***Food and Fuel Quiz, 6-1-08***

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Weekly Trivia Quiz, June 1, 2008

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1. Which of these is going to fuel the 2008 National Democratic Convention? a) Obama Oxygenated diesel? b) Hillary Hydrogen c) E85 ethanol?

2. What unusual source is this fuel coming from?

3. Corn growers asking its members to contact which trade group to tell them to stop their attacks on ethanol?

4. Buying American-made products is "patriotic patriotism". How big was the US trade deficit in 2007?

5. Was the average gas price LOWER or HIGHER than $3.92 cents this week?

6. How many billion miles less were driven on all public roads in March 2008 than March 2007?

7. Which University released a new study showing that ethanol was not the major factor in food price increases?

8. The president of the American Agriculture Movement got fired up over the Grocery Manufacturers Association's smear campaign against ethanol. Which two unusual words did he use to describe their tactics?

9. Texas Senator Kay Bailey Hutcison introduced legislation to waive the RFS requirements. Did the Texas A&M study show that doing so WOULD or WOULD NOT significantly lower corn prices?

10. Campbell Soup CEO blamed ethanol legislation for causing less wheat acres to be grown. Did the USDA crop reports show this was a true statement?

BONUS QUESTION: (also worth 10 points)

B1. How much did the American Petroleum Institute spend on federal lobbying in 2007?

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ANSWERS

1. c) E85 Ethanol
2. Waste beer from Molson Coors
3. Companies which lead the Grocery Manufacturers Association
4. $711.6 billion
5. HIGHER, $3.937
6. 11 billion less miles
7. University of Nebraska - Lincoln
8. "dastardly" and "treasonous"
9. WOULD NOT significantly lower corn prices
10. The USDA showed it to be FALSE. Wheat acres were up in 2007 and also in the 2008 planting projections on the USDA website.

BONUS

B1. $4 million

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***Food and Fuel Quiz, 5-25-08***

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Weekly Trivia Quiz, May 25, 2008

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1. Name at least 3 ways you can drive your vehicle more efficiently to save gas.

2. USDA Secretary Ed Schafer spoke about efforts to repeal the RFS. Did he say a change in the renewable fuel standard, WOULD or WOULD NOT affect food prices?

3. Senator Grassley is urging employees of the Grocery Manufacturers Association to do what?

4. Was the average price of gasoline HIGHER or LOWER than $3.78 a gallon this week?

5. The average price of gasoline is up 57 cents a gallon from last year. About how many Subway footlong sandwiches would that buy for someone who buys 20 gallons of gas a week during a year?

6. During grilling by Congress, Oil executives were unable to explain what according to Sen. Patrick Leahy? a) why gas prices are so high b) they justify special tax breals and subsidies c) "a disconnect" between normal supply and demand and skyrocketing prices.

7. The Dairy Farmers of America co-op faces federal investigation for what two things?

8. Raising consumer prices was good for Hormel. How much did their profits rise this past quarter?

9. Oprah has a new diet. Again. Name three things she is going to give up for 21 days.

10. The Kansas City Star blames ethanol for raising popcorn prices by 25 cents and ticket prices by $1.00. If field corn was popcorn at $5.00 a bushel, would the total price of a pound of corn be more or less than the 25 cent increase?


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B1. According to the beef checkoff, how many pounds of corn is required for 1 pound of beef?

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1. Stay within posted speed limits. Stop aggressive driving. Avoid unnecessary idling. Combine errands. Use overdrive gears and cruise control when appropriate. Remove excess weight from the trunk. Avoid packing items on top of your car.
2. Would Not
3. To protest the Grocery Manufacturers Associations' target and tactics against ethanol.
4. Higher, $3.791 a gallon
5. 120 (.57 x 20 x 52)
6. c) "a disconnect" between normal supply and demand and skyrocketing prices
7. Alledged price fixing and a money transfer.
8. 14%
9. Caffeine, Sugar, Alcohol, Gluten, Animal products
10. Less. Far less. Field corn contains 56 pounds per bushel. At $5.00 a bushell, a pound of corn would cost less than 9 cents. A theatre tub of popcorn would certainly use less than even one pound of kernels. And field corn is not popcorn.

BONUS
B1. 2.6 pounds of corn. At $5.00 per bushell, that's about 23 cents per pound ($5. / 56 x 2.6)

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*** Food and Fuel Quiz - May 18, 2008 ***

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Weekly Trivia Quiz, May 18, 2008

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1. "The American Petroleum Institute, the industry's main lobby, has embarked on a multiyear, multimedia, multimillion-dollar campaign to do what? a) to increase gasoline refining capacity b) to invest in domestic biofuels research c) to shape and improve Big Oil's public image?

2. The average price of gasoline is HIGHER or LOWER than $3.70 a gallon this week?

3. Higher gasoline prices--$1.50 more per gallon--- may mean about how much more a year (20 gls a week for 1 year)? a) $15.00. b) $150.00 c) $1,500.00

4. Iowa governor Chet Culver signed legislation to allow new pumps for Flex Fuel Vehicles. These pump can dispense fuel different than what two existing blends?

5. Roll Call revealed which national association organized an attack campaign against corn ethanol?

6. Among other things, the campaign blames food cost increases on ethanol. What major cost factor is ignored?

7. A leading senator took to the Senate floor to denounce the stealth campaign. Name him.

8. According to the senator, leading DC lobbyists are leading the efforts to "denigrate the patriotic achievement of America’s farmers to reduce our dependence on WHAT"?

9. A new bill, H.R. 6066, would require oil and gas companies to do what to the SEC?

10. Who introduced HR 6066?

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B1. How many pounds of corn are in a bushel?

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1. c) to shape and improve Big Oil's public image
2. HIGHER, $3.722
3. c) $1,500.00
4. E10 and E85
5. Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA)
6. Energy
7. Senator Charles Grassley
8. Foreign Oil
9. Report how much they pay foreign countries to extract natural resources
10. Rep. Barney Frank

BONUS
B1. 56 pounds

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***Food and Fuel Quiz, 5-11-08***

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Weekly Trivia Quiz, May 11, 2008

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1. The Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) opposes new food safety funding efforts because a) imported foods shouldn't be singled out b) who needs more taxes? c) it would be costly to food companies?

2. Representative Dingell praised the drug industry for working with Congress on the safety issue. Which industry did he mention was a "marked contrast"?

3. According to BusinessWeek, Is Ethanol Getting a Bum Rap?, what percentage of the record corn crop was used to make ethanol?

4. The average price of gasoline this week is HIGHER or LOWER than $3.60 a gallon?

5. The average price of diesel is $4.15 a gallon. How much more a gallon is this from last year at this time?

6. Robert Zubrin and Gal Luft wrote in the Chicago Tribune that US farmers grow record crops to feed the world. Which two countries did he mention are now needing more food as they move out of poverty as a primary cause of price increases?

7. In that same article, what was the second factor?

8. On their new website, farmingforyou.org, the Illinois Farm Bureau list five factors affecting food prices. Name them.

9. Senators introduced new energy legislation this week, Consumers First Energy Act,. According to Senate Majority Leader Reid, he wants to a) have a party with Big Oil to celebrate their new wealth b) invite them to dinner c) "hold them accountable for unconscionable price-gouging and force them to invest in renewable energy or pay a price for refusing to do so."

10. The United States Postal Service (USPS) is increasing postage due to escalating fuel costs. How much does a one-cent increase in fuel price cost the Post Office per year in increased expenses?

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B1. Last summer which famous motorcycle company built an E85 Chopper?

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1. c) It would be costly to food companies
2. food manufacturers
3. 22%
4. Higher ($3.613)
5. $1.35 a gallon more than last year
6. China and India
7. Price of Fuel
8. Energy, Inflation, Demand, Weather, and Labor
9. c) "hold them accountable for unconscionable price-gouging and force them to invest in renewable energy or pay a price for refusing to do so."
10. A one-cent increase in fuel costs USPS more than $8 million in higher fuel costs per year.

BONUS
B1. Orange County Chopper

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Weekly Trivia Quiz, May 4, 2008

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1. According to the Congressional Research Service, what was the average Return on Equity for the major oil companies in 2007?

2. According to that same report, ExxonMobil had an even higher ROE. What was it?

3. In testimony before Congress, Dr. Mark Cooper with CFA said that high gasoline prices were the result of an international oil cartel and what else?

4. The average price of gasoline this week was $3.603 cents. True or False.

5. President Bush called the $1.40 increase in gas price a) "no big deal" b) "chump change" or c) "a tax increase on the working people"

6. Senator Charles Schumer noted in opening statements before a Congressional hearing concerned about rising food costs that "gas prices have done what since 2001"?

7. During that same Congressional hearing, the USDA chief economist said what was a bigger impact on food prices than ethanol?

8. US Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer said many things were responsible for rising world food prices, including low yields, weather and what?

9. General Motors invested in another ethanol company this week, Mascoma. What was the name of the firm they partnered with earlier in the year?

10. There are 7 million Flex Fuel Vehicles (FFV) in the US today. How many are GM brand?

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B1. The Hummer HX concept vehicle, which can run on E85 ethanol, appears similar to a vehicle in what successful video game series?

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1. 22.7%
2. 33.4%
3. Tight domestic refining oligopoly
4. True
5. c) "A tax increase on the working people"
6. Doubled
7. Global markets
8. Energy
9. Coskata
10. 3 million GM Flex fuel vehicles

BONUS
B1. HALO (for the XBox)

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Weekly Trivia Quiz, April 27, 2008

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1. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad remarked that the price of oil is a) way too high Dudes b) just about right or c) too low.

2. General Motors CEO Rick Wagoner spoke in China about the challenges of automotive energy. He said that politicians who blame biofuels for rising food prices are "shockingly uninformed". What did he say was the real cost of higher food prices?

3. The price of gas and diesel rocketed even higher this past week. Was the average gas price HIGHER or LOWER than $3.49 a gallon?

4. High diesel prices are straining the transportation industry. Was the average price of diesel HIGHER or LOWER than $4.10 a gallon this week?

5. In a new study by Argonne National Laboratory, ethanol plants were found to use less of what two things?

6. What is the name of author Robert Zubrin's book where he advocates an open fuel market to create competition to gasoline?

7. The new report by Iowa State University shows that ethanol lowers gas price by up to how many cents per gallon?

8. According to author Robert Zubrin, OPEC can keep gas prices high because of a a) farmer's market b) horizontal market or c) vertical market?

9. Texas governor Rick Perry mistakenly blames what for higher food prices?

10. What recent findings from Texas A&M University did Rick Perry ignore when requesting a waiver from the RFS? Fill in the blank: "The underlying force driving changes in the agricultural industry, along with the economy as a whole, is overall higher ______ costs, evidenced by $100 per barrel oil."

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B1. Which former CIA director warns that foreign oil is a threat to our nation's national security?

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1. c) Too Low (or cheap)
2. Higher fuel costs
3. HIGHER, $3.508
4. HIGHER, $4.143
5. Energy and water
6. Energy Victory
7. 40 cents per gallon
8. Vertical market
9. Ethanol
10. Energy

BONUS
B1. James Woolsey

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Food and Fuel Quiz, April 20, 2008

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Weekly Trivia Quiz, April 20, 2008

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1. Students at Clarkson University won the SAE Clean Snowmobile Challenge with an engine that used what as fuel? a) biodiesel b) nuclear or c) E85 Ethanol

2. Gas prices have gone wild. Was the average price of gas HIGHER or LOWER than $3.35 a gallon?

3. New Jersey dairy farmers are getting an adjustment to overcome higher fuel costs that are threatening the stability of farmers. True or False.

4. When the Department of Justice and Immigration and Customs Enforcement came to visit Pilgrim's Pride, did they want to discuss a) higher costs b) poor improvements in quality and profit goals or c) illegal immigrants and identity thefts?

5. The National Corn Growers Association credits what with bringing down higher gas prices?

6. Which state became the 14th to endorse the "25 x '25" plan ?

7. According to the Department of Energy, advancing biomass technology is critical to reducing what two things?

8. Diesel prices are HIGHER or LOWER than $4.00 a gallon this week.

9. Major snowmobile manufacturers recommend what to promote clean air in areas of high snowmobile use such as Yellowstone National Park?

10. In a more truthful disclosure in WattPoultry, Pilgrim's Pride said it would shut down its plant in El Dorado if "the company does not see improvement in" what?

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1. c) E85 Ethanol
2. Higher, $3.389
3. True
4. c) Illegal immigrants and identity thefts
5. Ethanol
6. Tennessee
7. Greenhouse gas emissions and dependence on foreign oil
8. Higher, $4.059
9. E10 Ethanol fuel
10. Quality

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Food and Fuel Quiz, April 13, 2008

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Weekly Trivia Quiz, April 13, 2008

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1. According to a recent report in the Chicago Tribune, global-warming pollution from oil refineries is expected to soar by how much percent during the next decade?

2. Forbes magazine recently wrote that "The cost of crude is like a plague on all of the airlines causing operating costs to rise and cuts to be made." Which two airlines recently filed for bankruptcy due to rising costs?

3. According to IATA (the International Air Transport Association), jet fuel prices have increased how much percent from one year ago? a) 5% b) 10% c) 62%

4. What was the "Unlucky" average price of gasoline this week in the United States?

5. Senator Chuck Grassley (IA) recently sent letters to six top automakers asking about their research efforts on higher ethanol blends. What is the current ethanol blend that is most widely available in the US? a) E100 b) E85 c) E10

6. The anti-farmer, anti-corn propaganda film, King Corn, made by Yale graduates Ian Chaney and Curt Ellis was viewed by Curt's farming relatives. How did they sum of the movie? a) "It's so good" b) "It needs some butter c) "It's so wrong"

7. The price for a barrel of oil reached a new record on the New York Mercantile Exchange this week. What was the record price?

8. During a Congressional hearing this week, lawmakers heard that oil was hurting which form of businesses especially hard?

9. According to a new study by Texas A&M University, what higher prices are affecting consumer prices and agriculture the most?

10. In that same study, important food items like bread, eggs, and milk have high prices are largely unrelated to ethanol or corn prices. True or False.

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1. 40%
2. ATA and Aloha Airlines
3. c) 62%
4. $3.33
5. c) E10
6. c) "It's so wrong"
7. $112
8. Small Businesses
9. Higher energy (oil) costs
10. True

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Food and Fuel Quiz, April 6, 2008

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Weekly Trivia Quiz, April 6, 2008

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1. Which state's new law will offer grants for E85 fuel pumps?

2. Big Oil execs were invited to testify before Congress concerning prices, profits and alternatives. In which House Committee did they endure their questioning? a) the Armed Services b) Natural Resources c) Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming

3. The US Congress quizzed Big Oil on their continued need for how much in special tax breaks? a) none b) $18 million c) $18 Billion

4. Time Magazine failed to present a balanced view with biofuel benefits and impact of an oil economy. According the Lung Association of the Upper Midwest, "did" or "did not" Time quote a single supporter of the cleaner-burning fuel in their cover article?

5. What did Rep. Markey think Americans might hope was just an elaborate hoax a) Big Oil's resistance to biofuels b) Big Oil's excessive profits c) soaring gas prices

6. Gasoline prices jumped another 3 cents this week. What is the average cost of gasoline in America per gallon this week?

7. Time's anti-biofuel article mentioned a UN food expert's dramatic condemnation of biofuel production but failed to mention that the UN Food and Agriculture Organization almost immediately distanced itself from the remarks. The head of the UN Food Program recently noted that were three things were big factors contributing to the high cost of food around the globe. Name them.

8. Under intense questioning by Rep. Herseth Sandlin, what didn't the Big Oil executives have available for the committee?

9. What percentage is US energy consumption expected to jump by 2030?

10. What factor besides weather, demand, and input costs are causing egg prices to increase?

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1. Indiana
2. c) Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming
3. $18 Billion
4. Did Not
5. c) Soaring Gas Prices
6. $3.29 per gallon
7. Higher energy costs, erratic weather and low stocks
8. Independent analysis that backed up their claims that corn was increasing food costs versus the cost of energy to produce and transport food
9. 50%
10. Stricter humane egg production guidelines causing reduced number of chickens and higher costs

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Food and Fuel Quiz, March 30, 2008

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Weekly Trivia Quiz, March 30, 2008

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1. According the American Farm Bureau, gas would cost how much more per gallon if there was no ethanol? a) No cost difference b) 1 cent c) 5 to 10 cents more

2. Truckers fed up with the high price of diesel threaten to do what to show there anger at the higher prices?

3. Diesel prices increased about how much from a year ago?

4. Which famous university, the academic home of ethanol-critic Dr. Pimentel, is building a $6 million biofuels laboratory?

5. If oil stays around $100 per barrel and refiners cut their production runs to increase their margins, the Consumer Federation of America says that consumers could see gasoline increase how much more a gallon in the coming weeks before the Memorial holiday weekend? a) 5 cents b) 25 cents c) 75 cents?

6. In a new report, the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory says that municipal solid waste can be turned into biofuels. True or False.

7. New research by Kansas State University show what relationship between and E. coli and Dried Distillers Grains? a) A huge, "Oh My God We're All Doomed" link b) somewhat of a link c) no link

8. Tyson Foods CEO Richard Bond blames ethanol for food cost woes. What two impacts does he fail to adequately address in his rant?

9. How many pounds of corn are in a bushel?

10. The goal of the 25 by '25 is to produce how much energy (%) from wind, solar, and biofuel energy by the year 2025?

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1. c) 5 to 10 cents more
2. strike
3. $1.31 a gallon
4. Cornell
5. 75 cents more per gallon
6. True
7. c) no link
8. demand and energy costs
9. 56 pounds
10. 25% from wind, solar, biofuels by the year 2025

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Food and Fuel Trivia Quiz, March 23, 2008

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Weekly Trivia Quiz, March 23, 2008

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1. Who blamed the American Petroleum Institute (API) for the Food and Fuel debate?

2. After increasing prices higher, which giant food company's profits soared 61%?

3. This week, are gas prices a) 20 cents, b) 50 cents or c) 70 cents HIGHER than last year?

4. Big Oil's trade group spent how much lobbying the federal govt. in 2007? a) $1 million b) $3 million c) $4 million?

5. The Labor department released the PPI inflation numbers this week. How high did energy prices increase?

6. What % of an orange is left over from making orange juice and is available for "oranges to ethanol"?

7. When will Americans start receiving their "Gas Rebate" checks to stimulate the economy?

8. Food maker giants argue they should do what about food safety scares? a) do nothing b) react c) not overreact?

9. How many Americans in agriculture support 301 million Americans?

10. Which ethanol critic now appears to state that ethanol is net positive for fossil fuel energy? a) Lester Brown b) C. Ford Runge c) David Pimentel?

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1. Vinod Khosla
2. General Mills
3. c) 70 cents
4. c) $4 million
5. .8 %
6. 50%
7. May 2008
8. c) not overreact
9. 21 million
10. c) David Pimentel

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