AgEd Today Sample Weekly Quiz

1. What is the focus of a new, free iPhone application offered in Japan by U.S. meat producers?
A. Country Western songs
B. Meeting farmers
C. Photos of cows
D. Recipes

2. Which potatoes are best suited to baking and mashing?
A. All-purpose potatoes
B. Mealy potatoes
C. New potatoes
D. Waxy potatoes

3. Why are trees being removed from Wyoming and Colorado national forests by the truckload?
A. Because of sudden oak disease
B. For prairie restoration
C. To avoid winter snow pileups
D. To remove beetle-killed trees

4. What is gleaning?
A. Harvesting food left for the hungry
B. Polishing metal machinery
C. Producing wind energy
D. Separating wheat from the chaff

5. What is gayfeather?
A. A bird
B. A butterfly
C. A flower
D. A medicinal plant

6. Where does the red-billed oxpecker live?
A. Bolivia
B. Paraguay
C. South Africa
D. Turkey

7. Which university is proud to have turfgrass graduates as groundskeepers for both World Series teams?
A. Cornell University
B. Michigan State University
C. Penn State University
D. Tennessee Tech University

8. How did ARS scientists deliver anti-tick medication on deer in a news story this week?
A. Apples injected with medicine
B. Capture, inject and release stations
C. Rollers at bait feeding stations
D. Sharpshooters

9. Which species is of particular concern in an Oregon logging management plan for Elliott State Forest?
A. Coho salmon
B. Gray bat
C. Grizzly bear
D. Pallid sturgeon

10. What disease has been found in a domestic bison herd on Ted Turner's ranch in Montana?
A. Anthrax
B. Brucellosis
C. Coccidiosis
D. Chronic wasting disease

11. Where have psyllids been found in Texas?
A. Abandoned citrus groves
B. Active commercial citrus groves
C. Citrus trees in urban backyards
D. All of the above

12. What level of moisture is needed to keep the biofilter media working correctly in an air filtration system designed by the University of Illinois?
A. Completely dry
B. Moist
C. Saturated
D. Any level of moisture

13. Field pennycress belongs to the same family as which of these plants?
A. Canola
B. Corn
C. Soybeans
D. Potatoes

14. Based on cloud and pour point temperature tests, diesel made from which oil-producing plant would perform better in cold climates?
A. Pennycress
B. Soybeans
C. About the same

15. When are auto/deer collisions most likely to occur?
A. Equal all year
B. During rutting season
C. Spring
D. Summer

16. How many states allow retail sales of raw milk?
A. 9
B. 19
C. 37
D. All 50

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