CURRENT CULINARY QUIZ QUESTIONSANSWERS ARE BELOW (A New quiz every day) TODAY’S FOOD TRIVIA QUIZQUESTIONS1) All of the following events took place in the same year.
What year is it?
· Sylvester the cat first tried to have Tweety Bird for lunch in a Warner Bros. cartoon.
· The first aluminum foil, Reynolds Metals 'Reynolds Wrap' goes on sale.
· Marilyn Monroe was crowned the first Artichoke Queen in Castroville, California
· Rhubarb was legally classified as a fruit in the U.S., even though botanically it is a vegetable. 2) Who was Hippolyte Mege Mouries and what did he do for the French Navy? 3) In most Catholic countries, no one ate or drank any food or beverage from October 5 to October 14, 1582. Why? 4) On November 2, 1978 something that was 55 feet long and weighed two tons was caught in Thimble Tickle Bay, Newfoundland. What was it?
a) A Squid. b) A Whale. c) An Ocean Sunfish.
d) A Moray Eel. e) A clump of Seaweed.
ANSWERS TO TODAY’S FOOD TRIVIA QUESTIONS:1) All of the events took place in 1947.
(Food History Timeline: 1946-1950) 2) On July 15, 1869 Hippolyte Mege Mouries patented margarine. Emperor Napoleon III had offered a prize for a suitable substitute for butter, for use by the French Navy. 3) October 5 to October 14, 1582 did not exist in most Catholic countries.
The day following Thursday, October 4, 1582 was Friday, October 15, 1582. Pope Gregory XIII issued the decree correcting the Julian Calendar which was 10 days out of date. It was effective in most Catholic countries. The old Julian calendar continued in use in Britain and the American colonies until 1752, in Japan until 1873, in China until 1912, in Russia until 1918, in Greece until 1923, and in Turkey until 1925. 4) a) It was the largest squid ever caught. TOP | 
