The longest day of the year is in June, and many
people find they are waking earlier. It is estimated that we spend a third of
our lives at work – and another third of our lives asleep.
How much do you know about slumber?
1. Global
warming has caused us to lose how much sleep a year, on average?
a) 3
hours
b) 18
hours
c) 44
hours
2. According
to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the last thing most Americans do before
going to sleep is ______ .
a) brush
their teeth
b) watch
TV
c) Read
3. What
does the expression “let sleeping dogs lie” mean?
a) avoid
disrupting a peaceful situation
b) sleep
in much later than usual
c) tell
somebody that they are late
4. Studies
show we need less sleep in summer. How much more deep REM sleep do we get in
winter on average?
a) 10
minutes
b) 30
minutes
c) 60
minutes
5. Globally,
one in ________ people suffer from insomnia.
a) 20
b) 10
c) 2
6. Who
wrote, of insomnia: ”He would lie in the bed and finally, with daylight, he
would go to sleep”?
a) Agatha
Christie
b) J.
K. Rowling
c) Ernest
Hemingway
7. “Somniphobia”
is the medical name for a fear of _________
a) nightmares
b) going
to sleep
c) loud
noises at night
8. Which
human sense is less active when we are asleep?
a) hearing
b) smell
c) touch
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