HEALTH AND SAFETY QUIZZES

The most common cause of poisoning in young children are from cough and cold medications and pain and fever medications. All medications and vitamins should be kept in a locked cupboard or box, out of reach of young children.

The correct answer is 10 CM – Children can squeeze through an opening of only 13 cm. Lock open windows of no more than 10 cm wide, and never use screens as window guards. The weight of a small child is enough to dislodge a screen from its frame.

There is no good excuse. Kids should always be buckled up in a back seat, the safest place for kids. Never put the safety belt under the arm or behind the back. If the safety belt is rubbing on a child’s neck, it does not fit right and the child may need a booster seat to help the safety belt fit on the shoulders and hip bones.

All of the above. Children should wear a life jacket on a boat, near an open body of water, or when playing a water sport.

As of July 1, 2008, Children in BC over 40 lbs (18 kgs) need to ride in a booster seat until they are 4 feet, 9 inches (145 cms) tall or until they reach their 9th birthday. A child can remain in a booster seat until they have outgrown the weight and height limits of the seat. Please note, BCAA Road Safety Foundation recommends children remain in a booster seat until they are over 145 cm (4’9″) even after they’ve reached 9 years of age.

The answer is household accidents. Children below the age of five are very susceptible to injury and death caused by preventable household accidents.

The correct answer is food containers. Children often take things at face value. If they see a food container, they will likely assume what’s inside is edible.

Mistletoe is the correct answer. The romance of hanging mistletoe in your home should take a back seat to the fact that mistletoe is poisonous.

The right answer is actually falls. When scoping your house for safety hazards, focus on sharp edges (such as coffee tables and fireplace hearths), tripping hazards, top-heavy furniture (bookcases and TV stands), staircases and windows (common causes of stair-related injuries).

Rhubarb might be a delicious addition to your strawberry pie, but the plant itself is poisonous and should be kept away from young children.

Coins are the most likely objects in your home to cause choking. Children could swallow them as well. Hide coin jars, and check between the cushions in your couch for loose change.

Correct answer is pillow. A cozy pillow might seem like a thoughtful item to give a sleeping infant, but the risk of suffocation is extremely high.

For both children and adults, the most dangerous room in the house is the bathroom. Between medications and cleaning supplies, a tub that can be filled with water, and the many slippery surfaces, the bathroom is a room in which children should never be allowed unsupervised.

Correct answer is "attach bumpers to furniture". You should attach soft, round bumpers to the sharp corners of your furniture to protect toddlers from injury.

At home is the correct answer. Each year in BC, an average of 200 children visit the hospital due to dog bites. Bites are most likely to be inflicted by the family pet. Teach your child how to approach dogs properly. As well, give your pet a safe place to eat and take a break from the constant attention of young children.

Correct answer is recognize dangerous situations. The most important way parents can protect their children is to teach them to be wary of potentially dangerous situations.

The correct answer is asthma. Asthma affects between 5 – 10 percent of Canadian children.

Children should not reveal they are home alone is the correct answer. No one but you should know when your child is home alone. Teach your children never to reveal this fact, especially over the phone.

Correct Answer is 1927: it was in 1927 that the tobacco industry began paying actors who smoked. Cigarettes were glamourized on-screen as early as 1942 in the film Now, Voyager.

Correct answer is Ronald Reagan: It was actually Ronald Reagan who was the face for Chesterfield cigarettes in LIFE magazine, starting in 1948.

Correct Answer is $500,000: Brown and Williamson paid $500,000 to have Sylvester Stallone smoke their cigarettes in five films.

Correct answer is 25%: The number of actors who smoke in major films today is twice as many as those who smoked in films in the 1970s and 1980s.

The correct answer is 75%

The correct answer was 11.7 billion. That means 65% of all smoking in movies is found in PG-13 movies; with another 200 million (1%) found in G movies.

The correct answer is Disney. As of March 2015, Disney has banned smoking in all Disney, Marvel, Pixar, and LucasFilm movies.

Correct answer is All of the above have smoked. Smoking has been present in cartoons for years. Characters including Tom and Jerry, Cruella de Vil (101 Dalmations), and Pinocchio have all smoked in front of kids.

Correct answer is All of the above. All of the above solutions would be effective in reducing smoking in movies, and reducing the amount of exposure people have to tobacco on-screen. Another effective method would be to stop identifying specific tobacco brands.

Correct answer is The Joker. The Joker is the only above character to have never smoked on screen. Though he is against Batman, he is also against tobacco use.