JUNK FOOD QUIZ

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Quiz

Junk Food Quiz by Myriam Gabriel-Pollock Unless you've been living in the wilderness for the past several decades, you're probably intimately familiar with junk foods. They're generally characterized as processed foods that contain high levels of added simple sugars, tend to be high in fat, and lack the vitamins and minerals found naturally in complex carbohydrates. Nutritionists say that junk foods provide only empty calories, meaning they are loaded with calories from sugars and fats but lack the essential nutrients our bodies need. Still, who doesn’t want a doughnut or some French fries now and then? Learn some fun, interesting, and sobering facts about some of our favorite junk foods. 1. This internationally popular side dish is known in Belgium as "pommes frites," in Malaysia as "kentang goreng," in Poland as "frytki," and in the United Kingdom as "chips." In the United States, this highly consumed potato dish is known as: a) Potato chips b) Hash browns c) French fries d) Baked potato 2. A Hostess Twinkie contains real ingredients such as flour, sugar, and salt--but the majority of its 39 ingredients are not typical ingredients found in homemade baked goods. Which of these is not found in Twinkies: a) Polysorbate 60 b) Titanium dioxide c) Sorbic acid d) Artificial vanillin 3. This fast-food restaurant chain, based in Louisville, Kentucky, was founded by an honorary American colonel in 1952: a) Dairy Queen b) Taco Bell c) Arby's d) KFC 4. Which of these snacks has a shape modeled after a hyperbolic paraboloid, which in mathematics is a quadric, a type of surface in three dimensions: a) Doritos tortilla chips b) Funyuns onion-flavored rings c) Pringles potato chips d) Bugles corn chips 5 . Which of these classic fast-food hamburgers packs the most calories, fat, and cholesterol? a) McDonald's Big Mac b) Wendy's Classic Single c) Jack-in-the-Box's Jumbo Jack d) Burger King's Whopper 6. Which mid-19th-century European pilgrims are generally credited with bringing doughnuts to the New World? a) The British b) The Austrians c) The Dutch d) The French 7. No matter which way you choose to eat it--by dunking it, twisting it open, or eating it in one bite--this snack's distinctive look and flavor has made it so popular that over 362 billion have been sold since 1912. Which sweet treat is it: a) M&Ms b) Oreos c) Tootsie Rolls d) Nutter Butters 8. High-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) is a corn syrup that has been processed enzymatically to increase its fructose content and then mixed with pure corn syrup. Which of these snacks lists HFCS as an ingredient? a) Soft drinks b) Breakfast cereals c) Store-bought baked goods d) All of the above 9. This Kellogg's-brand cereal features the first fictional characters to represent a cereal in the United States, making their debut in radio jingles and on cereal boxes in 1932: a) Fruity Pebbles b) Cap'n Crunch c) Frosted Flakes d) Rice Krispies 10. A 2001 study by Children's Hospital of Boston and the Harvard School of Public Health found that increased consumption of this junk food directly promotes childhood obesity, since it is the leading source of added sugars to children's daily diet: a) Doughnuts b) Soft drinks c) Candy bars d) Sugary cereals