FOOD TRIVIA QUIZ (new DAILY questions) 1) Yuban brand coffee was developed in the early 20th century by coffee merchant John Arbuckle. Do you know how he came up with the name Yuban? 2) In 1191, Englands Richard the Lion Hearted leads the 3rd Crusade in a victory over Saracen leader Saladin. As a peace offering, Saladin presents Richard with a sweet treat made with a special ingredient from Lebanon. Can you name the special ingredient, and the name the treat is known by today? 3) The following events all took place in the same year - name that year: * Friskees introduced the first dry cat food * Rice-A-Roni goes on sale. Produced by Vince De Domenico from an Armenian family recipe. * Cocoa Puffs is introduced by General Mills; it’s 43% sugar. * Cocoa Krispies is introduced by Kellogg’s - its 45.9% sugar. * There are 4,063 drive in movie screens nationwide. *Jolly Green Giant was born. He appears on TV, but he looks like a monster and scares kids. So they lighten him up a bit, added Ho, ho, ho and add a catchy jingle. * Sweet n Low was introduced as an artificial sweetener (granulated saccharin, dextrose, cream of tartar and calcium silicate). It received U.S. trademark patent no. 1,000,000. * Frank Carney, 18 years old, reads about the pizza fad with college students. He borrows $600 from his mother and opens the first Pizza Hut in Wichita, Kansas. * McDonalds sold its 100 millionth hamburger.
Posted on: Tue, 09 Dec 2014 13:06:45 +0000
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