Free Food Trivia Questions
Lots of free food trivia questions about such things as tomato juice, lemons, Eggs, life savers, coffee, pizza, and other foods.
According to U.S. Agriculture Department grading regulations how many ounces must a dozen "jumbo" eggs weigh?
A :Thirty ounces.
Black-eyed peas are not peas. What are they?
A: Beans.
What product was introduced in Japanese supermarkets after a
survey showed half the country's young people weren't able to use
chopsticks?
A: Trainer chopsticks, with loops to show users where to put their
fingers.
The pretzel shape was created by French monks in 610A.D.. What
was it designed to resemble?
A : A little child's arms in prayer.
What American brewery was the first to market beer in a bottle?
A: F & M Schaefer.
Two states have official beverages. Florida's is orange juice.
What's the other state and its beverage?
A: Ohio, tomato juice.
In 1867 Emperor Napoleon III had a chemist develop a food product
"for the army, navy, and the needy classes of the population." what
was it?
A: Margarine.
The father f what American poet invented Peppermint Life Savers?
A: Hart Crane; his father's name was Clarence.
In cooking, how many drops to a teaspoon?
A: Sixty.
Who invented evaporated milk in 1853?
A: Gail Borden, who went on to invent a variety of juice
concentrates and became known as "the father of the instant food
industry."
What was the first of H.J. Heinz'"57 varieties"?
A: Horseradish, marketed in 1869.
What flavor ice cream did Dolly Madison serve at the inaugural
festivities in 1812?
A: Strawberry.
Where was the first automated fortune cookie machine
manufactured?
A: In Japan, for Los Angeles' Hong Kong Noodle Co., which first
introduced cookies with messages (written by a Presbyterian
minister) in 1918.
How many pounds of roasted, ground coffee does one coffee tree
yield annually?
A: Just one.
What does the word "pizza" mean in Italian?
A: Pie, which makes the phrase "pizza pie" redundant.
Who said: "Never eat more than you can lift"?
A: Miss Piggy.
Where does the name "Sanka" come from?
A: Sans caffeine, French for without caffeine.
What does VVSOP mean on a cognac bottle?
A : Very Very Superior Old Pale.
What was the drink we know as the Bloody Mary originally called?
A: The Red Snapper, which was its name when it crossed the Atlantic
from Harry's New York Bar in Paris.
What product did Mother Nature personified endorse in a
television commercial, and who played the role?
A: Chiffon Margarine; Dena Dietrich played Mother Nature.
What is the traditional food served a Wimbledon each year?
A: Strawberries and cream.
Who originally coined the phrase that has been appropriated as
the slogan for Maxwell House coffee; "Good to the last drop"?
A: President Theodore Roosevelt.
Who first developed frozen foods?
A: Clarence Birdseye, in 1930.
What was the first commercially-manufactured breakfast cereal?
A: Shredded Wheat, made by Henry Perky in 1882.
How tall is gourmet cook Julia Child?
A: 6 foot 2 inches.
What is the name of the dog on the crackerjack box?
A: Bingo.
Cleopatra used the juice of what common salad ingredient to
preserve her skin?
A: Cucumber, which is still used in the skin care--in facial creams,
lotions and cleansers.
What seeds are used to flavor the Scandinavian liquor aquavit?
A: Caraway seeds.
How many lemons does the average lemon tree yield per year?
A: 1,500. The trees usually bloom throughout the year, with the
fruit picked 6 to 10 times a year.
