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1. Butter has been made the world over for centuries. How far back does the earliest written record go?
2. From which language do we trace the word "butter"?
3. You may never have heard of Caroline Shawk Brooks, unless you are from Arkansas where she is a bit of a hero, but what particular use did she put butter to in the 1860s?
4. Some ancient peoples valued butter so much that their dead were buried with barrels of it. Which of these were among them?
5. "The Butter Battle Book" was a rhyming anti-war story by an author noted for producing books for children. Who was it?
6. "A big jug of coffee had just been set in the hearth, the seed-cakes were gone, and the dwarves were starting on a round of buttered scones, when there came a loud knock"
Where, in literature, would you find these lines?
7. Most of the butter we consume is of a yellow colour. What natural pigment gives it this colour?
8. Which hero of children's rhyme "...bought some butter, but, she said, the butter's bitter; if I put it in my batter it will make my batter bitter, but a bit of better butter will make my batter better."
9. Who, according to literature, would you be likely to find in the Three Broomsticks drinking a pint of butterbeer?
10. If you cream together some unsalted butter with icing sugar and boiling water, what spirit should you add to make a delicious accompaniment to Christmas pudding or mince pies?
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