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Last Orders Alcohol Quiz. Q1 . Why do people drink alcohol?. To give them confidence To help them relax To make them happy To get smashed. Answer: All of these. Q2.Which drug kills more people in the UK?. A. Alcohol B. Heroin C. Cannabis D. Ecstasy. Answer: A.
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Q1. Why do people drink alcohol? • To give them confidence • To help them relax • To make them happy • To get smashed
Q2.Which drug kills more people in the UK? A. Alcohol B. Heroin C. Cannabis D. Ecstasy
Answer: A • Alcohol kills more people in the UK than all the other illegal drugs put together. • Approx 80 people die every day in the UK from their own drinking (this doesn’t include people who have had accidents while drunk, or victims of drink drivers etc.) (Office of National Statistics)
Q3.Drinking alcohol makes people violent? A. True B. False C. Depends
Answer 3: C • The Alcohol • Strength of the alcohol • How much • Are there any other drugs in the system • The Situation • The atmosphere • Expectations • The Individual • The Gender • Size • Tolerance level • Health
Q4: At least what age does “The Children, Young People & Alcohol” safer drinking advice say that young people should be before they drink alcohol? • 12 years • 15 years • 18 years • 21 years
A4: At least what age does “The Children, Young People & Alcohol” safer drinking advice say that young people should be before they drink alcohol? B) 15 years – and even then no more than 2-3 units of alcohol on no more than one day a week.
Q5. Alcohol affects women more than men? A. True B. False
Answer: A This is true. This is why safer drinking limits for women are lower than those for men. • Women are generally smaller than men. • Women have less water in their bodies than men, therefore alcohol is more concentrated in women’s bodies.
Q6. If a person drank 6 pints of normal strength lager/beer between 7pm and 9pm, at what time approximately would their body be cleared of that alcohol? • Midnight b) 4am c) 8am
A6: If a person drank 6 pints of normal strength lager/beer between 7pm and 9pm, at what time approximately would their body be cleared of that alcohol? c) 8am • The body can process alcohol at a rate of approx one unit per hour, so 12 units of alcohol would take 12 hours = 8am the next day (approximately).
Q7. What is the first function of the brain to be affected by alcohol use? • Speech • Inhibitions/Behaviour • Balance • Vision
Answer: B • Alcohol is a depressant drug. It gradually shuts down your brain and stops it from working properly: • Thinking – Judgments/decision making • Moving – Physical co-ordination • Speaking – Slurred speech/aggressive language • Seeing – Blurred vision • Hearing - Impaired • Breathing – acute alcohol poisoning
Q8: Which of the following will sober someone up? A) Black coffee B) Cold Shower C) Water D) None of them
A8: None of these The body needs time to process alcohol, nothing can speed this process up.
Q9. At what age can a parent legally allow their child to drink alcohol at home? • 5 years • 11 years • 15 years • 18 years
Answer – 5 years • Parents can legally give their children alcohol to drink in the home under parental supervision. • However, parents can be prosecuted for allowing their children to drink unsupervised outside of the home before 18 years. Why do you think these laws are different?
Q10. How many teenagers (aged 12-17 years) are admitted to hospital every day with acute alcohol poisoning? A. 5 B. 15 C. 25 D. 35
Answer: d) 35 • This is extremely dangerous as young people can experience coma and breathing difficulties at a lower level than adults.
Q11. How many teenage pregnancies are due to unplanned sex? A. 9 out of 10 B. 5 out of 10 C. 3 out of 10 D. 7 out of 10
Answer: D • 7 out of 10 teenage pregnancies are due to unplanned sex after drinking alcohol. • Remember: the first function of the brain to be affected by alcohol is your inhibitions/behaviour.
Q12. At a party a 16 year old girl is drunk and incoherent. A 16 year old boy has sex with her. Has she consented? A. Yes B. No C. Maybe
Answer: B - No • A person (male or female) must be of sober and sound mind to give informed consent to sex.
You might not know………….48% of young people aged 11-15 years old chose not to drink alcohol at all. (from UK survey in 2008)
We asked Year 9 pupils in Swindon what they thought about alcohol 73% told us they thought it was OK not to drink.And 88% said you shouldn’t drink just to fit in – make up your own mind!