ANSWERS
WORLD HUNGER FACTS
SUPER BOWL FACTS
1. The MVP for Super Bowl I was
b. Bart Starr, quarterback for the Green Bay Packers, who
won the award in 1967 and 1968. Don Meredith was the
losing quarterback. Joe Namath was named MVP for the
1969 game.
2. Cost of a 30-second ad for Super Bowl is
c. $3.5 million. Marketers will spend over $205 million on
commercials for the game.
3. The two celebrities who were featured in a 2010 Snickers
commercial were
b. Betty White and Abe Vigoda, both octogenarians,
played tackle football in this popular ad.
4. If you bought tickets to the game, you would pay at least
c. $1,700. As of Friday, tickets were available ranging in
price from $1,749 for the cheap seats to around $9,000 for
a spot nearer the 50-yard line.
5. How many fans watched the game last year?
c. 93 million. Were you one of them?
6. 78% of the fans watch the game at home. How much will
they spend on snacks for Super Bowl parties?
c. $1 billion, according to some estimates. This includes
$189.7 million for crackers and $36.3 million for puffed
cheese. In all, viewers stock their at-home parties with
nearly 177 million pounds of snacks. Sale of antacids is
also expected to spike by 20%. No information is
available on how much will be spent on Mountain Dew.
1. In 2009, how many meals were fed to the hungry in
North America by Southern Baptist hunger ministries?
c. 5 million.
2. How many professions of faith were reported as a
result of hunger relief ministries in 2009?
b. 36,000. The Gospel was shared 785,000 times because
of opportunities provided through hunger ministries.
3. The average cost of a meal at a Southern Baptist
hunger center is
a. $.30. Did you know that many American families
spend over half their food budget on eating out?
4. Around the world, how many children die from hunger
-related causes every day?
c. 16,000. An estimated 854 million people are hungry in
the world today.
5. In the last 10 years, Southern Baptist giving to hunger
causes has
c. Decreased about 38%. In 2001, we gave $9.421
million to the World Hunger Fund. In the years that
followed, contributions have declined.
6. The total given by Southern Baptist for hunger relief
in 2009 was
a. $5.8 million. Of this amount, 100% goes directly to
fund huger relief programs, with 80% designated for
international initiatives and 20% funding North
American efforts. None of the gifts are spent for
administration.