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Quiz: How much do you know about Milk?

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Lots of people take it every day in their coffee or tea, or just straight out of a glass. Although it is nature’s baby food, we ingenious humans have been using it as an adult foodstuff for millennia. How much do you know about this emulsion of fatty globules and water? I mean milk, of course! Feel free to share your results below 🙂

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  • Question of

    Which class of animals produce milk?

    • Mammals
    • Reptiles
    • Birds
    • All of the above
  • Question of

    Louis Pasteur invented pasteurisation in 1863. What does it do?

    • Separates the cream from the milk
    • Mixes the cream with the milk
    • Kills germs in milk
  • Question of

    If you open a container of milk that’s been on the shelf 6 months and it’s still good, you know it’s…

    • Pasteurised milk
    • UHT (Ultra Heat Treated) milk
    • Homogenised milk
  • Question of

    Which country produces the most cows’ milk?

    • USA
    • India
    • Brazil
  • Question of

    Which country produces the most milk for human consumption (not just from cows)?

    • Brazil
    • China
    • India
  • Question of

    On average, each American dairy cow produces some 9 times as much milk as her Indian cousin.

    • True
    • False
  • Question of

    Humans versus cows…

    • Human milk contains less protein and more fat than cows’ milk
    • Human milk contains more protein and less fat than cows’ milk
    • Human milk contains less protein and less fat than cows’ milk
  • Question of

    What does homogenisation of milk do?

    • It ensures milk cartons all contain the same volume of milk
    • It separates the cream from the milk
    • it prevents the cream from separating out of the milk
  • Question of

    Which of the following animals does NOT produce at least 1% of all milk worldwide?

    • Buffalo
    • Yak
    • Camel
    • Horse
    • Donkey
  • Question of

    China produces more milk from which animal, than any other country?

    • Pig
    • Sheep
    • Panda
  • Question of

    Cows’ milk contains how much water, on average?

    • 56%
    • 67%
    • 78%
    • 88%
  • Question of

    In the US, how much water has to be used to produce one gallon of cows’ milk?

    • 10 gallons
    • 100 gallons
    • 1000 gallons
  • Question of

    The common adage says “There’s no use _____ ____ spilt milk”

    • cooking with
    • washing in
    • crying over

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Written by Norman Darlo

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