Card 121
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What is the name of the chemical additive first used in chewing gum in the 1960s to replace sugar, often recognized by its two constituent amino acids, L-aspartic acid and L-phenylalanine?
Answer
Aspartame
Food History and Trivia
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Card 122
Question
What does AOAC stand for?
Answer
Association of Official Analytical Chemists
Card 123
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What university won the 1992 Industrial Achievement Award?
Answer
Auburn University, for development of low-fat ground beef.
Card 124
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What day in August is National Rice Pudding Day?
Answer
August 9th
Card 125
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What continent does Macadamian nuts originate?
Answer
Australia
Card 126
Question
Which country first produced the croissant?
Answer
Austria
Card 127
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The steam-baking oven gives the baguette its unique crumb structure. This technology was developed in what country?
Answer
Austria
Card 128
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The Mcllhenny company, a producer of tabasco is located on which island?
Answer
Avery island
Card 129
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What candy bar allegedly was named in honor of the daughter of President Grover Cleveland?
Answer
Baby Ruth
Card 130
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What was the first food eaten on the moon by Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin Jr?
Answer
Bacon
Card 131
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What food may get its name from the German word for bracelet?
Answer
Bagel. From beugel meaning ring or bracelet. This origin comes from an Viennese baker trying to honor King Jan Sobieski of Poland after the Austrian empire's victory over the Turkish army. Another origin story is that Bagel came from the Yiddish beygl.
Card 132
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What pasta dish went viral on TikTok in 2021?
Answer
Baked feta pasta
Card 133
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A Twinkie is a 'Golden Sponge Cake w/a Cream Filling', which was invented in 1930. What was the original filling in Twinkies before it was replaced by vanilla-flavored cream during WWII?
Answer
Banana Cream
Card 134
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Under what Presidential Administration was FSMA signed into law?
Answer
Barack Obama
Card 135
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There are only two herbs with names that contain 3 letters. Name one.
Answer
Bay, rue
Card 136
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Which fermented beverage was safer than water in medieval Europe?
Answer
Beer
Card 137
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Belgian waffles were invented in which country?
Answer
Belgium
Card 138
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Who was the first person to claim that electricity made meat uncommonly tender?
Answer
Benjamin Franklin
Card 139
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Name the official mascot of the Michelin group.
Answer
Bib Gourmand: named after Bibendum, the friendly Michelin Man
Card 140
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In the 1920s, which company developed the method for the use of refrigeration to reduce the temperature of the food below the point of ice crystallization?
Answer
Birdseye
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