Explorit's Coffee, Tea or Chocolate Quiz

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SIX QUESTIONS: (Top score is 60 points)
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QUESTION 1:
Theobroma cacao is a small tree that bears its flowers and fruits on its main trunk as well as on the branches. The fruits are pods containing a mass of beans. What popular flavoring is produced from these beans?
Coffee
Tea
Chocolate

QUESTION 2:
Camelia sinensis is a small tree that is generally grown as a bush. Its leaves are harvested and used for what popular beverage?
Coffee
Tea
Chocolate

QUESTION 3:
Coffea arabica is a tree cultivated for its beans which are used to make coffee. Which of the following is used during the process of making the raw coffee beans ready for preparing a cup of coffee?
Fermentation
Drying
Roasting

QUESTION 4:
Caffeine is an alkaloid and acts in the body as a mild stimulant. In which of these beverages is it present?
Coffee
Tea
Chocolate

QUESTION 5:
Caffeine found in coffee, tea, chocolate and kola drinks affects normal chemical reactions in the cells of the body. Which of the following organs is affected by caffeine?
Brain and heart
Stomach and spleen
Kidneys and liver

QUESTION 6:
Tannin is tannic acid, an organic chemical that in very large amounts can cause liver damage. Which of the following contains tannin?
Coffee
Tea
Chocolate

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