Playing for Pizza Trivia Quiz

Answer: thicker crust

Not only is spinning the quickest way to stretch to the correct round size, but the airflow dries the dough. This makes it easier to handle, creates a crust where each piece is unique, and helps to crisp the crust.

Answer: gluten

The gluten creates a gluey sticky substance that holds the dough together as it rises. Many recipes recommend using a high-gluten flour if the dough will be tossed. The dough could also be purchased ready-made.

Answer: room temperature

The dough at this point should be room temperature, a chilled or cold dough will not respond as well. Once the round is created, the dough is tossed horizontally from fist to fist to "open" it up, with no spin, once it gets some size then it is spun and tossed overhead.

Answer: curled, with backs up

This is actually an important step to practice and master. Until the catch is perfected, the dough could end up with many holes, and this makes the spinning very unstable or impossible. Once the dough has reached the desired size, it goes down on a sheet or peel for toppings and cooking.

Answer: wet, square kitchen towel

The wet, square kitchen towel resembles in weight and flexibility the spinning pizza dough. There were also suggestions for covering the floor with tablecloths before trying. I also found it interesting that there are several companies that sell plastic dough models that can be used for practice.

Answer: must currently work in, own a restaurant that makes pizza or be involved in the pizza industry

The World Pizza Games have been part of the International Pizza Expo hosted each year in Las Vegas. There are pizza contests, seminars, exhibits, etc., to promote the pizza business. When the acrobatic events started in 2005, they included only Individual Acrobatic, Fastest Dough and Largest Stretch.

Answer: 2-5 minutes

There can be up to thirty competitors in this event, so the amount of time for each is short. The judges will also be judging whether or not the dough is continuously spinning and transition of trick to trick.

Answer: entertaining children in a restaurant

Tony and his brother, Frank, opened Pyzano's Pizzeria restaurant in 1991. He started tossing to keep the children happy while the pizzas were being prepared and cooked. He has since won many awards for his acrobatic performances and has been inducted into the Guinness World Records.

Answer: Best Tasting Pizza

Ok, so who would want to eat a pizza that has been rolled across someone's shoulders, a table or the floor? And, taste can be subjective. So, there is no acrobatic pizza record for "Best Tasting Pizza".

Answer: height of the toss

The four distinct phases were determined to be: parabolic flight, impact, sticking contact and sliding contact. The studies were done by the MicroNanophysics Research Laboratory in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Just goes to prove that science can be fun!