SOUPER BOWL OF CARING: “HUNGER Q U I Z“
1. True or False?
The United States has the highest wage inequality of any other
industrialized nation?
2. What percent of US children live in hungry or food insecure
households?
a) 5% b) 11% c) 17% d) 25%
3. True or False?
Many clients of America’s Second Harvest (the nation’s food bank
network) must make difficult choices between paying for food and
other basic necessities?
4. How many people in the United States live in households
considered to be food insecure?
a) 7 million b) 16 mil lion c) 24 million d) 35 mil lion
5. What percentage of America’s Second Harvest (the nation’s food
bank network) clients is elderly?
a) 8% b) 10% c) 14% d) 17%
6. What percentage of adults requesting emergency food assistance
is employed?
a) 6% b) 13% c) 24% d) 37%
7. What percentage of US cities is not able to provide adequate
quantity of food to those in need?
a) 16% b) 29% c)45% d) 59%
8. How much money did it cost to purchase a 30-second commercial
during the 2007 Super Bowl?
a) 1.5 million b) 2.2 million c) 2.6 million d) 3 million
9. How many people across the world are hungry?
a) 321 million b) 587 million c) 735 million d) 854 million
10. How much more food does the world produce than the entire
world population could consume?
a) 7% b) 12% c) 15% d) 20%
SOUPER BOWL OF CARING
“HUNGER Q U I Z“
Answer Key
1. True
People can work full-time at minimum wage and still not make
enough money to maintain a basic standard of living-buying food,
paying their rent and medical bills, buying clothes for their
children and affording a car so they can travel back and forth to
work.
Bread for the World (www.bread.org)
2. C-17%
The US has the highest child poverty rate of any other
industrialized nation.
The Food Research and Action Center: Household Food Security in the
United States 2005
3. True
42% must choose between food and utilities, 35% between food
and rent or mortgage, and 32% between food and medicine or
medical care.
America’s Second Harvest: Hunger in America 2006
4. D-35 mi llion
The number of people in the United States that live in food
insecure households would fill over 500 NFL stadiums.
The Food Research and Action Center: Household Food Security
5. B-10%
The problem of hunger affects people of all ages, from young
children to the elderly.
America’s Second Harvest: Hunger in America 2006
6. D-37%
This answer reinforces question number 1. Despite the fact that
many people in need are working, they are not able to provide the
basics for their famil ies.
7. C-45%
Despite the fact that we live in one of the wealthiest nations in
the world, many of our cities are not able to help their citizens
meet their basic needs. This is where the local food banks and
ministries have to step in.
The United States Conference of Mayors: 2006 Hunger and
Homelessness Survey
8. C -2.6 mil l ion
This is a day when millions of dollars are spent to enjoy the Super
Bowl experience. It is also a day that we can choose to turn our
thoughts and dollars towards those without a bowl of soup to eat.
CNNMoney.com
9. D-854 million
That is about 3 times the entire United States population.
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations: State of Food
Insecurity in the World 2006
10. D-20%
There is enough food produced to feed the world. The problem is
inequality in both wealth and food distribution.
Mazon
did u ever get those stats i sent in an email about waste in america?