ANSI Quiz Bowl

Question 1

The best ingredient to improve taste that a beef cattle farmer can mix with his feed is:

Accepted Answer

molasses

Question 2

The incubation period for chicken eggs is

Accepted Answer

21 days

Question 3

What percentage of farms in the U.S. are family owned?

Accepted Answer

98%

Question 4

Which of these is considered a "small ruminant?"

Accepted Answer

goat/sheep

Question 5

The first basic step in selecting a career:

Accepted Answer

analyzing yourself

Question 6

The issue of animal rights and the moral status of animals dates back to at least:

Accepted Answer

ancient greeks

Question 7

The main egg laying chicken breed

Accepted Answer

White Leghorn

Question 8

What was the first animal to be domesticated?

Accepted Answer

Goat

Question 9

What are the two uses of sheep?

Accepted Answer

meat, wool

Question 10

Which of these is a function of livestock?

Accepted Answer

recreation, clothing, food, power

Question 11

Which country is the origin/source of most of our modern breeds of livestock?

Accepted Answer

England

Question 12

What breed of dairy cattle is the leading milk producer?

Accepted Answer

Holstein

Question 13

An animal that has a four-compartment stomach

Accepted Answer

ruminant

Question 14

What country leads the world in cattle production?

Accepted Answer

India

Question 15

How many toes do sheep have on each feet?

Accepted Answer

2

Question 16

What yummy breakfast meat comes from the belly wholesale cut of a pig?

Accepted Answer

bacon

Question 17

Why do cows "chew their cud?"

Accepted Answer

to rechew swallowed food

Question 18

Which breed of dairy cow is the smallest?

Accepted Answer

Jersey

Question 19

One U.S. farm feeds how many people annually?

Accepted Answer

166

Questions 19