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?
· Commercial avocado production begins in Florida.
· United States Steel was incorporated by J.P. Morgan.
· Montreal, Canada passes a by-law to make indoor toilets mandatory.
· American Safety Razor Co. is founded to sell stamped steel razor blades for use with a one-time purchase razor handle.
· Beatrix Potter privately printed 250 copies of 'The Tale of Peter Rabbit' for family and friends. 2) Eating candy can counteract what physical effect caused by flying at high altitude? 3) In the colorful language of the lunch counter and diner, what is a "cluck and grunt?" 4) What deadly chemical compound do lima beans contain? 5) This Italian cows' milk (and sometimes goats' milk) cheese named after a village that was once outside of Milan, but is now really a suburb of the city. The cheese dates back to the 9th century, with the blue/green mold (more green than blue) developing accidentally sometime around the 11th century. Before then it was similar to a cheese called Panerone made in Lombardy. Name this cheese. 6) All citrus fruits originated in the Old World, except this one. Some mature trees can yield up to 1500 pounds of fruit in a season. The average yield is 350 pounds. Name this fruit.
ANSWERS TO TODAY’S FOOD TRIVIA QUESTIONS:1) All of the events took place in 1901.
(Food History Timeline: 1900-1905) 2) When flying at high altitudes, eyesight deteriorates because of a decrease of oxygen in the tissues. Eating candy, which contains glucose, counteracts these effects. 3) "Cluck and grunt" is eggs and bacon. 4) Lima beans contain cyanide compounds, which is why many countries, including the U.S., restrict commercially grown varieties to those with very low cyanogen levels. The lima beans grown in Java and Burma have 20 to 30 times the concentration allowed in most Western countries. They must be cooked thoroughly to allow the hydrogen cyanide gas produced to be driven off. 5) Gorgonzola. 6) Grapefruit originated sometime in the late 18th-century in the Caribbean. No one knows for sure, but it is probably a natural mutation of the pomelo and another citrus fruit. TOP | 
