How about another food trivia quiz?

“…in a well regulated kitchen nothing is ever wasted, but with careful preparation even the ‘rough ends’ of a beef steak may be made into a wholesome, tender and appetizing dish; that ‘stale bread’ may be used in the most delicious ‘desserts’ and ‘farcies,’ and ‘left-over’ food from the day before need not be thrown in the trash-box, but may be made into an endless variety of wholesome and nutrious dishes.”

‘The Picayune’s Creole Cook Book’ (1901)

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 it?

2) All of the following events took place in the same year.

Can you guess what year it was?

– 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.

Name this plant.

7) The Mango is the most popular fruit world wide, but do you know what fruit is grown on more acreage than any other?

8) 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) Estimates 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.

8) 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.