HOW MUCH DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THE AMERICAN CENTURY IN FOOD?

1. HOW MUCH DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THE AMERICAN CENTURY IN FOOD?

2. Hollywood’s Brown Derby restaurant opened in the twenties and catered to the stars, but it left a legacy for the masses with a dish that was named after owner Robert Cobb. It was: • The Rob Roy cocktail • Brownies • Apple Cobbler • Cobb Salad

3. One of America’s best-known culinary figures isn’t a real person at all; she was created in 1921 by the company that would later become General Mills. This figurehead had a radio show and has updated her look several times. Who is she? • Martha Stewart • Betty Crocker • Sara Lee • Aunt Jemima

4. Tang, an instant orange “juice” that hit supermarket in shelves in 1959, became popular when it: • Was served with airplane breakfasts • Was approved by the FDA • Went to the moon. • Was included in school lunches

5. Ernest Hamwi is credited with an invention conceived at the St. Louis World’s Fair in 1904. As the story goes, an ice cream vendor ran out of cups, and Hamwi came to the rescue, using his thin pastries to make: • Belgian waffles • Ice cream sandwiches • Ice cream cones • Crepes suzette

6. Which pasta dish was invented in Rome in 1914 and later became famous when honeymooners Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford frequented the restaurant where it was created? • Fettuccine Alfredo • Gnocchi • Spaghetti Os • Pasta Marinara

7. In 1985, the Coca-Cola Company made a Major formula change, but disappointed consumers didn’t “Catch the Wave”, as the new slogan suggested. The change was: • Adding calories to Diet Coke • Removing the trace of cocaine that was in the original formula • Reducing the amount of caffeine • Introducing New Coke

8. Among the earliest fast-food hamburger chains was this Kansas establishment, which opened in 1921. Its name described the shape of its building. • The Golden Arches • Fatburger • White Castle • Jack in the Box

9. This native New Englander, who can be seen on the Food Network cooking the style of his adopted city of New Orleans, exclaims “Bam!” while kicking it up a notch. • Jasper White • Emeril Lagasse • Paul Prudhomme • Bobby Flay

10. In 1982, less than a decade after moving to the United States, Wolfgang Puck opened Spago in West Hollywood, where he served his trademark smoked duck pizza. Where is he from? • Peking • Austria • Naples • Germany

11. Lombardi’s, the first American pizzeria, opened in 1905 in which city? • New York • Chicago • Rome, New York • Mystic, Connecticut

12. Which of the following things was introduced in 1937 and has been a Bachelor-pad staple ever since? • Swanson TV dinner • Pizza delivery • Kraft Macaroni & Cheese • Lucky Lager

13. If you eat these in the dark, you’ll quite possibly see sparks. • Pop Rocks • Wint-o-green Life Savers • Habanero chilies • Electric Eels

14. Which dessert was created in the 1950s and named after a customer of Brennan’s restaurant in New Orleans? • Bananas Foster • Angel food cake • Charlotte • Napolean

15. Sophia Loren once said, “Everything you see I owe to _________.” • The cabbage soup diet • Olive oil • Plastic surgery • Spaghetti

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