Hungarian Goulash Trivia Quiz

Answer: Flummery

Flummery is any of various puddings, most simply a kind of oat porridge.
I hope this quiz of Hungarian tidbits whets your appetite for more.

Answer: Beef, paprika, tomatoes, and onions, often served over noodles

I say good old American stew can't have peas or basil and must have celery; some Hungarians cringe at tomatoes in their "gulyás."
To each his own.

Answer: Franz Liszt

Liszt, the "rock star" of his day, was a prolific composer and flamboyant performer who left women swooning and succumbed to the charms of a few. While still a boy, he studied with Czerny; he and Berlioz were friends. His illegitimate daughter, Cosima, was first Wagner's mistress and then his wife. Bartok lived later.

Thanks to player Cymruambyth for help in tweaking this a bit.

Answer: Reach more than an octave

Jankó was born in the Hungarian town of Tata. His keyboard had 264 keys arranged in 6 tiers, but has never gained the popularity Liszt supposedly predicted. Vintage keyboards are in museums around the world; electronic versions with 312 keys are available today.

Answer: A Hungarian term for "parliamentary deadlock"

Doesn't a laxative BREAK a deadlock??
The original flavor was chocolate, followed by fig, which, oddly enough, proved unpopular. ;)

Answer: Ford Model T

In 1908 Henry Ford's Model T - his brainchild midwived by a crack team of designers and draftsmen - made car ownership possible for the masses. Enter gridlock! The Erie Canal, opened in 1825, was engineered by home-grown Americans. The Boeing 707 was largely designed by American Maynard Pennell. The Wabash Cannonball exists only in American folk songs.

Answer: Ballpoint pen

Biro, a Jew, fled Hungary, eventually settling in Argentina. Although his pen was an improvement on others' ideas, his name was the one that stuck: ballpoint pens are still commonly called "biros" in Britain and Australia. Bíró sold his patent rights to Marcel Bich, who produced the ubiquitous Bic pen, sometimes called the Bic Biro.

Answer: Zsa Zsa Gabor

She was born Sari Gabor. Some doubt she ever competed in that beauty contest; others say she forfeited the beauty crown when it was discovered she was underage. But, Dahlink, no one even knows her real birth date....

Answer: George Soros

Soros was born György Schwartz in Budapest. A secret Jew, he survived the Nazi occupation. In 1947, he emigrated to England and in 1956 moved to New York City, where he made his billions on Wall St. and in other financial ventures. Today he uses his money to further global democracy, often to the consternation of conservatives.

Answer: The Bridge at Andau

Some 200,000 Hungarians, determined to escape Soviet communism, crossed the wooden bridge into Austria and then walked 5 miles to Andau. This quiz is dedicated to my friend, Tibor, whose parents carried him over that bridge to freedom.