?” asks the cop.

“Well, because I’m “Well, because I’m drunk! I could go to jail!”