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1. How many piglets does a mother pig (sow) normally give birth to at one time?
(a) 1-2     (b) 5-6     (c) 8-12     (d) 14-16
Go to the Manitoba Pork Producers' at http://www.manitobapork.com/production.html web site to find the answer. 
2. Is chocolate milk a healthy choice?
Yes    No
The answer is can be found in the Dairy Farmers of Ontario web site http://www.milk.org/nutfaq2.htm#q01 . You have to go down (scroll) the page for a while to find the answer. 
3. Which of the following everyday household items use products from cattle?
(a) shampoo    (b) candles    (c) glue    (d) film  (e) all of these
The web site "When is a Cow more than a Cow?" at http://www.telusplanet.net/public/jross/house.htm will give you the answer to this question. 
4. The nutritional value of a brown-shelled egg is more than the nutritional value of a white-shelled egg.
True     False
The answer can be found on the web site of the Manitoba Egg Producers at http://www.mbegg.mb.ca/grade.html . 
5. In which season are most baby lambs born?
(a) winter     (b) spring     (c) summer     (d) fall
Go to Sheep USA at http://www.sheepusa.org/fkids.htm for the answer. Click on Learning about Sheep and you will find the answer here. 
6. How long after birth is it before a young horse (a foal) can walk?
(a) 1-2 hours   (b) 1-2 days   (c) one week   (d) 2-3 weeks
Go to the Equine Research Centre at http://www.erc.on.ca web site and click on the section Just for YOUth. Click on the section Horse Facts - at the top of the scroll bar on the left hand side of the screen. You will find the answer here. 
7. Is the following statement true or false? The chickens that you eat (broilers) are the same kind as the ones from which you get eggs.
True     False
The answer to this question can be found on the Chicken Farmers of Canada at http://www.cdn-chicken.com/prod4.htm web site.
8. Which fast food has the LEAST amount of fat?
(a) cheese pizza    (b) hamburger    (c) chicken burger    (d) fish burger
On the Beef Information Centre at http://www.beefinfo.org/ web site go to the Fat Finder Quiz and click on the Fast Food link here. You can check your answer by clicking on the button under your choice (you will need to scroll down the top screen to see the button). 
9. Your teacher asks you to visit a supermarket and identify the number of items that may have used corn in some form, either in production or processing. Your number would probably be closest to:
(a) 50    (b) 200    (c) 850    (d) 2,500
Go to Corn in the Classroom on the Ontario Corn Producers' Association at http://www.ontariocorn.org/citc.html web site. Look for a link that tells about uses for corn then click on this. You will find the answer in this section - you have to scroll down the page a lot, but the answer is here! 
10. What are the proper names for the following types of turkeys?
female turkeys
male turkeys
baby turkeys
The answer can be found on the web site of the Canadian Turkey Marketing Agency at http://www.canturkey.ca/trivia.htm . 
11. In the past, before towns and cities developed, everyone had to grow their own food. Today, few people are actually involved in the production (the farming) part of growing food. How many people does the average Ontario farmer feed?
(a) 7-10    (b) 25    (c) 75    (d) 90 or more
Follow this link to the Agricultural Museum at http://www.agriculture.nmstc.ca/tour/efarm.htm web site to find the answer.