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CURRENT CULINARY QUIZ QUESTIONS

ANSWERS ARE BELOW   (A New quiz every day)

TODAY’S FOOD TRIVIA QUIZ

1) The following events took place in the same year.
What year is it?
· Corn dogs are invented by Neil Fletcher for the Texas State Fair.
· Dannon yogurt is introduced in New York.
· Kellogg's Raisin Bran is introduced.
· The U.S. military began using K-Rations.

2) Herbert Hoover was not the first to promise a 'chicken in every pot.' Who said it first?

3) In the 16th century, boiled hedgehog was a common dish in what city?
  a) London.  b) Paris.  c) New York.  d) Berlin.  e) Moscow.

4) Despite a physical similarity and a frequent confusion with their names, yams and sweet potatoes are not even distantly related.  They are in two different botanical families.  What are true yams actually related to?
  a) alfalfa.  b) lilies.  c) grasses.  d) carrots.  e) radishes.
 


 

ANSWERS TO TODAY’S FOOD TRIVIA QUESTIONS:

1) All of the events took place in 1942.
  (Food History Timeline: 1941-1945)

2) In a conversation with the Duke of Savoy, Henri IV of France (1553-1610) said "If God grants me a longer life, I will see to it that no peasant in my kingdom will lack the means to have a chicken in the pot every Sunday."

3) b) According to Larousse Gastronomique, boiled hedgehog was a common dish in Paris in the 16th century. It tastes similar to wild rabbit.

4) b) and c) Yams are actually related to grasses and lilies.

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