WONDER #2200: How Hot Is the World’s Hottest Pepper?

Question 1 of 3

The spiciness of peppers is measured using which scale?

  1. weight scale
  2. scale of justice
  3. Scoville Heat Unit (SHU) scale
  4. Fahrenheit 451 scale

Question 2 of 3

Which hot pepper was named the world’s hottest pepper in 2013?

  1. Carolina Reaper
  2. Florida Panther
  3. Pepper Z
  4. 5 Alarm Blazer

Question 3 of 3

Recently, scientists have warned about a possible connection between eating Carolina Reaper hot peppers and the occurrence of what type of rare headache?

  1. migraine
  2. stress
  3. rainforest
  4. thunderclap

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