Card 201
Question
What ancient civilization is credited with the earliest evidence of bread making?
Answer
Egyptians
Food History and Trivia
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Card 202
Question
The Baby Ruth candy bar was introduced in 1920 by the Curtis Candy Co. Who is it named after?
Answer
Eldest daughter of President Grover Cleveland (not the baseball player)
Card 203
Question
Which name for certain chemicals in biochemistry came from the Greek language, which means 'leaven'?
Answer
Enzyme
Card 204
Question
What country is the origin of coffee plant?
Answer
Ethiopia
Card 205
Question
What was the real name of Chef Boiardi (Boy-ar-dee)?
Answer
Ettore “Hector” Boiardi
Card 206
Question
Name the founder of General Mills.
Answer
Evolved from a milling business started by Cadwallader C. Washburn
Card 207
Question
Who was the first "celebrity chef", cooking on a show called "Chez Bon Viveur"?
Answer
Fanny Cradock
Card 208
Question
What is the name of a recent book that is being compared with Upton Sinclair's The Jungle of the early 1900s because of its critical evaluation of the meat industry as well as fast food chains?
Answer
Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser
Card 209
Question
What is the following phobia, arachibutyrophobia?
Answer
Fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of your mouth
Card 210
Question
What company does Starbucks donate 100% of its leftover food?
Answer
Feeding America
Card 211
Question
A popular south asian delicacy, Balut is a dish cooked by boiling or steaming what and eaten from its shell?
Answer
Fertilized developing duck egg embryo
Card 212
Question
What does FIFO stand for in food service?
Answer
First in, first out (stock rotation and storage principle)
Card 213
Question
What is the term for a place where fresh healthy food is unaffordable or inaccessible?
Answer
Food desert
Card 214
Question
Despite its name what cookie was invented in the early 1900s in San Francisco?
Answer
Fortune cookie
Card 215
Question
Name the founder of Mars Inc.
Answer
Founded by Frank C. Mars
Card 216
Question
Name the founder of Starbucks.
Answer
Founded by Jerry Baldwin, Zev Siegl, and Gordon Bowker
Card 217
Question
Name the founder of Tyson Foods.
Answer
Founded by John W. Tyson
Card 218
Question
Name the founder of McDonald's.
Answer
Founded by Richard McDonald and Maurice McDonald (later expanded by Ray Kroc)
Card 219
Question
Name the founder of Kellogg Company.
Answer
Founded by Will Keith Kellogg
Card 220
Question
In 2016 which country became the first to ban supermarkets from throwing away food? Instead, they have to donate it.
Answer
France
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