Food History and Trivia

The Columbian exchange refers to the widespread transfer of plants, culture, technology, etc between the Americas and the Old World. Name 3 foods that originated in the Old World and transferred to the Americas, and 3 foods originating in the Americas and transferred to the Old World.

Old world to America: Pigs, horses, cattle, chickens, honeybees, grains, bananas, sugarcane, olives, citrus fruit, coffee beans, peaches, pears, apples, carrots, grapes, cabbage, lettuce, onions, soybeans Americas to the Old World: Potatoes, corn, sweet potatoes, pumpkins, squash, cassava, tomatoes, pineapples, avocados, beans, peanuts, cashews, cacao, vanilla, chili peppers, tobacco, turkeys, sunflowers

What were the 3 original flavors of Fruit Loops breakfast cereal?

Orange, Lemon, and Cherry

List the following events in order from least current to most current: The Jungle, Clarence Birdeye, Basic 4 Food Pyramid, Louis Pasteur publication, Implementation of the Food Drug and Cosmetic Act.

Pasteur: 1857 The Jungle: 1906 Clarence Birdeye: 1920s FDCA: 1938 Basic 4 Food Pyramid: 1950s

Name the first four flavors of Jell-O.

Raspberry, strawberry, lemon, and orange

What changes did Pepsico did to their Zero sugar formulation in 2023?

Reduce caffeine, remove ginseng, tweak the sweetener system though still using aspartame and Ace-K

In order, name the first three ingredients in a regular Coke and in Diet Coke.

Regular: Carbonated water, high fructose corn and/or sucrose syrup, caramel color; Diet: Carbonated water, caramel color, aspartame.

Explain why salt was historically important in food preservation and trade.

Salt reduces water activity, inhibiting microbial growth, making it essential for preservation before refrigeration. Its scarcity and importance made it a major trade commodity and source of taxation and wealth.

Please provide 5 of the 6 “technologies” that are part of the definition of food technology.

Selection, preservation, processing, packaging, distribution, and use

Name five different animal shapes that can be found in a Barnum's Animals Animal Crackers box.

The current crackers are bear, bison, camel, cougar, elephant giraffe, gorilla, hippo, hyena, kangaroo, lion, monkey, rhino, seal, sheep, tiger and zebra. To celebrate its 100th anniversary, Barnum’s added the koala to the menagerie in September 2002.

What are the real names of the Pillsbury Dough Boy and his family members?

The dough boy: Poppin' fresh; Poppie Fresh, was released, followed by Granmommer and Granpopper, Uncle Rollie, a son (Popper), daughter (Bun-Bun) and Flapjack and Biscuit (the Fresh family’s dog and cat) in the years that followed.

The 1979 trial of Dan White for the murders of San Fransisco city supervisor Harvey Milk and Mayor George Moscone became well known for a defense strategy in which consumption of a certain food product was stated as symptomatic of the defendant's underlying depression. The strategy is now known by the name of this product. Name the strategy/product.

The Twinkie defense

Name six of the Girl Scout cookies.

Thin Mints, Samoas/Caramel deLites, Do-si-dos/Peanut Butter Sandwich, Dulce de Leche, Cranberry Citrus Crisps, Lemonades, Peanut Butter Patties/Tagalongs, Savannah Smiles, Chocolate Chip Shortbread, Thank U Berry Munch, Thanks-A-Lot, Trefoils/Shortbread

Name the two American journalists/authors who, with their works published in 1906 and 1962 respectively, are often credited with profoundly influencing the passage of major U.S. food safety legislation.

Upton Sinclair (author of The Jungle, influencing the 1906 Pure Food and Drug Act) and Rachel Carson (author of Silent Spring, influencing environmental and pesticide regulation).

Name top 3 cheese producing countries.

US, Germany, France

What are eight flavors of Necco wafers?

Wintergreen, chocolate, lime, lemon, clove, cinnamon, orange, licorice

What is the name of the largest foreign-owned food retailer in the United States? a. Giant Food Stores b. Food Lion c. Shaw's Supermarkets d. The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company (A&P)

(d) The correct answer is A&P which is 51% owned by Tenglemann, AG, a German retailing firm. Giant Food Stores of Carlisle, PA, and Shaw's Supermarkets are also foreign-owned.

In what year was FFA founded? A. 1935 B. 1946 C. 1928 D. 1917

1928 (Future Farmers of America)

Preferred by one in five Americans, which is the most popular flavor of pie in the US? A. Apple B. Cherry C. Pumpkin D. Chicken

A. Apple

This fermented cheese is named for a city in England. a. Applewood b. Cheddar c. Mozarella d. Yarg

a. Cheddar

In some cities, the shortbread flavor of Girl Scout Cookies is named what: A.Trefoils, B.Tagalongs, C.Samoas, or D.Shorties?

A. Trefoils