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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?
· California becomes 1st state to ban restaurants from automatically handing out plastic straws.
· A new record was set for the heaviest Avocado, 5 pounds, 9.6 ounces
· Aggressive turkeys are "creating unsafe conditions" for postal carriers in Rocky River, Ohio.
· Florence, Italy bans people from pausing in the historic center to eat food on sidewalks, roadways and on the doorsteps of shops and houses.
· The movie 'Halloween' opened in U.S. theaters.
· The 185th Oktoberfest beer festival opened in Munich, Germany.

2) Kiwi fruit are originally from what country, and how many varieties are grown there?

3) The Lord's Prayer is 66 words, the Gettysburg Address is 286 words, there are 1,322 words in the Declaration of Independence, how many words are in government regulations on the sale of cabbage?

4) What do the following have in common? Shakespeare, Louis XV, the ancient Roman poet Horace, King Alfonso XI of Castile, Thomas Nash, ancient Greek Priestesses, Egyptian priests.

5) What is Gnocchi?

6) What is the most popular red meat in the world?
 


 

ANSWERS TO TODAY’S FOOD TRIVIA QUESTIONS:

1) All of the events took place in 2018.
  (Food History Timeline: 2015-2019)

2) There are over 400 different varieties of kiwifruit (Yangtao) in China where they have been used for over 700 years.

3) Government regulations on the sale of cabbage total more than 26,000 words.

4) They all supposedly hated garlic.

5) Gnocchi is Italian for dumplings.

6) Goat meat is the most popular red meat  -  an estimated 70% to 80% of the world population eat it regularly.

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