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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?
· First Farm Aid Concert was held at Champaign, Illinois.
· The first McDonald’s restaurant, in Des Plains, Illinois, became the first fast food museum.
· Former vice-residential candidate Geraldine Ferraro appeared in a Diet Pepsi TV commercial.
· Creme Fraiche won the Belmont Stakes, ridden by Jockey Eddie Maple

2) Which of these has the most Vitamin C?
  a) Oranges.  b) Lemons.  c) Red Bell Peppers.
  d) Limes.  e) Green Bell Peppers.

3) In 1490 there were an estimate 30 million of these; in 1890 there were only 750; in 2023 there were about 500,000.
What animal is this?

4) About how many pounds of sweet potatoes are produced each year in the U.S.
What are the top 3 producing states?
 


 

ANSWERS TO TODAY’S FOOD TRIVIA QUESTIONS:

1) All of the events took place in 1985.
  (Food History Timeline: 1981-1985)

2) c) Green, sweet bell pepper have 2 times as much vitamin C as oranges; red and yellow bell peppers have 4 times as much.

3) The American Bison, or Buffalo.

4) 2.9 billion pounds of sweet potatoes were produced by major sweet potato producing states in 2021. North Carolina (1.8 billion pounds) produced more sweet potatoes than any other state. It was followed by California (610.5 million pounds) and Mississippi with 442.5 million pounds.

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