After perusing all the information about
value-added uses for Minnesota crops, test your recall
with the following quiz. Good luck!
Hint: If you get stumped, the answers are at the bottom
of this quiz.
1. What is 70 percent of the soybean oil refined in
Minnesota used for?
a. Food
b. Biodiesel
c. Ink
2. Where does the name Six Point Berkshire come from?
a. When carried across the goal line, the pig scores 6
points
b. The white tips of a hog's feet, nose and tail
c. The Berkshire constellation
3. What disease afflicts people who can't tolerate wheat
gluten?
a. Silica
b. Cilia
c. Celiac
4. How much of the U.S. sugar beet production is in
Minnesota?
a. One-third
b. 10 percent
c. 50 percent
5. How many resealable milk cartons does McDonald's sell
per week?
a. 500,000
b. 2 million
c. 4.2 million
6. How much corn stover is produced in the United States
each year?
a. 10 million dry tons
b. 220 million dry tons
c. 1 billion dry tons
7. According to the USDA Dietary Guidelines, how many
beans should Americans consume each week?
a. Two tablespoons
b. One cup
c. Three cups
8. What does the Japanese word "kurobuta" mean?
a. When's dinner?
b. Supreme black hog
c. Tastes like chicken
d. Dude, where's my car
e. I am serious, and don't call me Shirley
ANSWERS: 1)a 2)b 3)c 4)a 5)c 6)b 7)c 8)b
