Card 81
Question
When was the Bureau of Chemistry, later the FDA, founded?
Answer
1862 (Originally Division of Chemistry, became Bureau of Chemistry in 1901)
Food History and Trivia
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Card 82
Question
When was the USDA created and who did Abraham Lincoln appoint as the 1st leader of the Division of Chemistry?
Answer
1862, Charles M Wetherill
Card 83
Question
What year was a recipe for the modern, chocolate brownie first published?
Answer
1904
Card 84
Question
In which decade did Harry Streenbock of the University of wisconsin find that irradiating foods w/ultraviolet light increased their Vitamin D content?
Answer
1920's
Card 85
Question
what year was the 1st Pillsbury bake-off and in what city was it held?
Answer
1949, New York
Card 86
Question
Which year, where and by whom was Phi Tau Sigma founded?
Answer
1953, UMass Amherst, Gideon Livingstone
Card 87
Question
What year did the American Dairy Association Launch the 'Real' Seal, which is used for US dairy products that meet federal SOI, or products containing these US dairy products?
Answer
1976
Card 88
Question
In what year was the blue M&M introduced?
Answer
1995
Card 89
Question
What percent of the Earth's water is potable, or fresh-water?
Answer
2.5%
Card 90
Question
Name the year that astronauts first ate food that had been successfully grown in space.
Answer
2015 (Red Romaine Lettuce)
Card 91
Question
What is the official shelf life of a Twinkie?
Answer
25 days
Card 92
Question
For retail food display lights, what scale is used for the color temperature?
Answer
2700K-6500K
Warm White (2700Kâ3000K), Neutral White (3500Kâ4100K), Cool White to Daylight (5000Kâ6500K)
Card 93
Question
What percent of the American food supply is wasted each year by being thrown away?
Answer
30-40%
Card 94
Question
What percentage of US food sales are organic foods?
Answer
4-5%
Card 95
Question
How many foodborne illness cases every year?
Answer
48 million
Card 96
Question
How many different flavors of jelly beans exist?
Answer
50
Card 97
Question
How many flowers does it take to produce 1 lb of dried saffron?
Answer
75,000-100,000
Card 98
Question
In August 2013, Chef Richard McGeown cooked what for the first time?
Answer
A hamburger from lab-grown meat
Card 99
Question
What is colony collapse disorder?
Answer
A phenomenon in which worker bees from a beehive or European honey bee colony abruptly disappear
Card 100
Question
What do each of the following stand for: AAAS, IAMFES, and ADSA?
Answer
AAAS: American Association for the Advancement of Science; IAMFES: International Association of Milk, Food and Environment Sanitarians; ADSA: American Dairy Science Association
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