1. Home Alone Safety Trivia Challenge

2. Home Alone Safety Challenge
Strangers
Safety
Health
Emergencies
Decisions
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3. How many servings of fruits and vegetables should you have each day?
Health for 10 points
How many servings of fruits and vegetables should you have each day?
Five
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4. Good snacks should be low in 3 things. Name one of the three.
Health for 20 points
Good snacks should be low in 3 things. Name one of the three.
Sugar, fat, or salt
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5. Health for 30 points
Name one reason why it is important to get plenty of exercise each day.
To help us stay healthy, keep our muscles and heart strong, and keep us from getting fat.
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6. Health for 40 points
Why is it important to put refrigerated foods away immediately after using them?
Refrigerated foods spoil when they are left at room temperature too long.
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7. What is one way to tell if a food is not safe to eat?
Health for 50 points
What is one way to tell if a food is not safe to eat?
If the food smells bad, tastes bad, looks moldy, is slimy, or has been in the refrigerator a long time.
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8. Emergencies for 10 points
What phone number should you dial in an emergency?
9-1-1
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9. Emergencies for 20 points
If the smoke detector goes off or if you smell gas or smoke in the house, what should you do?
Run to the neighbor’s house and ask them to call the fire department or get help.
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10. Emergencies for 30 points
Your shirt got against the stove burner and is on fire. What should you do?
Stop (Don’t Run); Drop (To the Floor); and Roll.
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11. Emergencies for 40 points
You are listening to the radio and hear that there is a tornado warning for your area. What should you do?
Go to a basement, room with no windows, closet, or underneath a staircase and listen to the radio until the danger is gone.
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12. Emergencies for 50 points
How do you tell the difference between a problem and an emergency?
In an emergency someone is seriously hurt or in serious danger. An emergency needs to be handled immediately.
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13. Strangers for 10 points
When you are home alone a telephone caller asks for your mother. What should you say?
My mother is busy and can’t come to the phone right now. May I take a message?
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14. Strangers for 20 points
While outside playing, you notice a stranger watching you play. What should you do?
Go inside and lock the doors. If the stranger hangs around or follows you, call a neighbor, your parents or the police.
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15. Strangers for 30 points
When you get home from school you notice that a window or door is open. What should you do?
Do not go into the house. Go immediately to a neighbor’s house and call for help.
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16. Strangers for 40 points
A person in uniform knocks on the door and says she needs to deliver a package. What should you do?
Do not open the door. Tell her to leave the package or take it to a neighbor’s if someone has to sign for it.
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17. Strangers for 50 points Who is a stranger?
Anyone you do not know well. This can include people you may see often, like the mailman or landlord. If a stranger asks questions, tries to give you candy or gifts, or tries to get you to go with them, get away and tell a trusted adult.
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18. Decisions for 10 points
You got home from school, had a snack and finished your chores. Name three things you can do for fun besides watching TV.
Read a book, write a letter, play with a pet, do an art/craft activity, play a game, do a puzzle, listen to music, dance...
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19. Decisions for 20 points
You have a friend over when your parents aren’t home. He wants to do something that is against your family rules. What should you do?
Don’t do it. Suggest another activity. Ask the friend to leave. Call a trusted adult if he won’t leave.
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20. Where they will be, the phone number, and when they’ll be back.
Decisions for 30 points
Name one thing you should talk about with your parents before you stay home alone.
Where they will be, the phone number, and when they’ll be back.
Rules about guests, which appliances you can use, where you may or may not go.
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21. Decisions for 40 points
Your little sister keeps bothering you while you are working on a project. What should you do?
Get her interested in something else; go somewhere else yourself; or put the project away for now.
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22. Decisions for 50 points
You’ve lost your key and you can’t get in the house. What should you do?
Go to a neighbor’s house or other safe place to wait. Or go to a nearby public phone to call your mom or dad.
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23. Potpourri for 10 points
Name two things you can do that are good types of exercise.
Ride your bike, run, walk, jump rope, dance, sports and more...
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24. Potpourri for 20 points
What should you do if a dog runs toward you while you are walking home or playing outside?
Do not run. Keep walking away and go inside. Running will only make a dog chase you more.
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25. What should you do if an appliance breaks while you are using it?
Potpourri for 30 points
What should you do if an appliance breaks while you are using it?
Turn it off immediately and unplug it. Do not use it again until it is fixed. Do not touch any appliance if your hands are wet.
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26. What should you do if the toilet overflows?
Potpourri for 40 points
What should you do if the toilet overflows?
Look for a wheel or knob by the bottom of the toilet. Turn the knob to the right to shut off the water. Mop up any water on the floor. Don’t use that toilet until it can be fixed.
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27. Potpourri for 50 points
Name one rule you should follow if your parents allow you to play outside.
Take your key. Don’t go in anyone’s house. Don’t talk to strangers. Come inside your house before dark.
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28. Hang up and call the operator or a trusted adult.
Safety for 10 points
If a telephone caller says something that frightens you, what should you do?
Hang up and call the operator or a trusted adult.
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29. What should you do if you get a nosebleed?
Safety for 20 points
What should you do if you get a nosebleed?
Do not lie down. Do not blow your nose. Pinch your nose closed. If the bleeding doesn’t stop in minutes, call your parents.
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30. Safety for 30 points
Your little sister says she feels “real sick” and you find an open container and suspect she has eaten poison. What should you do?
Call the Poison Control Center or 911 and follow their instructions.
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31. If there is a thunderstorm, what should you do?
Safety for 40 points
If there is a thunderstorm, what should you do?
Turn off the TV. Don’t talk on the phone. Close the windows. Stay away from the windows and water. Stay inside the house.
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32. What should you do if the electricity goes out?
Safety for 50 points
What should you do if the electricity goes out?
Wait a few minutes; it usually comes back on. Don’t panic. Turn all but one of the switches off. Use a flashlight; never use light candles.
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33. Power Point Program Created By:
Dawn M. Alleman - Extension Agent, Norfolk
Philip D. Schroeder, Extension Agent, Rockingham
Kelley L. Coggsdale, Extension Agent, Rockingham
Home Alone Safety Information Developed By:
Karen Lynn Poff, C.F.C.S., Senior Extension Agent,
Family and Human Development, Planning District 7
Reviewed By:
Dr. Angela Huebner, Extension Specialist
Dr. Debra Jones, Extension Specialist
Nancy Pfafflin, Extension Agent, FCS
Debbie Carter, Extension Agent, 4-H