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CULINARY QUIZ 20090303
QUESTIONS (Answers are below)
1) You are walking through a field, and you find something to eat. It
doesn't have bones, and it doesn't have meat. You pick it up and put
it into your pocket. You take it home and put it on the shelf, but
three days later it walks away.
What is this curious food?
2) All of the following events took place in the same year.
What year was it?
• In January Hershey Chocolate increases the size of the Hershey Bar
from 1.05 oz to 1.2 oz, and in December to 1.35 oz.
• Water rationing goes into effect in Marin County north of San
Francisco.
• Iceland breaks diplomatic relations with Britain over cod fishing
rights.
• Both Washington and Moscow extend their fishing rights to 200 miles
offshore.
• The FDA bans Red No. 2 Dye, the most commonly used food coloring.
• Perrier Water is introduced in the U.S.
• New York's "21" Club hires its first waitress to settle a sex
discrimination lawsuit.
3) What movie used chocolate syrup for blood in a famous shower scene?
4) What was the first movie to show a toilet flushing?
Hint: The character who flushed it was Marion Crane.
5) Shark attacks kill fewer then 20 people each year. How many sharks
are killed by humans each year?
6) The reddish orange flesh of this tropical plant root has been used
in cooking since 600 B.C. It is native to the Orient and now can be
found in India and the Caribbean. It was used in biblical times as a
perfume but now it is commonly used to flavor and color food. The root
is typically boiled or steamed and then dried and ground into a powder.
Can you name this root used as a spice?
7) The Mango is the most popular fruit world wide, but do you know
what fruit is grown on more acreage than any other?
What is the most popular berry in the U.S.?
(This is a trick question.)
9) I am a tall tropical evergreen tree of the mulberry family, native
to the Malay Archipelago, and found throughout the South Pacific since
prehistoric times. I can grow to a height of 60 feet or more and I am
closely related to the jackfruit and the Osage orange.
My round, green, bumpy fruit, 8 to 10 inches in diameter, is
rarely eaten raw, but is used cooked as a vegetable. It can be
prepared using any of the methods used for potatoes (baked, roasted,
fried, mashed, stuffed, etc). Most people agree that my fruit is both
an acquired taste and texture. It is considered a staple food in many
of the Pacific islands.
Cloth is made from my bark, and canoes and furniture from my
wood. The milky juice that flows when my stem is cut, is used for glue
and to waterproof canoes.
What am I?
10) If you walked into a classic lunch counter or diner and said:
"Squeeze a full house seaboard" what would you get?
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ANSWERS
1) An egg.
2) All of the events took place in 1976.
3) Chocolate syrup was used for the blood in the famous shower scene
in the Alfred Hitchcock movie 'Psycho'. The scene lasts for about 45
seconds in the movie, but took 7 days to film.
4) The Alfred Hitchcock film 'Psycho' was the first film to show a
toilet flushing. The character Marion Crane (Janet Leigh) was shown
flushing a toilet with a torn up paper swirling in the water.
5) The best stimates are that 26 to 73 million* sharks are killed each
year worldwide, many of them for their fins - shark-fin soup is a
staple at Chinese celebrations and a popular item on Chinese menus.
*(Some put the number as low as 10 million and others as high as 100
million).
6) Turmeric.
7) Grapes are grown on about 25 million acres worldwide, with most of
the grapes being turned into wine.
The Banana. Botanically, the banana is classified as a berry.
9) Breadfruit.
10) A grilled cheese, bacon and tomato sandwich to go, in a hurry.
"squeeze it" means make it fast.
"full house" is a grilled cheese, bacon, and tomato sandwich.
"seaboard" means make it to go.
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QUESTIONS (Answers are below)
1) You are walking through a field, and you find something to eat. It
doesn't have bones, and it doesn't have meat. You pick it up and put
it into your pocket. You take it home and put it on the shelf, but
three days later it walks away.
What is this curious food?
2) All of the following events took place in the same year.
What year was it?
• In January Hershey Chocolate increases the size of the Hershey Bar
from 1.05 oz to 1.2 oz, and in December to 1.35 oz.
• Water rationing goes into effect in Marin County north of San
Francisco.
• Iceland breaks diplomatic relations with Britain over cod fishing
rights.
• Both Washington and Moscow extend their fishing rights to 200 miles
offshore.
• The FDA bans Red No. 2 Dye, the most commonly used food coloring.
• Perrier Water is introduced in the U.S.
• New York's "21" Club hires its first waitress to settle a sex
discrimination lawsuit.
3) What movie used chocolate syrup for blood in a famous shower scene?
4) What was the first movie to show a toilet flushing?
Hint: The character who flushed it was Marion Crane.
5) Shark attacks kill fewer then 20 people each year. How many sharks
are killed by humans each year?
6) The reddish orange flesh of this tropical plant root has been used
in cooking since 600 B.C. It is native to the Orient and now can be
found in India and the Caribbean. It was used in biblical times as a
perfume but now it is commonly used to flavor and color food. The root
is typically boiled or steamed and then dried and ground into a powder.
Can you name this root used as a spice?
7) The Mango is the most popular fruit world wide, but do you know
what fruit is grown on more acreage than any other?
What is the most popular berry in the U.S.?(This is a trick question.)
9) I am a tall tropical evergreen tree of the mulberry family, native
to the Malay Archipelago, and found throughout the South Pacific since
prehistoric times. I can grow to a height of 60 feet or more and I am
closely related to the jackfruit and the Osage orange.
My round, green, bumpy fruit, 8 to 10 inches in diameter, is
rarely eaten raw, but is used cooked as a vegetable. It can be
prepared using any of the methods used for potatoes (baked, roasted,
fried, mashed, stuffed, etc). Most people agree that my fruit is both
an acquired taste and texture. It is considered a staple food in many
of the Pacific islands.
Cloth is made from my bark, and canoes and furniture from my
wood. The milky juice that flows when my stem is cut, is used for glue
and to waterproof canoes.
What am I?
10) If you walked into a classic lunch counter or diner and said:
"Squeeze a full house seaboard" what would you get?
Explore the NEW Food Trivia Quizzes Section
ANSWERS
1) An egg.
2) All of the events took place in 1976.
3) Chocolate syrup was used for the blood in the famous shower scene
in the Alfred Hitchcock movie 'Psycho'. The scene lasts for about 45
seconds in the movie, but took 7 days to film.
4) The Alfred Hitchcock film 'Psycho' was the first film to show a
toilet flushing. The character Marion Crane (Janet Leigh) was shown
flushing a toilet with a torn up paper swirling in the water.
5) The best stimates are that 26 to 73 million* sharks are killed each
year worldwide, many of them for their fins - shark-fin soup is a
staple at Chinese celebrations and a popular item on Chinese menus.
*(Some put the number as low as 10 million and others as high as 100
million).
6) Turmeric.
7) Grapes are grown on about 25 million acres worldwide, with most of
the grapes being turned into wine.
The Banana. Botanically, the banana is classified as a berry.9) Breadfruit.
10) A grilled cheese, bacon and tomato sandwich to go, in a hurry.
"squeeze it" means make it fast.
"full house" is a grilled cheese, bacon, and tomato sandwich.
"seaboard" means make it to go.
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Group Homepage
http://www.groups.yahoo.com/group/Atkins_Diet_Support
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