Serve It Right Saskatchewan: Alcohol and impairment

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1. Why can vision be affected even at low alcohol levels?

   1. Alcohol only affects people who wear glasses
   2. Bar lighting causes the effect, not the alcohol
   3. Alcohol makes the pupils shrink too much for clear sight at night
   4. The small muscles of the eye are very sensitive to alcohol

2. What does SLGA's hosting guide say about coffee and intoxication?

   1. Coffee works if it is served with dessert
   2. Coffee works faster than drinking water
   3. Two strong cups of coffee will sober up most healthy adults
   4. Coffee cannot overcome the effects of alcohol

3. Which factor does SGI list as affecting a person's blood alcohol content?

   1. The brand of glass used for the drink
   2. The time zone where the bar is located
   3. The colour of the drink being served
   4. The amount of food the person has eaten

4. Compared with a sober driver, how much more likely is a crash at a BAC of .15% or more?

   1. About 380 times
   2. About 5 times
   3. About 48 times
   4. About 11 times

5. What is the first thing alcohol affects, starting with the first drink?

   1. Balance and walking
   2. Hearing and smell
   3. Hand strength
   4. Judgment and decision-making

6. A patron plans to sleep for three hours and then drive home after heavy drinking. What does SGI say?

   1. Sleep works if the patron drinks water first
   2. Three hours of sleep clears any amount of alcohol
   3. You cannot sleep off heavy drinking in a few hours
   4. Sleep works if the patron has eaten a large meal

7. Which serving does SGI count as one drink?

   1. 3 oz of hard liquor
   2. 10 oz of table wine
   3. 5 oz of table wine
   4. Two bottles of regular beer

8. About how fast does alcohol leave the body, according to SGI?

   1. About .15% BAC per hour
   2. It leaves faster with coffee
   3. About .05% BAC per hour
   4. About .015% BAC per hour

9. What kind of drug is alcohol, according to SGI?

   1. A harmless food product with no effect on the brain
   2. A stimulant that speeds up the brain, the heart rate and reflexes
   3. An addictive drug that depresses the central nervous system
   4. A drug that sharpens reaction time at low doses

10. A driver had two drinks and a cold remedy. What will a breath test show?

    1. Only the alcohol from the two drinks
    2. Twice the real blood alcohol level
    3. Nothing, because cold remedies block it
    4. The full effect of both drugs together

11. What does SGI mean by the synergistic effect of alcohol and other drugs?

    1. The two drugs cancel each other out completely
    2. Only the drug taken first has any effect at all
    3. The combined impairment is greater than the two added together
    4. The other drug lowers the blood alcohol reading, so impairment drops

12. Why does SLGA suggest serving drinks yourself instead of an open bar?

    1. Open bars make it harder to collect payment
    2. Guests typically drink more when they serve themselves
    3. Guests pour too little and complain about it
    4. Self-service bars are not allowed at private functions held at home

13. What BAC does SGI call the only truly safe level for driving?

    1. Under .04%
    2. Under .05%
    3. 0%
    4. Under .08%

14. Per SGI's example, two drinks plus one marijuana joint impair a person about as much as how many drinks?

    1. 5 to 6 drinks
    2. 10 to 12 drinks
    3. 3 drinks
    4. 2 drinks

15. How much fortified wine, such as port or sherry, does SGI count as one drink?

    1. 8 oz
    2. 1.5 oz
    3. 3 oz
    4. 5 oz