30 Hour Famine 2008 Quiz

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How much do you know about the problem of hunger worldwide? Take the test and find out!

  1. 1

    How many people in the world are chronically hungry?

  2. 2

    Which of the following conditions are not commonly associated with chronic hunger?

  3. 3

    Most poor countries have the following ‘safety net’ programs in place to help the poorest of the citizens:

  4. 4

    In 2005, how many children died before their fifth birthday as a result of hunger and hunger-related causes?

  5. 5

    True or false: the world currently produces enough food to feed everyone on the planet.

  6. 6

    True or false: hunger affects the young and the old, men and women, boys and girls all equally.

  7. 7

    Under-nutrition in children under the age of 18 affects an estimated:

  8. 8

    True or false: in the 1990’s, global poverty dropped by 20%, while the number of hungry people increased by more than 18 million.

  9. 9

    More than 70% of the world’s 146 million underweight children under age 5 live in:

  10. 10

    True or false: the number of chronically hungry people is growing at a rate of 4 million per year at current trends.

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