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Test Your Climate & Food Knowledge

From wine and chocolate to poultry and vanilla ice cream, see how much you really know about your favorite foods - and how they're changing with the climate. Choose a quiz below and dig in!

Wine Quiz

Sip your way through 8,000 years of history.

Vanilla Ice Cream Quiz

Chill out with some cool facts.

Salad Quiz

Lettuce test your salad smarts.

Fish and Other Aquatic Foods Quiz

Cast your net for some fish facts.

Chocolate Quiz

Indulge in some sweet trivia.

Coffee Quiz

Perk up with a hot cup of questions.

Beer Quiz

Brew up some knowledge.

Poultry Quiz

Don't chicken out — test yourself.

Distilled Spirits Quiz

Raise your spirits with fun facts.

🍷 Wine Quiz

1. How long has wine been around?

1,000 years
4,000 years
8,000 years
12,000 years

2. Which country holds the record for annual consumption of wine per person?

Switzerland
Portugal
Italy
France
USA

3. How do warming temperatures affect wine grapes? (Choose all that apply)

Changes in aromatic compounds
Later harvest dates
Earlier harvest dates
More pests

4. What is the wine industry doing to address climate change? (Choose all that apply)

Planting vineyards further north
Expanding production in California
Using water more efficiently
Using smaller wine bottles

🍦 Vanilla Ice Cream Quiz

1. In 1970 there were 648,000 dairy farms in the US. How many were there in 2018?

250,000
130,000
40,000
18,000

2. On a typical day, how much water does a cow drink?

100 gallons
50 gallons
62 gallons
35 gallons

3. What percentage of vanilla flavoring is natural?

1%
5%
25%
50%

4. What is being done to keep the supply of natural vanilla flowing? (Choose all that apply)

Moving production out of Madagascar and Indonesia.
Farmers are using more sustainable growing practices.
Use of bioengineered microorganisms to produce the vanilla flavor.
All the above.

🥗 Salad Quiz

1. About what percentage of people in the US like or love salads?

20%
40%
60%
80%

2. Which salad ingredient is benefiting from climate change in some regions?

Sesame
Balsamic vinegar
Fruits
Nuts

3. How much could avocado production decrease in California by 2060 because of climate change?

20%
40%
60%
80%

4. What can be done to save our guac? (Choose all that apply)

Use desalinated ocean water for irrigation.
Move orchards to cooler latitudes.
Change varieties
None of the above

🐟 Fish and Other Aquatic Foods Quiz

1. What are the top three types of fish and shellfish consumed in the US?

Shrimp, salmon, and canned tuna.
Clams, cod, and salmon.
Lobster, perch, and catfish.
Crayfish, sea bass, and pollock (fish sticks).

2. Why is fish good in your diet?

It’s rich in omega-3 fats.
It’s low in saturated fats.
It’s high in several nutrients and vitamins.
All of the above.

3. How is climate change affecting the oceans and the fish and shellfish that live there? (Choose all that apply)

In time, fish will lose their sense of smell.
Tiny floating plants that form the basis of the food chain are declining.
Melting glaciers are cooling the oceans which has a positive effect on marine life.
“Fish wars” are increasing as fish move to cooler waters and sometimes migrate across political boundaries.

4. Most of the seafood we enjoy today is being challenged by climate change. However, which of the following is expected to appear more often on the menu in the future?

Scallops, abalone, and clams.
Cuttlefish, squid, and octopus.
Shark, rays, and lamprey.
Sea urchins and sea cucumbers.

🍫 Chocolate Quiz

1. Where is most cacao, the source of chocolate, grown?

South Africa
Central America
West Africa
New Zealand

2. What are the biggest threats to the future of chocolate?

Sea level rise.
More severe hurricanes.
Water shortages.
Increased incidence of pests.

3. What is being done to save our chocolate? Choose those that apply.

Harvesting less often to avoid stressing the cacao trees.
Minimizing heat stress on cacao trees by planting plants around them that provide shade.
Scientists in England and Costa Rica are seeking more resilient cacao plants.
People are being encouraged to eat less chocolate.

4. Which of the following companies committed $1 billion to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions?

Cadbury
Nestlé
Mars

☕ Coffee Quiz

1. How many coffee farmers are there in the world?

5 million
15 million
25 million
40 million

2. How is climate change affecting coffee?

Warming nights cause yields to decline.
Increasing temperatures reducing production.
Loss of wild coffee species that may be resilient.
Global production reduced.
All the above

3. How are farmers adapting to the changes?

Planting shade trees to keep the coffee cooler.
Moving downslope where conditions are better.
Switching to other crops.

🍺 Beer Quiz

1. Hops used to give beer its flavor and bitterness are in the same plant family as:

Potato
Hemp
Marijuana
Sesame

2. Who holds the record for annual consumption of beer per person?

England
Czech Republic
Iceland
US

3. How is climate change affecting beer?

Droughts resulting in poor quality barley
Restricted water availability for irrigation of hops
Surface waters declining making it difficult to brew some beers
More frequent hailstorms damaging hop plants
All the above

4. Why does a cold-tolerant type of barley hold promise?

It is best for beers served very cold
It’s planted in the fall and harvested the next year
It has deep roots, which survive cold temperatures
None of the above

🐔 Poultry Quiz

1. Which state produces the most chicken eggs?

California
Texas
Ohio
Iowa

2. What are the effects of climate change on chicken and egg production in the US?

Eggs weigh more and shell thickness increases.
Increased heat stress.
Increased mortality from extreme weather.
All the above.

3. What are producers doing to keep plenty of chicken on our plates?

Moving operations to cooler climes.
Only raising chickens during the cool months of the year.
Considering breeds of chicken that are more tolerant of higher temperatures.

🥃 Distilled Spirits Quiz

1. What temperature is best for distillation, the process of separating alcohol from water in the still?

Hot enough to boil the alcohol and water
Hot enough to boil the water
Hot enough to boil the alcohol but not the water
Whatever it takes to get to a 20% alcohol content or higher.

2. Bourbon – America’s homegrown spirit – must be made in the US with not less than 51% of which grain?

Wheat
Barley
Corn
Oats

3. The “angel’s share” refers to the amount of Scotch lost by:

All the testing that is required during the aging process
Wastage in public tasting rooms
Leakage through cracks in barrels while aging
The diffusion through barrels while aging

4. What ingredients in Worcestershire sauce, typically used in a Bloody Mary, are being affected by climate change?

Anchovies
Tamarind
Cloves
All of the above

The authors of Our Changing Menu: Climate Change and the Foods We Love and Need use a typical menu—from salads to desserts—to explain what is happening and what we can all do about it.

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