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Food Trivia Quiz
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Food Trivia Quiz
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1. Typically only known by his title and last name, what famous cereal mascot technically has Horatio Magellan as his first and middle names?

2. What vanilla sandwich cookie with an elongated shape is made by Keebler and is partially named after the capital of Austria?

3. Used in five-spice powder, or with cinnamon and nutmeg in desserts, which spice gets its name from the French word for 'nail'? Incidentally, this spice can also be used around the home as a natural ant-repellent.

4. Horseradish was the first commercially packaged and sold foodstuff by what Pittsburgh-based company?

5. What is the colloquial term for a rotating tray often often placed on a table to aid in distributing food?

6. Introduced in 1927, what powdered drink mix is the official state soft drink of Nebraska, where it was invented?

7. The home stadium for the Pittsburgh Steelers, as well as the collegiate Pittsburgh Panthers, located on Art Rooney Avenue, is named after what food processing conglomerate with regional origins? Named after founder Henry, they are known for their many varieties of food products.

8. No lie: Burger Kings in Russia briefly launched a cryptocurrency named after what signature burger?

9. What is the name of the fluorescent-green, orange-flavored Hi-C variety that debuted in 1986 as a tie-in to the animated series 'The Real Ghostbusters?'

10. Before its name was shortened in 1930, the FDA's full name was the Food, Drug, and what Administration, which highlighted its work ensuring the safety of chemicals put on crops?

11. The Delaware-based company RAPA is considered the largest manufacturer of what food mush that is traditionally a combination of pork scraps, cornmeal, wheat flour, and spices?

12. Vermicast is the end result of processes including vermifiltration and vermicomposting, which are used in the breakdown of vegetation, foods, wastewater, and even sewage sludge. European nightcrawlers are a species of what type of animal used in these processes?

13. Long before 'Animal House,' Harvard's entire 1818 sophomore class was expelled for engaging in what sort of battle?

14. What General Mills snack food, whose core flavors include Original, Nacho Cheese, Chocolate Peanut Butter, and Caramel, dubs itself 'America's #1 Finger Hat?'

15. Known for its sweet and grassy flavor, which 6-letter ingredient beginning with P adds a green color to Asian desserts?

16. Rice-A-Roni, Cap'n Crunch, and Life Cereals are all food brands that PepsiCo acquired as part of their 2001 purchase of what company?

17. What food conglomerate owns diverse brands such as Buitoni Italian foods, DiGiornio frozen pizza, and Carnation evaporated milk? They are probably known by name mostly for their sweets, including Toll House cookies and various chocolate candies.

18. What chocolaty drink powder was featured in the decoded message from Little Orphan Annie in the 1983 film, 'A Christmas Story?'

19. Craisins are both a popular snack and a registered trademark. What fruit is used to make craisins?

20. The signature McDonalds breakfast sandwich, resembling a mass assembly version of an eggs Benedict, is the Egg ______. Introduced in 1972, its name is a one-word combination of the McDonalds brand and a small, domed cake made of batter. Fill in the blank.

21. Approved by the FDA in January 2021, Cabenuva, a combination of the drugs cabotegravir and rilpivirine, treats individuals with what viral infection?

22. The Reinheitsgebot is a series of regulations on the production of beer in what country?

23. San Francisco, CA is home to a vendor building home to produce, cheese, coffee, and prepared food known as the ______ Building. Fill in the one word 'F' blank, a term for a ship designed to carry passengers or goods over short distances.

24. Gran Parrilla del Plata, Nuestro Secreto, El Pobre Luis, and Cabaña Las Lilas are four of the 13 steakhouses featured as the best by Condé Nast in what South American CITY known for its tasty bovine?

25. Alternating layers of ladyfingers soaked in a coffee-liqueur combo with mascarpone cheese and chocolate gets you what uplifting Italian dessert?