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Food History and Trivia

Discover Food History and Trivia: 460 flashcards with questions and answers.

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Sciences / Chemistry
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Card 181

Question

What breakfast cereal was Sonny the Cuckoo Bird "cuckoo for"?

Answer

Cocoa Puffs

Card 182

Question

What drupaceous fruit were Hawaiian women once forbidden by law from eating?

Answer

Coconuts and bananas

Card 183

Question

Who developed cocoa butter, cocoa powder, and the Dutching process?

Answer

Coenraad Johannes van Houten

Card 184

Question

Who invented the cocoa press in 1828?

Answer

Coenraad Johannes van Houten

Card 185

Question

What drink was directly responsible for the development of first web cam?

Answer

Coffee

Card 186

Question

What is the full name of the founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken?

Answer

Colonel Harland Sanders

Card 187

Question

What is the term for a place where food is prepared and then distributed to other places for sale?

Answer

Commissary kitchen

Card 188

Question

Since 1981, the acronym CDC has stood for the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Before that, since 1970, it was known as Center for Disease Control. What was the full name prior to 1970?

Answer

Communicable Disease Center

Card 189

Question

What did Gail Borden give to the world in 1853?

Answer

Condensed milk

Card 190

Question

The PBS/HBO children's television show Sesame Street features a blue muppet character named after a snack and is always hungry for it. Name the character.

Answer

Cookie Monster

Card 191

Question

Mageirocophobia is a fear of what?

Answer

Cooking

Card 192

Question

What is another name for cilantro?

Answer

Coriander, Chinese Parsley

Card 193

Question

What are the big 3 canned products?

Answer

Corn, tomatoes, green beans

Card 194

Question

Proctor and Gamble patented a shortening using mono and diglycerides called ___ shortening.

Answer

Crisco

Card 195

Question

In 1990, Hershey sent 144,000 heat-resistant candy bars to soldiers in which war?

Answer

Desert Storm

Card 196

Question

What is the name of the frog mascot for honey smacks?

Answer

Dig 'em Frog

Card 197

Question

Which first lady helped popularize ice cream in the US by serving it at White House dinners?

Answer

Dolly Madison

Card 198

Question

Who is considered the father of mechanical refrigeration in the U.S.?

Answer

Dr John Gorrie

Card 199

Question

What is the name of the chief chemist who crusaded for federal efforts to regulate the food industry in the early 1900s?

Answer

Dr. Harvey Wiley

Card 200

Question

What gourmet wrote the 1935 restaurant guide "Adventures in Good Eating"?

Answer

Duncan Hines

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