Can you name the most dangerous foods according to the Center for Science in the Public Interest?

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Danger Foods Quiz

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Created by: Ben -
Published: October 14th, 2009
Category: Miscellaneous
Plays: 106,562

Tags: Food Quizzes, group, dangerous, public, center, danger, interest, outbreak, Public Interest

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	pete:	Oct 14th, 2009 at 19:08 GMT	110 points
	unclear what this quiz is about....not the best sporcle ever

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	dashoff:	Oct 14th, 2009 at 19:11 GMT	19 points
	@pete - This is a list that was recently published by the Center for Science detailing what foods have had the most illness outbreaks associated with them. It is a bit obscure, but I still thought it was a fun quiz.

	brianmcp:	Oct 14th, 2009 at 19:20 GMT	24 points
	I'm surprised that there was nothing like beef or chicken due to the amount that gets consumed compared to say oysters.

	bluesixstring:	Oct 14th, 2009 at 19:21 GMT	16 points
	Surprised not to see Gogurt on the list...stuff makes me sick just thinking about it.

	Minkin:	Oct 14th, 2009 at 19:22 GMT	18 points
	My first thoughts were "foods that cause choking hazards."

	brmistkrieg:	Oct 14th, 2009 at 19:22 GMT	110 points
	eggs = meat??

	zigra:	Oct 14th, 2009 at 19:23 GMT	19 points
	But really the food isn't dangerous - it's the bacteria/parasites/etc growing on them followed by poor handling, lack of pasteurization, etc. Dangerous foods would be shellfish (for people with allergies) or fugu or poisonous mushrooms. I realize it's a source issue and not a sporcle issue

	ninnyhammer:	Oct 14th, 2009 at 19:23 GMT	13 points
	@MovieDynamic - desperately poor comment. "# Outbreaks" isn't particularly clear on its own. Good quiz, but not one of Sporcle's greatest.

	wistfulabacus:	Oct 14th, 2009 at 19:24 GMT	8 points
	I like the idea for the quiz, but 1) In what sense are eggs meat? and 2) because I thought 'Brussels sprouts' were what sprouts were called in US, I typed it, with no success: Is this an oversight, have I got American usage wrong, or does it mean that bean sprouts aren't as docile as they appear?

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	HollywoodLeo:	Oct 14th, 2009 at 19:25 GMT	3 points
	@brmistkrieg....yes.

	HPZ:	Oct 14th, 2009 at 19:27 GMT	32 points
	I think this quiz needs a different title. At least something to indicate that it's about foodborne pathogens.

	buppyspek:	Oct 14th, 2009 at 19:31 GMT	10 points
	@wistfulabacus: I also don't consider eggs to be meat - more of a protein, really. As for your question about sprouts, when I hear the term "sprouts" I usually think of alfalfa sprouts and bean sprouts. Brussels sprouts are those awful smelly things. As for what they mean in this quiz, I'm not sure.

	jellyclarkson:	Oct 14th, 2009 at 19:32 GMT	37 points
	All I could think of was "peanut" because so many people are deathly allergic.

	jcos444:	Oct 14th, 2009 at 19:36 GMT	2 points
	Fail quiz.

	29smitty:	Oct 14th, 2009 at 19:40 GMT	23 points
	I think I could do a lot more damage with a pineapple then ice cream... just saying.

	twist:	Oct 14th, 2009 at 19:46 GMT	3 points
	Make sure you wash your food properly and these foods should be the foods that end up keeping you healthy. (maybe besides icecream or sprouts). Honestly, I'd be more worried about what CheeseWhiz would do to your body rather than a potato.

	Craig:	Oct 14th, 2009 at 19:48 GMT	1 point
	There are four basic food groups. Meat and alternatives, dairy, grains and cereals, fruits and vegetables. Eggs clearly aren't dairy, grains, or fruits/vegetables. This leaves them in the Meat category (likely alternatives). Since an egg is a chicken (or other fowl) in early embryonic stages, it makes sense to call it a meat.

	ripcity:	Oct 14th, 2009 at 19:50 GMT	21 points
	When you're walking home tonight and some great homicidal maniac comes after you with a bunch of loganberries, don't come crying to me!

	ianbob:	Oct 14th, 2009 at 19:54 GMT	2 points
	Mmmm... Loganberries can mean only one thing. Ikea meatballs are not far away.

	HPZ:	Oct 14th, 2009 at 19:56 GMT	8 points
	@Craig Uh oh, we're quickly moving from "miscellaneous" into "science." Embryos are necessarily diploid and an poultry egg (the food; balut aside) is unfertilized and therefore haploid. It does make sense to call it meat in terms of culinary purpose and dietary use, but a grocery store chicken egg does not contain a bird embryo.

	Craig:	Oct 14th, 2009 at 20:01 GMT	-1 points
	I really don't know anything about chicken eggs. I was just pointing out that the purpose of an egg is to hatch a chicken...therefore meat is appropriate. Thanks for the science lesson though.

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	kidcanada:	Oct 14th, 2009 at 20:02 GMT	34 points
	Lobsters are dangerous if you don't rubber band their claws together.

	Patrick:	Oct 14th, 2009 at 20:03 GMT	4 points
	You see the word 'Outbreak' and you don't instantly think of pathogens/disease transmission? Dustin Hoffman and Cuba Gooding Jr. would be ashamed...

	Guinevere:	Oct 14th, 2009 at 20:11 GMT	-3 points
	I liked the quiz. Missed eggs (because, really?) and tuna (I was stuck on salmon for some reason; I should've known but I hate fish and try not to think about it). Sprouts were the first thing I thought about because there have been times that local grocery stores haven't carried them due to the danger. Potatoes surprised me because I usually (but don't always peel them, which I would think would reduce the threat quite a bit. Though maybe they are bad for reasons other than the obvious (fecal matter on the surface).

	twist:	Oct 14th, 2009 at 20:16 GMT	2 points
	Apparently there are a lot of cheesewhiz fans in the audience today. Sorry for offending! LOL

	superfly:	Oct 14th, 2009 at 20:23 GMT	2 points
	@ripcity 10 points for portland reference, 1 million points for brilliant monty python reference

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	Keonyn:	Oct 14th, 2009 at 20:34 GMT	3 points
	As far as nutrition goes subway, but the title of the column showing "outbreak" should clearly indicate this is about food related pathogens and which foods have resulted in outbreaks.

	Beefy:	Oct 14th, 2009 at 20:35 GMT	6 points
	fugu me!

	PoisonSumac:	Oct 14th, 2009 at 20:36 GMT	1 point
	OMG I can't believe I'm not dead yet! Other than the disgusting oysters I eat all of these foods quite a bit - perhaps I should go empty out the refrigerator and just eat something healthy like a fast food hamburger - there's never any problems with those, right???

	dsee:	Oct 14th, 2009 at 20:37 GMT	0 points
	I first thought of choking hazards not food born illness.

	fm_:	Oct 14th, 2009 at 20:42 GMT	2 points
	I think you have to choose one or the other. Either you're going by "food group," in which case eggs and seafood are both meat, or you're not, in which case neither are meat. I only got eggs because I was trying to guess eggplant.

	schporcle:	Oct 14th, 2009 at 20:56 GMT	17 points
	The egg/meat debate reminded me of this conversation I had with my friend a few years ago: Me: "Are eggs considered dairy?" My friend: "DUHH! They come from cows!" ... fail for him

	davidr:	Oct 14th, 2009 at 21:09 GMT	5 points
	If `shellfish' is good enough for oysters, why isn't `fish' good enough for tuna?

	oohsalmon:	Oct 14th, 2009 at 21:09 GMT	1 point
	This needs to be retitled. And no way eggs are a meat. I guess just call them "proteins"? "Hatchy things"?