FOOD & DRINK
20 questions based on something to do with food and drink
1. In which country is it the custom to drink alcohol at home in your underwear?
2. Which wine was discovered not to need a long sea voyage, as had previously been thought, in order to bring it to maturity but could be perfected by simpler means
3. What is the oldest wine of protected origin? (i.e. appellation controlee).?
4. In which present day country has the earliest evidence of wine making been found?
5. How did the unique contribution of George Smith of Upper Drumin in 1824 go against the grain of the industry concerned?
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6. For what consumable item are we indebted to Maria Ann Sherwood, born in Beckley, Sussex in 1839?
7. What animal was the result of a large unsold stock of ginger beer being experimentally added to some lime juice and vodka?
8. What edible item provides a concrete consideration that a legal contract is valid?
9. For what national holiday do Americans traditionally eat corned beef, Swiss cheese, sauerkraut and Russian dressing grilled between slices of rye bread?
10. Which jawless fish with a toothed funnel-like sucking mouth altered the course of English history?
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11. What foodstuff resulted from a doctor’s advice to an overweight patient to restrict himself solely to a diet of pickled fish?
12. Where, according to popular folklore, was the Duc de Richelieu when he was first introduced to the virtues of adding egg yolk to vinaigrette?
13. Which famous cheese is not permitted to be produced in the town after which it is named?
14. What is the link between Chartreuse, clementines, and Westvletern Beer?
15. What was the first edible item grown to maturity in space?
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16. In 1516 what new word replaced gelouhread in common usage to denote a specific colour?
17. In the absence of any citrus fruit, what item was extensively used in Britain during the second World War to maintain high Vitamin C levels?
18. When did they absolutely knew that all we’d want to do and shout to everyone in sight that since the world began no woman and a man have ever been as happy as we are tonight?
19. On what occasion was a ten course meal served of which the first course was oysters, the second soup, the third poached salmon, the fourth sautéed chicken, the fifth lamb (or beef or duckling) the sixth Punch Romaine, the seventh roast squab, the eighth asparagus, the ninth pate foie gras, and the tenth desserts varieuses?
20. Where, on Christmas Day, did the menu consist of stuffed head of donkey, elephant soup, kangaroo stew and haunch of wolf?
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