quiz for the week of october 12th

1. True or false: Corn is a fruit?

2. What modern Italian dish that originated in postwar Naples and has become popular on Italian American menus, is loosely (no pun intended) translated as "pasta the way a whore would make it"?

3. Why does the animal cracker box have a string attached to it?

4. What popular drink was produced accidentally by a Dutch professor who was attempting to produce a blood cleanser that could be sold in drugstores?

5. This famous Italian chef was born in Milan in 1930. He is considered the founder of modern Italian cuisine but initially wanted to be a concert pianist, not a chef. He was the first chef in Italy to earn three Michelin stars.

6. This popular fall vegetable is rich in Vitamins C and A as well as fiber and beta carotene. It's 90% water and was once recommended as a remedy for both snake bites and freckles.

7. What is cubeb a variety of?

8. The word limey as American slang to describe the British originates from the time when the British Navy arriving in the United States used limes on their voyage to prevent what disease? BONUS: What is lacking in the diet that causes this disease?

9. A chili is technically not a pepper as it does not fall into the old world variety of the Piper family. Who was the first person to call a "chili" a "chili pepper"?

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