What woman, the wife of Elkanah was the mother of the Prophet Samuel? (1 Samuel 1:19-20)
What Prophet went into depression when the evil Queen Jezebel threatened his life? (1 Kings 19:1-4)
True or False: Mary and Joseph had been married for twenty years before she became pregnant by the Holy Spirit.
To divide the Red Sea, Moses lifted (Exodus 14:15-16,21)
When Jesus said He is the ‘true vine’, who does He say is the gardener? (John 15:1)
What famous Bible personality did god name “Jedidiah”? (2 Samuel 12:24-25)
What does God say in Genesis 6:3 that His Spirit will not always do?
God tells us to honor our (Exodus 20:21; Deuteronomy 5:16)
What servant of the high priest had his ear sliced off by Peter’s sword – then restored by Jesus – during Jesus arrest? (Luke 20:50-5; John 18:10)
Which disciple brought the boy with the five loaves and two fish to Jesus? (John 6-8-9)
What wicked city did Jesus pair with Sodom? (Matthew 10:15)
The book of Nahum prophesies the fall of what city? (Nahum 1:1)
How many criminals were crucified with Jesus at Golgotha? (Mark 15:22,27)
What type of tree does the love-smitten woman of the Song of Solomon compare her man to? (Song of Solomon 2:3)
What metal, used to sharpen other like metal, does Proverbs compare to friends (Proverbs 27:17)
What herb did Jesus say the Pharisees tithed? (Matthew 23:23)
What part of a dead donkey did Samson sue to kill 1,000 enemy Philistines? (Judges 15:14-16)
Who was stoned to death after admitting he had stolen clothing, silver, and gold from the ruins of Jericho? (Joshua 7:19-25)
What piece of armor of God can quench the fiery darts or flaming arrows of Satan (Ephesians 6:16)
John says true believers have _____ (1 John 2:5)
What does Jesus say the angels do when one sinner repents (Luke 15:10)
True or False: We don’t have to forgive anybody who doesn’t ask us for forgiveness. (Luke 6:37)
What musical instrument accompanies the song of the victorious saints in heaven according to John’s vision? (Revelation 15:1-4)
Complete the scripture: “God made him who had no ____ to be ____ for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God” (2 Corinthians 5:21)
What event in Jesus life featured voice from heaven saying, “This is my Son, whom I love? (Matthew 3:16-17)
WHO CONSUMES
THE MOST… One of the fun things about living in the Information Age is that people compile statistics about all kinds of odd things, including which countries eat the most of each kind of food.
…Beef. Is it really, as the commercials say, “what’s for dinner”? It probably is in Uruguay, where the average person eats 124.2 pounds per year. (In the United States, the average is 79.3 pounds per year.)
…Meat. When all sources of animal flesh are considered and combined, the biggest meat-eaters are the United States and Australia. The average person in both countries eats about 220 pounds of meat a year, which works out to about 50 chickens.
…Bread. It’s Turkey. Each person in that European/Asian bridge nation consumes a whopping 440 pounds of bread a year—that’s more than a pound every day.
…Turkey. It’s not Turkey—it’s Israel. On average, an Israeli gobbles 28 pounds annually, far more than the 16.7 pounds the average American eats. (A lot of that Israeli turkey comes in the form of turkey pastrami.)
…Chocolate. Switzerland is famous for making chocolate, but the Swiss also consume more of it per capita than any other country. The average Swiss person eats 22 pounds a year. (That’s about double of what the average American eats.)
…Candy. If you factor in all kinds of candy, Sweden takes the cake, er, candy bar. The average Swede scarfs down half a pound of candy every week. This stems from a cultural celebration of sweets, especially on Lördagsgodis, or “Saturday candy.” Swedes tend to eschew candy during the week and go nuts on the weekend.
…Donuts. The deep-fried cakes are an important part of the cultural and economic fabric of Canada. The nation boasts five times more donut shops per capita than the United States, and Canadians eat more donuts than anybody else: about 27 per person per year.
…Sugar. It’s not just an ingredient in sweets like chocolate, candy, donuts, baked goods, and sodas—it’s also in all manner of processed foods, from breakfast cereals to spaghetti sauce. Americans lead the world in sugar consumption. Over the course of one year, the average American eats 126.4 grams (4.5 ounces) of sugar per day, or a total of around 100 pounds per year.
…Cheese. It’s one entire course of a meal in France, the country that gave us such famous cheese varieties as Brie and Camembert. French people love cheese, and the per capita consumption rate is 57 pounds a year. That’s the most in the world, but just barely more than second place—the residents of Iceland.
…Coffee. While coffee is grown in tropical, mountainous regions of North America, South America, and Africa, the country that actually drinks the most is Finland. On average, each Finn brews 21 pounds’ worth of beans per year.
…Frozen pizza. It’s Norway, where every man, woman, and child eats the equivalent of 11 pies per year. (Wisconsin is the U.S. state with the largest population of people with Norwegian descent, and it’s also the #1 state for per capita frozen pizza consumption.)
…French fries. They were invented in Belgium, and they remain more popular there than any other place on Earth. A Belgian eats, on average, 165 pounds of fries a year.
…Carbonated drinks. Soft drinks—pop, soda, or whatever you want to call them—are more popular in Mexico than in any other country. If an average serving of soda is eight ounces, the average Mexican resident gulps down 632 of them a year.
…Spam. Introduced to Southeast Asia and Polynesia as a low-cost, shelf-stable meat product in World War II, the canned mystery meat (it’s actually ham and pork shoulder) remains popular in that part of the world…but nowhere more than Guam, where the average resident eats the equivalent of 16 cans a year.
…Ice cream. It’s New Zealand. The nation screams for ice cream, to the tune of 28.4 liters (7.5 gallons) per person, per year. …Food. According to the UN’s Food and Agricultural Organization, Austria eats more total calories than anyone else. The average Austrian packs away 3,800 calories a day, just edging out the average daily American intake of 3,750 calories.
…Beer. Ready to wash down all that trivia with a cold one? They apparently wash everything down with beer in the Czech Republic, which has a per capita beer consumption rate of 143.3 liters a year—about double what Americans drink.
Bonus: Which country has the most vegetarians per capita? India. The nation’s Hindu, Buddhist, and Jain religions all advise nonviolence toward animals, or deliver an implicit instruction to avoid meat. Result: about 38 percent of India’s billion-plus people are vegetarian, although most are lacto-vegetarians, meaning they’ll eat dairy products.
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THE MOST… One of the fun things about living in the Information Age is that people compile statistics about all kinds of odd things, including which countries eat the most of each kind of food.
…Beef. Is it really, as the commercials say, “what’s for dinner”? It probably is in Uruguay, where the average person eats 124.2 pounds per year. (In the United States, the average is 79.3 pounds per year.)
…Meat. When all sources of animal flesh are considered and combined, the biggest meat-eaters are the United States and Australia. The average person in both countries eats about 220 pounds of meat a year, which works out to about 50 chickens.
…Bread. It’s Turkey. Each person in that European/Asian bridge nation consumes a whopping 440 pounds of bread a year—that’s more than a pound every day.
…Turkey. It’s not Turkey—it’s Israel. On average, an Israeli gobbles 28 pounds annually, far more than the 16.7 pounds the average American eats. (A lot of that Israeli turkey comes in the form of turkey pastrami.)
…Chocolate. Switzerland is famous for making chocolate, but the Swiss also consume more of it per capita than any other country. The average Swiss person eats 22 pounds a year. (That’s about double of what the average American eats.)
…Candy. If you factor in all kinds of candy, Sweden takes the cake, er, candy bar. The average Swede scarfs down half a pound of candy every week. This stems from a cultural celebration of sweets, especially on Lördagsgodis, or “Saturday candy.” Swedes tend to eschew candy during the week and go nuts on the weekend.
…Donuts. The deep-fried cakes are an important part of the cultural and economic fabric of Canada. The nation boasts five times more donut shops per capita than the United States, and Canadians eat more donuts than anybody else: about 27 per person per year.
…Sugar. It’s not just an ingredient in sweets like chocolate, candy, donuts, baked goods, and sodas—it’s also in all manner of processed foods, from breakfast cereals to spaghetti sauce. Americans lead the world in sugar consumption. Over the course of one year, the average American eats 126.4 grams (4.5 ounces) of sugar per day, or a total of around 100 pounds per year.
…Cheese. It’s one entire course of a meal in France, the country that gave us such famous cheese varieties as Brie and Camembert. French people love cheese, and the per capita consumption rate is 57 pounds a year. That’s the most in the world, but just barely more than second place—the residents of Iceland.
…Coffee. While coffee is grown in tropical, mountainous regions of North America, South America, and Africa, the country that actually drinks the most is Finland. On average, each Finn brews 21 pounds’ worth of beans per year.
…Frozen pizza. It’s Norway, where every man, woman, and child eats the equivalent of 11 pies per year. (Wisconsin is the U.S. state with the largest population of people with Norwegian descent, and it’s also the #1 state for per capita frozen pizza consumption.)
…French fries. They were invented in Belgium, and they remain more popular there than any other place on Earth. A Belgian eats, on average, 165 pounds of fries a year.
…Carbonated drinks. Soft drinks—pop, soda, or whatever you want to call them—are more popular in Mexico than in any other country. If an average serving of soda is eight ounces, the average Mexican resident gulps down 632 of them a year.
…Spam. Introduced to Southeast Asia and Polynesia as a low-cost, shelf-stable meat product in World War II, the canned mystery meat (it’s actually ham and pork shoulder) remains popular in that part of the world…but nowhere more than Guam, where the average resident eats the equivalent of 16 cans a year.
…Ice cream. It’s New Zealand. The nation screams for ice cream, to the tune of 28.4 liters (7.5 gallons) per person, per year. …Food. According to the UN’s Food and Agricultural Organization, Austria eats more total calories than anyone else. The average Austrian packs away 3,800 calories a day, just edging out the average daily American intake of 3,750 calories.
…Beer. Ready to wash down all that trivia with a cold one? They apparently wash everything down with beer in the Czech Republic, which has a per capita beer consumption rate of 143.3 liters a year—about double what Americans drink.
Bonus: Which country has the most vegetarians per capita? India. The nation’s Hindu, Buddhist, and Jain religions all advise nonviolence toward animals, or deliver an implicit instruction to avoid meat. Result: about 38 percent of India’s billion-plus people are vegetarian, although most are lacto-vegetarians, meaning they’ll eat dairy products.
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