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Food History and Trivia

Discover Food History and Trivia: 460 flashcards with questions and answers.

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Sciences / Chemistry
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English
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Card 161

Question

Eversweet was developed by which company?

Answer

Cargill

Card 162

Question

Who invented the first continuous centrifugal cream separator?

Answer

Carl Gustav De Laval in 1878

Card 163

Question

Give the first and last names of the Swedish biologist who developed the modern system of biological nomenclature.

Answer

Carl Linnaeus

Card 164

Question

What chocolate substitute became popular in the 1970's?

Answer

Carob

Card 165

Question

Launched in Dec 2022, the Del Monte zero pineapple is now available in certain markets of US and Europe. What makes it unique?

Answer

Certified carbon neutral with zero emission

Card 166

Question

Name the founder of Pillsbury.

Answer

Charles Alfred Pillsbury

Card 167

Question

What was the original name for cheerios?

Answer

Cheerioats

Card 168

Question

What is the most shoplifted food product in the world?

Answer

Cheese

Card 169

Question

In French this is fromage, what it is called in English?

Answer

Cheese

Card 170

Question

Spider cheese is made by fermenting quark with rye flour and what arthropod?

Answer

Cheese mites. Milbenkäse, called Mellnkase in the local dialect and often known as Spinnenkäse, is a German speciality cheese. It is made by flavouring balls of quark with caraway and salt, allowing them to dry, and then leaving them in a wooden box containing rye flour and cheese mites for about three months.

Card 171

Question

Which is the first fruit shown in pacman?

Answer

Cherry

Card 172

Question

What city became immortalized as "hog butcher of the world" by poet Carl Sandburg?

Answer

Chicago

Card 173

Question

What does the word 'chef' mean in French?

Answer

Chief

Card 174

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What pepper is named as the "state native pepper" of Texas and is sometimes called Indian pepper, turkey, bird’s eye, or simply bird peppers?

Answer

Chiltepin, chile pequin

Card 175

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What is the name of a freze-dried potato product in Bolivia and Peru?

Answer

Chuno

Card 176

Question

Porkopolis, the first meat packing plant in 1818, was located in which city?

Answer

Cincinnati, OH

Card 177

Question

Which food scientist is credited with developing frozen foods for retail sale?

Answer

Clarence Birdseye

Card 178

Question

The first FDA approved use of recycled plastic in food packaging was a program to use 25% recycled plastics in bottles that contained what product?

Answer

Coca cola

Card 179

Question

Which food company will sponsor FIFA soccer in 2025?

Answer

Coca Cola, Frito Lay, AB Inbev

Card 180

Question

Which were the first two soft drinks enjoyed in space?

Answer

Coca-Cola and Pepsi

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