By SAM MCMANIS, Sacramento Bee

Summer is tomato time. So take this quiz about all things tomato.

1. The United States, which has a $2 billion tomato industry, is second only to which country in production:

a) Italy
b) France
c) China

2. In 1965, which state adopted tomato juice as its official state beverage:

a) Ohio
b) Florida
c) Alaska

Here's refreshing news: June is National Iced Tea Month. (Gee, wonder why it's not in November?) Anyway, this caffeinated potable is a great way to stay cool in the summer.
Test your knowledge of iced tea by taking our quiz.

Barbecue season is here. And that means seasonal warnings about the potential links between grilling and cancer. With just a little work, barbecuers can mitigate the threat. Take the safe-grilling quiz.

1. Heterocyclic amines (HCA) form on meat (including beef, pork, poultry or lamb) when this high-protein muscle compound in the meat is mixed with amino acids under intense heat:

Scientists estimate that the average person will walk what amounts to three trips around the Earth in a lifetime, based on mathematical calculations too complicated to explain here.
Nobody, however, has ever called Chad Worthen average.

My request for a sit-down interview with ultra marathoner Dean Karnazes was summarily rejected by Karnazes himself.
The dude preferred to stand and talk.
"I'm tired of sitting," he said.

Don't call Richard Commins "spry," that condescending adjective frequently attached to any older adult who is ambulatory enough to get out and do something.

One reason the raw-food movement is gaining in popularity is the belief that vegetables lose their wonderful antioxidant-building nutrients during the cooking process. But a recent study published in the Journal of Food Science disputes that contention.
Take our quiz about some of the findings in that report.

As a news story, the recent trial of a California dentist convicted on 12 counts of sexual battery for molesting female patients held a certain prurient public interest.
Media outlets flocked to the court daily to report on Dr. Mark Anderson's practice of reaching into women's bras and massaging their breasts to treat temporomandibular joint disorder, a painful jaw condition.

Everything we know we learned from Men's Health, and the magazine reports that pork rinds top the list of "Top Five Junk Foods That Are Good for You." Take our Men's Health-inspired quiz about junk food.

1. Which of the following junk foods failed to make the top five on the Men's Health list:

a) chocolate bars
b) sour cream
c) beef jerky

In the end, he knew it was inevitable. The only question was, how many years would pass before Bill Moriarity got knee-replacement surgery?