CULINARY QUIZ
1) What is the only U.S. state capital city that does not have a McDonalds Restaurant?
a) Cheyenne, Wyoming
b) Montpelier, Vermont
c) Providence, Rhode Island
d) Helena, Montana
e) Juneau, Alaska

2) Why are there thousands of grasshoppers in the foundation blocks of the First United Methodist Church in Hutchinson, Kansas?

3) Can you name the 4 original flavors of Jell-O?

4) How many gallons of maple sap does it take to make a gallon of maple syrup?

5) What was the first ready-mix food to be sold commercially?
a) Duncan Hines Cake Mix
b) Aunt Jemima Pancake Flour
c) Bisquick
d) Betty Crocker Cake Mix

6) Where was the first potato planted in the U.S.?
a) Idaho
b) New York
c) South Carolina
d) New Hampshire
e) Massachusetts

7) Where is the largest contiguous ranch in the U.S.?
a) Texas
b) Montana
c) Hawaii
d) Alaska
e) Wyoming

8) Where is the largest Gingko farm in the world?
a) United States
b) Japan
c) China
d) Brazil
e) Korea

9) What is the largest cash crop in Missouri?
a) Sweet Potatoes
b) Peanuts
c) Corn
d) Sunflowers
e) Soybeans

 

1) b) Montpelier, Vermont is the only U.S. state capital without a McDonald’s restaurant.

2) When the First United Methodist Church in Hutchinson, Kansas was being built in 1874, there was a grasshopper plague. The foundation was being laid for the church, and the pastor insisted the work continue. As the mortar was being mixed for the foundation, thousands of grasshoppers were mixed into it.

3) The original Jell-O flavors were orange, lemon, strawberry and raspberry.

4) It takes about 40 gallons of sap to make 1 gallon of maple syrup.

5) b) In 1889, Aunt Jemima pancake flour, invented at St. Joseph, Missouri, was the first self-rising flour for pancakes and the first ready-mix food ever to be introduced commercially.

6) d) The first potato planted in the United States was at Londonderry Common Field, New Hampshire, in 1719.

7) c) The largest contiguous ranch, in the U.S., is in Hawaii. The Parker Ranch near Kamuela has about 480,000 acres of land.

8) a) Sumter, South Carolina has the largest Gingko farm in the world.

9) e) Soybeans are the largest cash crop in Missouri