Card 61
Question
In restaurants, 86 is used when an item on the menu is no longer available. What number is used when the item is available again?
Answer
68
Food History and Trivia
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Card 62
Question
In what year was Nicolas Francois Appert awarded 12,000 francs for his discovery of canning?
Answer
1810
Card 63
Question
Campbell made condensed soup first in what year?
Answer
1897
Card 64
Question
In what year was the Meat Inspection Act and the Pure Food and Drug Act signed into law by President Theodore Roosevelt?
Answer
1906
Card 65
Question
When did Upton Sinclair write The Jungle which described the adulteration of the meat industry in Chicago?
Answer
1906
Card 66
Question
E. coli O157H7 was first identified as a human pathogen in 1982. But what year was it first isolated from an infected person?
Answer
1975
Card 67
Question
In which year was the first lab cultured meat consumed?
Answer
2013
Card 68
Question
In what year did President Franklin D. Roosevelt sign the present Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act?
Answer
6/25/1938 12:00:00 AM
Card 69
Question
What day is international tea day?
Answer
5/21/2024 12:00:00 AM
Card 70
Question
What does the fork and spoon symbol on a Michelin guide represent?
Answer
"Comfort and Quality" (exact wording needed)
Card 71
Question
In 1878, Kuhne proposed the term 'enzymes' for proteins that he extracted from yeasts and the stomach; what is the meaning of the Greek root 'enzyme'?
Answer
"in leaven" or "in ferment"
Card 72
Question
The latin motto of the FAO is "fiat panes." What does the translate to?
Answer
"Let there be bread"
Card 73
Question
How many flowers do honeybees visit to make 1 pound of honey?
Answer
~2 mil
Card 74
Question
What percentage of the Earth's water is accessible freshwater?
Answer
0.5%. While nearly 70 percent of the world is covered by water, only 2.5 percent of it is fresh. The rest is saline and ocean-based. Even then, less than 1 percent of our freshwater is easily accessible, with much of it trapped in glaciers and snowfields.
Card 75
Question
How many days does it take to make 1 jelly bean?
Answer
10 days (7-14 days)
Card 76
Question
What percentage of the total workforce currently works in the foodservice industry?
Answer
10%
Card 77
Question
On average how many pounds of food does a family of four in the US waste each year?
Answer
1000 pounds
Card 78
Question
How many new food and drink products are launched worldwide each year?
Answer
100000
Card 79
Question
On average in the US how many tons of food will a person eat in their lifetime?
Answer
140 tons
Card 80
Question
What is the approximate per capita seafood consumption in the U.S.?
Answer
16.5 lbs in 2022
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