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Cutlery at the ready? Here we go:
GOOD LUCK!
01 About 25% of people have a really good excuse for hating the taste of vegetables. What is it?
They were never forced to eat their vegetables as children so they didn’t get used to the taste.
A Supertaste gene makes them extra sensitive to the bitter taste in vegetables.
What we really hate eating is influenced by our mother’s cravings while pregnant.
02 Eating food high in sulphur makes farts smellier. So eating which of the following will produce the stinkiest fart?
Beans
Meat
Fruit cake
03 How are Brazil nuts shelled without them breaking?
Macaw monkeys are trained to crack them without eating them.
They are dipped in liquid nitrogen before being dropped so that only the shells break.
They are steamed to soften the shell and then a giant rolling pin is rolled over them.
04 Domestic turkeys can’t fly. Why is this?
They’re too fat.
Their muscles can’t generate enough energy.
Their bones are too dense.
05 Sprouts – you either love them or hate them. But how do they grow
On the branches of the sprout tree – like fruit.
Below the ground on the roots as nodules – like peanuts.
Budding off the stem of the sprout plant – like leaves.
06 What is a belch or a burp?
The same as a fart, but the gas just comes out the other way.
Gas that’s been swallowed.
Gas trapped in the food that is released as it is digested in the stomach
07 Our Christmas dinner, like any other dinner, takes about 5 seconds to reach the stomach. It spends 2 to 4 hours there before entering the small intestine, where it can linger for up to 6 hours before moving on to the large intestine. How long does it spend in there?
3 hours
10 hours
18 hours
08 Plants can have hair as well as animals, but it can look quite different and occur in some very unexpected places. Which fruit is actually ‘hairy’ all the way through?
Apple
Banana
Satsuma
09 Chocolate contains a mood lifting chemical (phenylethylamine), antioxidants that stop fat going rancid (polyphenols) and a small amount of caffeine. But how much chocolate can you really eat as part of a healthy diet?
A bar a day keeps the blues away and those antioxidants keep you healthy
Two or three bars a week will satisfy your cravings without doing any damage
None at all as even a bar a week contains too much fat and caffeine
10 What is the most likely reason for Father Christmas always being represented with a red nose?
Lapland is so cold it has given him a permanently red nose
He’s very colour coordinated – his nose matches his outfit
That traditional glass of sherry or two has increased the blood flow to the skin giving his nose a red glow
Answers:
1= Supertaste Gene • 2= Meat • 3= Steamed • 4= Muscles • 5= Off the stem • 6= Swallowed gas • 7= 10 Hours • 8= Satsuma • 9= 2/3 bars • 10= Sherry
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