Risky Business!

Facts taken from most recent PopSci mag. Unless othwise stated, figures are for the U.S. or assumed to be U.S.

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Description: Facts taken from most recent PopSci mag. Unless othwise stated, figures are for the U.S. or assumed to be U.S.

Question Number: 1

Question: Traveling one mile on a bike is almost ____ times more likely to be fatal as traveling one mile in a car. (Based on Great Britain stats from 1991-2000)

	2
	6
	14
	20

Question Number: 2

Question: The rate of deaths from hot air balloon accidents is ____ times higher than the death rate from hunting accidents.

	3
	10
	20
	30

Question Number: 3

Question: Falls at home account for approximately ____ percent of the annual 30,000 deaths in homes.

	10%
	25%
	28%
	42%

Question Number: 4

Question: Every year, around ____ people unintentionally suffocate or strangle themselves in bed.

	17
	75
	245
	400

Question Number: 5

Question: Indoor air pollution is estimated to be anywhere from ____ to ____ times as high as outdoor pollution.

	3 to 5
	10 to 50
	12 to 20
	40 to 70

Question Number: 6

Question: More than _______ people each year go to the emergency room for money-related injuries.

	275
	1,500
	6,000
	10,000

Question Number: 7

Question: How many people are killed each year by falling vending machines?

	5
	10
	15
	20

Question Number: 8

Question: Food poisoning accounts for approximately how many hospitilization occurances annually?

	150,000
	325,000
	400,000
	450,000

Question Number: 9

Question: The annual U.S. death rate from fires is just over ______.

	1 person per 100,000
	3 people per 100,000
	20 people per 100,000
	50 people per 100,000

Question Number: 10

Question: Exposure to ionizing radiation at 37,000 feet (flying in a plane) is _______ times higher than it would be at sea level.

	10 to 50
	75 to 100
	100 to 300
	250 to 400

Question Number: 11

Question: Men between the ages of 25 and 34 are more than ___ times more likely as a woman to die in an accident.

	3
	5
	8
	10

Question Number: 12

Question: Vacation risks: A 4 year review of admissions to the Provincial Hospital in Papua, New Guinea, published in 1984 in the Journal of Trauma, showed that ____ percent of all head, back and shoulder injuries were from falling coconuts.

	1
	2.5
	5.7
	9

Question Number: 13

Question: The ratio of deaths for experienced whitewater paddlers to inexperienced whitewater paddlers is:

	2:1
	4:1
	1:4
	1:6

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