Holstein Foundation
2010 Holstein Dairy Jeopardy Practice Questions
1. Body part that has cylindrical shape and should be uniform in size.
What is teats
2. Organ that secretes digestive enzymes into the small intestine.
What is pancreas
3. Main udder supports are median and lateral suspensory ligaments and this.
What is skin
4. The back consists of the loin and this.
What is chine
5. Tiny projections that line the rumen wall.
What are papillae
6. Part of the large intestine where water absorption takes place.
What is colon.
7. Amount of whole milk in pounds, required to make a pound of cheese.
What is 10
8. Class of milk used for cream cheese.
What is Class III
9. Fluid byproduct of cheese making.
What is whey
10. Enzyme used to coagulate milk when making cheese.
What is rennet
11. Bulldog, DUMPS, dwarfism and hairless.
What are undesirable recessive traits
12. Primary acid found in the abomasum.
What is hydrochloric
13. National Dairy month.
What is June
14. Process in which vitamins are added to milk.
What is fortification
15. Milk and cream fermented by lactic acid-producing bacteria.
What is yogurt
16. Technology that destroys 90% of BST in milk.
What is pasteurization
17. Top dairy county based on milk marketed.
What is Tulare
18. Number of years for a dairy to transition to certified organic.
What is three
19. Record of ancestry.
What is pedigree
20. Microorganism causing disease.
What is pathogen
21. Act of giving birth.
What is parturition
22. Estimate of genetic superiority that a bull will transmit to its offspring for a given trait.
What is predicted transmitting ability
23. Gland that secretes gonadotropin releasing hormone.
What is hypothalamus
24. Period of time between one calving to the next.
What is calving interval
25. Age, breed sex and season can all affect the length of this.
What is gestation
26. Fertilization of an ovum occurs here.
What is oviduct
27. Minutes required for complete milk-out.
What is 4 to 7 minutes
28. Cow that set the current butterfat production record.
What is MS Bayless Champ Flipper-ET
29. Amount of colostrum fed in 24 hours should equal this percent of a calf’s birth weight.
What is 12 to 15%
30. Two-thirds of nutrients fed to cows come from this class of feed.
What is forages
31. Ailment caused by a calcium imbalance, most common in Jersey breed.
What is milk fever
32. Muscular movement that sends food down the esophagus.
What is Peristalsis
33. 1887 butter production prize-winning Holstein cow.
Who is Clothilde
34. Parent that determines the gender of the calf.
What is the sire
35. Two phases of the estrus cycle.
Follicular and luteal
36. Premature expulsion of the fetus.
What is abortion
37. Another name for corpus luteum.
What is yellow body
38. Deficiency of this vitamin can result in delayed blood clotting and hemorrhaging.
What is vitamin K
39. Cow’s first line of defense against mastitis.
What is streak canal or teat canal
40. Recommended length of the dry period.
What is 45 to 60 days
41. Cells that move into an udder with mastitis.
What is white blood cells or leukocytes
42. Tissues that force milk out of the alveoli.
What is myoepithelium
43. Specific location of the Red & White Dairy Cattle Association.
What is Clinton, Wisconsin
44. Temperature needed for a killing frost.
What is 28 degrees F
45. Glucose and galactose make up this important component of milk.
What is lactose
46. Term used to describe a period of increased growth rate, following a growth restriction.
What is compensatory growth
47. Age when calves begin to chew their cud.
What is 2 to 3 weeks
48. Trait evaluated based on ribs, wither, neck and skin.
What is dairy character
49. Neck, throat and dewlap should be free of this undesirable trait.
What is excess flesh
50. Classification option that requires all non-permanent cows in milk to be scored.
What is standard
51. Holstein COMPLETE base herd fee.
What is $100
52. This state’s average herd size increased the most in 2008.
What is Colorado
53. Year for commercial introduction of plastic milk jug.
What is 1964
54. Plan developed by Holstein Association USA aimed at reducing volatility traditionally seen in
U.S. milk prices.
What is Dairy Price Stabilization Program
55. Fatty acid that has one or more double bonds and is not completely hydrogenated.
What is unsaturated fatty acid
56. Dairy magazine editor who also served as governor of Wisconsin.
Who is W. D. Hoard
57. First secretary of Holstein-Friesian Association.
Who is Thomas Wales
58. Rumen shrinks in size during this period of lactation.
What is dry period
59. Micromineral that is an antioxidant and required for pancreatic function.
What is selenium
60. 2008 Star of the Breed.
Who is Stuewes FB Giddy-ET
61. Whole milk needed to make one pound of butter.
What is 21.2 pounds
62. Fast food chain that uses the most milk.
What is McDonald’s
63. Highest grade of butter sold in the U.S.
What is Grade AA
64. Milk fat percent required for cream.
What is 18%
65. Editor of Holstein Pulse.
Who is Lindsey Worden
66. Amount of cheese that can be made from milk is most affected by this.
What is protein content of milk
67. One component of the gene pair located at a given position on the chromosome.
What is allele
68. Calving ease code of 2 is defined as this on a scale of 1-5.
What is a slight problem
69. Code given to an animal that has been tested free of BLAD.
What is *TL
70. Minimum age requirement to compete in a National Junior Holstein Show.
What is nine
71. Percent emphasis on production in the current TPI formula.
What is 47%
72. These evaluations compare sires from other countries to sires with proofs in the U.S.
What is Multiple-Trait Across Country Evaluations (MACE)
73. State with the highest production per cow.
What is Arizona
74. Stiff movement, loss of appetite, frequent urination and violent convulsions are symptoms of
this.
What is grass tetany
75. U.S. Dairy Export Council president.
Who is Tom Suber
76. Price per optional cow in a Breeder’s Choice classification.
What is $15
77. Holstein Junior lease fee.
What is $20
78. These calves are four times more likely to be presented backwards.
What are twins
79. Square feet allotted per calf for groups.
What is 25 feet
80. Age when extra teats should be removed.
What is 2 to 6 weeks
81. Recommended weight minimum at time of first service.
What is 800 pounds
82. Premier Holstein sire of 2009 World Dairy Expo.
Who is Braedale Goldwyn
83. Two states with greatest number of licensed dairy herds.
What are Wisconsin & Pennsylvania
84. Two most popular varieties of cheese in the U.S.
What are mozzarella & cheddar
85. Two structural carbohydrates a cow can use as a source of energy.
What are cellulose & hemicellulose
86. Sodium, chlorine and these two elements are used to calculate dietary cation-anion
difference (DCAD).
What are potassium and sulfur
87. Adding genomic information created the largest gains in these two traits for the top 20
proven bulls.
What are daughter pregnancy rate & productive life
88. Country where INTERBULL is located.
What is Sweden
89. Served as Holstein Association USA president from 2005-2007.
Who is Randy Gross
90. Ketosis, displaced abomasums, retained placenta and laminitis.
What are metabolic diseases
91. While being in the top ten TPI sires himself, this bull also sired five of them.
Who is O-Bee Manfred Justice - ET
92. Leucine, lysine, tryptophan and arginine.
What are essential amino acids
93. Milk passes through the streak canal and these two other parts of the teat.
What are teat cistern & sphincter muscle
94. Cost to register a bull over 24 months as a state & national member.
What is $50
95. Cows should receive immunizations for this, 2 months and again 3 weeks before calving.
What is E. coli
96. A nationwide drought decreased this country’s milk production by 6.6%.
What is New Zealand
97. Direct supply contracts between retailers and producers account for 40% of the milk sold in
this country.
What is United Kingdom
98. Over 8,200 cows were killed in this country due to heavy snow in February 2009.
What is China
99. Researchers in this country are testing wireless feed intake monitors for grazing cattle.
What is Japan
100. Discount on Holstein COMPLETE if annual fee is paid in full upon enrollment.
What is 3%
101. Water is available to cows through drinking, their bodies and this.
What is feed or feedstuffs