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CURRENT CULINARY QUIZ QUESTIONS

ANSWERS ARE BELOW   (A New quiz every day)

TODAY’S FOOD TRIVIA QUIZ

QUESTIONS

1) All of the following events took place in the same year.
What year is it?
· Sugar Free Jell-O is introduced.
· McDonald's served its 50 billionth hamburger.
· Wendy's 'Where's the Beef?' ad campaign debuted.
· Michael Jackson's hair catches fire while filming a Pepsi commercial.
· Bottled Hidden Valley Ranch Dressings are introduced.

2) In 1849, Henderson Lewelling traveled from Oregon to San Francisco with 100 of these, which he sold for $5 each to gold prospectors. 
What was he selling?
  a) potatoes.  b) pans.  c) chickens.  d) apples.  e) denmin jeans.

3) This tree is native to tropical areas of South America. It has an edible root, small edible black fruit (olive sized), sugar is produced from the sap, and a wax is collected from the lower surfaces of its leaves. This wax is used in  carbon paper, polishes, plastics, floor wax, lubricants and as a food additive. The pith is also used as a cork substitute, fiber from the leaves is used to make rope, and the wood is used for building and to produce excellent veneers. 
Name this useful plant.
 


 

ANSWERS TO TODAY’S FOOD TRIVIA QUESTIONS:

1) All of the events took place in 1984.
  (Food History Timeline: 1981-1985)

2) d) Lewelling sold his first crop of 100 Oregon apples for $5 each.

3) Carnauba Palm.

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