Thematic Food Trivia

1. What British children's fantasy author once commented, "You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me"?

From Quiz It's Tea Time

Answer: C.S. Lewis

C.S. Lewis followed a very regimented daily pattern of activity, with breakfast at 8 AM, then working at his desk by 9 followed by a cup of tea at 11. Later in the day he would go for a walk and upon his return, he would expect a cup of tea no later than a quarter past 4 PM.

From Quiz All About Breakfast

Answer: sweet roll, jam, fruit, coffee

The term "continental breakfast" has been around since the middle 1800s to describe a light morning meal in contrast to the heavier full English breakfast of many fried foods. The British used the term to mean what one is likely to be served in France or on the Mediterranean: a baked good, jam, fruit and coffee. It does not include eggs, nor meat, nor potatoes, nor pancakes, nor waffles. It is typically served in a hotel, a restaurant or at a convention center to a large group of people.

From Quiz Trivial Mixed Nuts

Answer: sugar and vegetable oil

I hate to break the bad news to all you Nutella fans out there, but Nutella is not a nutritious breakfast food. It's really a dessert, and a nutritionally questionable one at that. Leading the Wikipedia entry is the following definition: "Nutella is a brand of sweetened palm oil spread, flavored with hazelnut and cocoa solids..." More than 50% of it is sugar and oil, with about 13% being hazelnuts and somewhat less than that being cocoa solids and skim milk. The ingredients may vary somewhat depending on the country where it's marketed. Despite these facts, Nutella remains popular throughout the world as a creamy, tasty, chocolate-flavored nutty spread. It was formulated and first introduced in Italy in the early 1960s. The manufacturer is an Italian company, Ferraro SpA, now the second largest confectionery and chocolate producer in the world. The company was founded in 1946 by Pietro Ferrero, who was a confectioner and local pastry maker in Alba, Piedmont.

From Quiz What Happened in Pudding Lane?

Answer: The Great Fire of London started.

It has long been accepted that the Great Fire of London started on that date, in the bakery of Thomas Farriner, whose property was in Pudding Lane. It was reported in 2016 that modern research had placed the actual site of the fire's beginning in nearby Monument Street, though it would have been in Pudding Lane in 1666. Pepys, whose diary gave a first-hand record of the Great Fire, lived from 1633 until 1703. He kept his most well-known diary between 1660 and 1669. Wren, the great architect who was given the task of rebuilding London (especially its churches) after the fire, lived from 1632 until 1723. Yorkshire pudding is said to have originated in Yorkshire some time in the 1730s.

From Quiz Slinging the Hash

Answer: Saltpetre

That dish would be quite delicious from our perspective otherwise. In Australia, we cook our own and have it freshly sliced with meals. In England, however, harking back to the days of the world wars, beef was in such short supply there that they took to importing it in tins from the Americas. The tradition has continued from that time. The English combine this tinned corned beef, the idea of which makes me feel decidedly queasy, with fried and browned onions, gravy or stock, and sometimes tinned tomatoes. They then add boiled and sliced potatoes (mashed would be nice too), and peas and carrots - and brown the lot under the grill. Quite yummy sounding really, apart from that canned corned beef. Interestingly, saltpetre has been used for several centuries as a food preservative, BUT this is a product which is also used in fertiliser, fuel for rockets and, perhaps most comical of all, in fireworks. One wonders how this works on the aftermath of the meal.

From Quiz Some Tannic Tangents

Answer: Patrick Jane ('The Mentalist')

Patrick Jane is a reformed psychic and con-artist, employed as a consultant to the California Bureau of Investigation. In almost every episode he is shown as brewing or drinking a cup of his favourite beverage, on which he is quite an expert. One of his favourites is Lapsang Souchong. He often uses a cup of tea as a means to set the mood for his questioning of suspects and witnesses.

From Quiz Pass The Mustard, Please!

Answer: A Midsummer Night's Dream

'A Midsummer Night's Dream' is a Shakespeare comedy which takes place in Athens and features three different groups of characters: the fairies, a group of actors (one of whom is Nick Bottom, a weaver whose head is transformed into that of a donkey), and a group of young Athenians. Hermia, who is supposed to marry Demetrius, loves Lysander; Lysander loves Hermia; and Demetrius loves Hermia at first, but ends up falling in love with Helena, who has the hots for him. Oberon, the fairy king, orders his servant Puck anoint Demetrius' eyes with a love potion that will make him fall in love with the first person he sees, and chaos ensues after Puck mistakes Lysander for Demetrius. Peaseblossom, Mustardseed, Moth and Cobweb are all servants of the fairy queen Titania, another victim of the love juice, who falls in love with Bottom. Random mustard factoid: the first people to use mustard as a condiment in Europe were the Romans, who mixed grape juice with ground mustard seeds imported from India. In fact, mustard gets its name from the Latin 'mustum ardens', which means 'burning must' ('must' is a type of grape juice made in the early stages of winemaking).

From Quiz BarNaCle Bill's History of Salt

Answer: 90%

Most of the saltwater on Earth is in the oceans. There are also several salt lakes such as the Great Salt Lake in Utah, USA, which is reportedly eight times saltier than the oceans. We bobbed around in it on a camping trip many years ago and found that it was almost impossible to sink. The Morton Salt Factory sits on the shore of the lake. Unfortunately, the surface was almost black with salt flies or no-see-ums. Being out in some strong sun and unable to shower until the next state, we noticed our skin turning whitish and we became very thirsty in the next two days. Showering in Arizona's Grand Canyon campground got the worst of it off.

From Quiz Would You Like an Oatcake?

Answer: Pancake

It is a kind of pancake made from oatmeal, flour, baking powder, shortening and water. It is usually cooked on a griddle or 'baxton'.

From Quiz FunTrivia in the Grocery Store

Answer: Black-eyed peas

The Black-Eyed Peas are a hip-hop band formed in 1995. In the southern United States, it is thought that if you eat black-eyed peas on New Year's Day, you will prosper for the next year.

From Quiz Guitargoddess and the Pan-galactic Gargleblaster

Answer: Project Runway

Kara Janx is a fashion designer originally from Johannesburg, South Africa, residing in New York City. She was a contestant during the second season of "Project Runway" (2005-2006) and was eliminated after 11 episodes. "Project Runway" premiered on Bravo in 2004, and moved to the Lifetime network in 2009. Supermodel Heidi Klum hosts.

From Quiz A Little Salt on It, Sir?

Answer: NaCl

Sodium is a very reactive alkali metal, and chlorine is a dangerous gas, but together they combine to make one of the most useful compounds known to mankind. Iron oxide, or haematite, is a black, or in its rarer form, red crystal used in jewellery. C7H5N3O6 is the formula for trinitrotoluene, commonly known as TNT, which is not likely to be used with food, nor is HCl, which is hydrochloric acid, and very potent stuff indeed.

From Quiz Salt of the Earth

Answer: Rolling Stones

'Salt of the Earth' is the final track of the acclaimed 'Beggars Banquet' album by the Rolling Stones. The lyrics, penned by Keith Richard and Mick Jagger are as relevant today as they were forty years ago - a toast to hard-working people, the 'Salt of the Earth'.

From Quiz Salty Questions

Answer: Mercury

From Quiz Tasty Trivia

Answer: Tutti Frutti

The Little Richard classic.

From Quiz It's Tea Time

Answer: The Beverly Hillbillies

With seven Emmy nominations, "The Beverly Hillbillies" is one of the most popular and widely syndicated shows in TV history. A 1993 film adaptation wasn't quite as critically acclaimed.

From Quiz All About Breakfast

Answer: Holly Golightly

Hepburn co-stared with George Peppard, Patricia Neal, Buddy Ebsen, Martin Balsam and Mickey Rooney. Holly Golightly was a toast of Manhattan café society. The film won two Academy Awards: one for Best Original Score and the other Best Original Song, "Moon River."

From Quiz Trivial Mixed Nuts

Answer: insects, nuts, and seeds

Nuthatches are a genus of small, passerine birds belonging to the Sittidae family. All the several species weigh less than one ounce. Passerines are a large and varied order of birds characterized by feet which allow them to perch on thin branches. Given their size, they couldn't possibly kill mammals and have no interest in roadkill. Very few birds are true, strict vegetarians. Even most largely plant-based bird diets are supplemented with insects. The nuthatch gets its name from its feeding behavior. It will take a seed, wedge it into a crevice in the bark of a tree or the crotch of a branch, and 'hatchet' it open with its sharp beak. These birds can be observed hopping up and down trees, pecking into breaks in the bark, looking for insects.

From Quiz Food for Thought - Comestibles with Attitude

Answer: Fruit of a poison tree

The correct answer is the legal term used in the USA to describe evidence that was tainted because it was obtained illegally. The others are fruity answers that are incorrect.

From Quiz What Happened in Pudding Lane?

Answer: The eating

The literal meaning of "the proof of the pudding is in the eating" was that you had to eat the pudding to know if it was any good. Expanding on that it came to be applied to other enterprises, and to mean that only by trying something could you judge its worth. The shortened version, "the proof is in the pudding" came into use in the 1920s, with essentially the same meaning.

From Quiz You Cannot Be Cereal!

Answer: Four pocket-size Disney comic books

The most notable Disney comic books are "Walt Disney's Comics and Stories", whose first issue was published in October 1940 and "Uncle Scrooge" which debuted on March 1952. Both of them and especially the second featured most of the stories written and drawn by Carl Barks, aka The Duckman.

From Quiz Slinging the Hash

Answer: Cannabis

Cannabis, also known as marijuana or "hash" in its concentrated form, is a plant that has been used for thousands of years by mankind, both as a medicine and as a psychoactive substance. In the dried plant form, this is smoked by those addicted to the substance, to alter their normal state of mind into that of relaxation and a feeling akin to euphoria. It also increases the appetite and sends half its users into fits of unrestrained laughter about nothing at all. Additionally, its negative effects can include red eyes, short-term memory loss, and acute feelings of paranoia or anxiety. How delightful. I have the same reaction from the electricity bill. As a medical substance, it has been used for thousands of years to alleviate symptoms of various illnesses. In the 21st century, it can be utilised to ease the feelings of nausea brought about when a patient has, sadly, had to undergo chemotherapy treatment. Those suffering AIDS have also been treated using the medical properties of cannabis/hashish, as have people who have to deal with painful muscular spasms or other painful conditions on a daily basis. Bearing in mind its negative effects, however, the medical profession is still definitely split over the issue of the safety and efficiency of using this product as a medical aid.

From Quiz International Menu - Answers Are Food & Drink

Answer: Duck Soup

"Duck Soup" featured Groucho as Rufus T. Firefly in 1933. "The Cocoanuts" was released in 1929, "Animal Crackers" in 1930 and "Room Service" in 1938.

From Quiz Foods For Thought

Answer: Strawberry

"Strawberry Fields Forever", a single release with "Penny Lane" in 1967, became one of the band's most famous hits from their psychedelic era. Many outlets have regarded it as one of The Beatles' most defining tracks. It reached number two on the UK Singles Chart and number eight on the Billboard 200 chart in the U.S., failing to top "Penny Lane" on the same record. The original Strawberry Fields were in Liverpool, England. After John Lennon's death in the 1980s, Strawberry Fields became a memorial in Central Park as well. Strawberries-- despite being referred to as berries-- are not actually berries. They're fruits created with several seeds on the outside. Allegedly, bananas are.

From Quiz Some Tannic Tangents

Answer: Cat Stevens

This album, which included tracks such as 'Wild World' and 'Where do the Children Play', was the one which established Cat Stevens' reputation in the United States, getting into the Top Ten in 1971.

From Quiz BarNaCle Bill's History of Salt

Answer: NaCl

Natrium (Sodium) Chloride is common table salt. Potassium can also be combined with chlorine to make potassium chloride, KCl, or both can be mixed in and used as cooking or table salt. Sodium and potassium are both necessary in the human body and ideally should be well balanced so one doesn't try pushing the other out. These minerals are needed for proper heart rhythm and many other functions. Too much or too little of either can cause leg cramps, dehydration or otherwise affect the organs and general health.

From Quiz Flatter than a Pancake

Answer: Silver Dollar Pancakes

Silver Dollar Pancakes are about the same size as a pre-1979 U.S. silver coin. The ingredients of these bite-size portions include the following: 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour 3 1/2 tablespoons baking powder 1 tablespoon salt 1 tablespoon sugar 1 egg 1 1/4 cups milk 3 tablespoons butter, melted Oil

From Quiz Would You Like an Oatcake?

Answer: Staffordshire

Oatcakes are a local specialty in North Staffordshire. They have often been called 'Staffordshire oatcakes' or 'potteries oatcakes' by non-locals because they are made in the area. It was once common for the oatcakes to be directly sold through the window of a house to customers in the street. There are very few of these old-time businesses left, but there are many small commercial businesses that sell their own products. There are also large commercial enterprises that sell oatcakes to supermarkets and even on-line.

From Quiz FunTrivia in the Grocery Store

Answer: Apple

Apple Blythe Allison Martin was born on May 14, 2004 to Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin. Paltrow told Oprah on the "Oprah Winfrey Show" that the name "sounded so sweet and conjured up a great picture". (Source: HelloMagazine.com)

From Quiz Salt of the Earth

Answer: 7 tablespoons

Sodium and chlorine are essential as separate ions within the human body and sodium chloride (salt) is not stored as such. Too much, or too little salt in the diet can affect health and recommendations for daily intake are in force in many countries.

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