There are some serious flaws with the quiz.
On question 1, it is asked if the amount of liquor one can tolerate depends on your body mass or weight, and the answer given is false because genes, gender and age play a role. Well, so does weight, and the question does not say "depends entirely upon." Of course it depends on weight to a degree.
Question 2 asks which has the most alcohol, and the given answer is 16 ounces of beer. If I drink 1.5 ounces of Wild Turkey, which is 100 proof, I take in more alcohol than if I drink beer sold in grocery stores here, at 3.2%.
Question 5, asking about which diseases is moderate alcohol consumption believed to combat, lists both dementia and cardiovascular disease as possible answers. The answer being sought is true, but the article states that there is controversy over whether it helps combat dementia, so clearly some scientists believe it does.
Question 6, a true or false question, is very dependent on the genes of the person being discussed. It is not definitive for everyone.
And the last question asks when it is safe for a pregnant woman to drink. The article references differences in opinion from Europe to the US, but the question definitively asks for the US answer. Why would this be discussed in the article but ignored for the quiz?
In all, this is the worst written internet quiz I have ever taken.
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