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? · Chuckles sugared jelly candies are introduced. · U.S. table-salt makers introduce iodized salt. · 'Wise Potato Chips' were introduced. · The 'I-Scream-Bar' is renamed 'Eskimo Pie' and within a year are selling one million bars a day. 2) This plant is pictured on tombs from ancient Egypt, and has been found in ruins of Pompeii and Herculaneum. Pliny listed it as a cure for 60 different illnesses. In 1st century India it was used to prevent heart disease. In Shakespearean England, it was prized as an aphrodisiac. The English name for it comes from the Anglo-Saxon for 'spear plant,' and the Latin word comes from the Celtic word meaning 'hot.' What is it? 3) This tree and its fruit are native to the Peruvian Andes, but are widely cultivated as a commercial crop in New Zealand, where most of the U.S. supply originates. When it did not sell well under its original name, New Zealanders invented its current name in 1966. a) kiwi. b) tamarillo. c) uglifruit. d) gooseberry. e) pumello.
ANSWERS TO TODAY’S FOOD TRIVIA QUESTIONS:1) All of the events took place in 1921. (Food History Timeline: 1921-1925) 2) Garlic (Allium sativum). 3) b) The Tree Tomato was renamed Tamarillo. TOP |