Food Quiz #1

1. WHAT POPULAR DRINK DID A DUTCH MEDICAL PROFESSOR PRODUCE IN HIS LAB WHILE TRYING TO COME UP WITH A BLOOD CLEANSER THAT COULD BE SOLD IN DRUGSTORES?

2. WHAT BREAKFAST FOOD GETS ITS NAME FROM THE GERMAN WORD FOR STIRRUP?

3. WHAT BEVERAGE DID POPE CLEMENT VIII OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZE AS A CHRISTIAN DRINK IN AN EDICT ISSUED IN 1592?

4. IN WINE MAKING, WHAT IS THE "MUST"?

5. WHAT ANIMAL IS THE SOURCE OF THE MILK USED IN MAKING ROQUEFORT CHEESE?

6. WHY IS THERE A STRING ON THE BOX OF ANIMAL CRACKERS?

7. WHAT ELABORATE CONFECTION WAS INSPIRED BYE ST. BRIDE'S CHURCH IN LONDON?

8. ON WHAT VEGETABLE DID AN ANCIENT EGYPTIAN PLACE HIS RIGHT HAND WHEN TAKING AN OATH?

9. WHAT AMERICAN CITY PRODUCES MOST OF THE EGG ROLLS SOLD IN GROCERY STORES IN THE US?

10. WHAT DRINK IS NAMED FOR THE WORMWOOD PLANT?

11. ITALY LEADS THE WORLD IN PASTA CONSUMPTION, WHAT COUNTRY IS SECOND?

12. WHAT VEGETABLES DID THE IROQUOIS INDIANS PLANT TOGETHER AND REFER TO AS THE 3 SISTERS?

13. HOW MANY DIFFERENT ANIMAL SHAPES IN THE ANIMAL CRACKERS ZOO?

14. WHAT PART OF THE STRAWBERRY PLANT IS THE TRUE FRUIT?

15. WHAT PERCENTAGE OF WHOLE MILK IS WATER?

16. IN WHAT AMERICAN CITY IS THE GREATEST AMOUNT OF KETCHUP CONSUMED?

17. WHAT PART OF THE BANANA IS USED TO MAKE BANANA OIL?

18. FROM WHAT PART OF A CINNAMON TREE DO WE GET THE SPICE?

19. BLACK EYED PEAS ARE NOT PEAS, WHAT ARE THEY?

20. THIS FOOD, CREATED BY FRENCH MONKS, WAS DESIGNED TO RESEMBLE A LITTLE CHILDS ARMS IN PRAYER, WHAT IS IT?

21. WHAT BRAND OF (b) DID ET GET DRUNK (OR BLADDERED) ON IN THE MOVIE ET?

22. WHO INVENTED EVAPORATED MILK IN 1853?

23. WHAT WAS THE FIRST OF H J HEINZ' 57 VARIETIES?

24. WHAT WORD DID WINSTON CHURCHILL COIN TO DESCRIBE SOCIALIST NATIONS WHERE PEOPLE HAVE TO WAIT IN LINE FOR EVERYTHING?

25. WHAT FLAVOR ICE CREAM DID DOLLY MADISON SERVE AT THE INAUGURAL FESTIVITIES IN 1812?

26. WHO SAID, "NEVER EAT MORE THAN YOU CAN LIFT"?

27. WHERE DOES THE WORD "SANKA" COME FROM?

28. WHAT DOES VVSOP MEAN ON A COGNAC BOTTLE?

29. WHAT CAPITAL CITY WAS EXPECTED TO BE THE MOST POPULOUS IN THE WORLD, BY THE YEAR 2000?

30. WHO FIRST DEVELOPED FROZEN FOODS?

31. WHAT WAS THE FIRST COMMERCIALLY MANUFACTURED BREAKFAST CEREAL?

32. WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE DOG ON THE CRACKER JACKS BOX?

33. CLEOPATRA USED THE JUICE OF WHAT COMMON SALAD INGREDIENT TO PRESERVE HER SKIN?

34. IN WHAT COUNTRY DID THE BEVERAGE WE KNOW AS PUNCH?

35. WHAT SEEDS ARE USED TO FLAVOR THE SCANDINAVIAN LIQUOR AQUAVIT?

36. WHAT DOES HERRING REPRESENT AT NEW YEAR'S EVE FEASTS IN GERMANY AND SCANDINAVIA?

37. WHAT IS THE AMERICAN NAME FOR THE BRITISH DELICACY KNOWN AS "TROTTERS"?

38. WHAT COUNTRY BOASTS THE HIGHEST PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION OF CEREAL IN THE WORLD?

39. WHAT IS THE LITERAL MEANING OF THE ITALIAN WORD LINGUINE?

40. DRUPES ARE A REGULAR PART OF THE AMERICAN DIET. WHAT ARE THEY?

41. WHAT EUROPEAN NATION CONSUMES MORE SPICY MEXICAN FOOD THAN ANY OTHER?

42. WHAT ARE THE 2 TOP SELLING SPICES IN THE WORLD?

43. WHAT AMERICAN CITY LEAD ALL OTHERS IN PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION OF PIZZA IN 1990?

44. WHAT WAS MARGARINE CALLED WHEN IT WAS FIRST MARKETED IN ENGLAND?

45. WHERE DID THE PINEAPPLE PLANT ORIGINATE?

46. WHAT POPULAR TREAT DID 11 YEAR OLD FRANK EPPERSON ACCIDENTALLY INVENT IN 1905 AND PATENT IN 1924?

47. WHAT IS BOMBAY DUCK?

48. WHAT NAME IS SHARED BY A FRUIT AND THE CITIZENS OF AN AFRICAN CAPITAL?

49. WHAT FOOD PRODUCT, MARKETED AS ELIJAH'S MANNA IN 1904, WAS RENAMED BECAUSE OF OBJECTIONS FOR THE CLERGY?

50. HOW MANY QUARTS OF WHOLE MILK DOES IT TAKE TO MAKE A POUND OF BUTTER?