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Flour Power Trivia Quiz

Man may not live on bread alone but it certainly helps. Bread is found in all parts of the world and in all historic civilizations. It comes in all shapes, sizes, textures and flavours. This quiz was done in response to a challenge.

A multiple-choice quiz by fallingman. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
fallingman

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
378,426

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
8 / 10

Plays
509

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Question 1 of 10

1. What is the Tibetan flour made from ground roasted barley? Hint

Tsampa

Sambuca

Sampan

Samosa

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Question 2 of 10

2. "Let them eat cake", it is alleged that Marie Antoinette said about the starving poor of France before the revolution. Almost certainly she didn't say it but if she did she would not have referred to "cake". What word could she have used? Hint

Bain marie

Brioche

Baguette

Beignet

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Question 3 of 10

3. What bread would you associate with San Francisco? Hint

Pumpernickel

Sourdough

Laverbread

Donuts

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Question 4 of 10

4. What is the name for the heavy dark German bread made with rye flour? Hint

Rumpelstiltskin

Pumpernickel

Humperdinck

Pamplemousse

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Question 5 of 10

5. Where would you find the thin bread cakes known as lembas? Hint

Northern Greece

Western Bhutan

Southern Africa

Middle Earth

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Question 6 of 10

6. What is the name of the lower stationary stone used for grinding flour in medieval times? Hint

Quirt

Quark

Quern

Quinine

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Question 7 of 10

7. What caused the destruction of the Washburn Mill in Minneapolis in 1878? Hint

Flour leaking on to the rails caused a derailment and the train crashed into the mill.

The flour supplies got wet, expanded and demolished the walls of the storage unit.

The flour in the air exploded

The rats in the mill grew so large that it had to be condemned and closed.

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Question 8 of 10

8. According to the gospels, what did Jesus do with five barley loaves and two small fish?

Hint

Had a small lunch with his apostles

Gave them to the money changers at the temple.

Made fish sandwiches for his mother

Fed five thousand people at the Sea of Tiberias

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Question 9 of 10

9. Which kind of bread is made in a Tandoor oven? Hint

Sourdough

Pita

Naan

Crisp bread

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Question 10 of 10

10. What bread was traditionally baked with a hole in the middle so that it could be stored on sticks under the roof? Hint

Russian steppe bread

Hawaiian hula bread

Carolina corn bread

Swedish crispbread

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What is the Tibetan flour made from ground roasted barley?

Answer: Tsampa

This has been described as the most Tibetan of all dishes. Mixed with butter tea, dried yak cheese and sugar it is made into a dough called "pa". This is still a common meal in central Tibet and travellers carry the ingredients to mix up a batch of pa on the road.

Answer: Brioche

Brioche is a sweet bread containing sugar and eggs that developed over the centuries in France, possibly from the "blessed bread" of the Church. The name seems to come from the old Norman word "brie" for a wooden roller.

3. What bread would you associate with San Francisco?

Answer: Sourdough

Sourdough bread does not require the addition of yeast (beyond the natural yeast present in the sourdough itself). It is started by fermented flour and water. It is known for a crispy crust and its chewiness.

4. What is the name for the heavy dark German bread made with rye flour?

Answer: Pumpernickel

Pumpernickel bread is associated with Germany and is made with rye flour. It is a traditional peasant staple that takes a long time to bake.

Rumpelstiltskin is in a fairy story, Humperdinck represented Britain in the Eurovision Song Contest and Pamplemousse is the French for grapefruit.

5. Where would you find the thin bread cakes known as lembas?

Answer: Middle Earth

Tolkien invented the elf bread called lembas or waybread which is used by the elves for food on long journeys.

6. What is the name of the lower stationary stone used for grinding flour in medieval times?

Answer: Quern

The top stone is called the handstone and the lower the quernstone. Since the Neolithic period this simple technology has been used to grind flour. The best quern stones are made of a hard rough stone like basalt. The oldest known such stone dates to about 9000 BC but simple grinding technology like this was used right up to the industrial age.

Quark is a German cheese or a subatomic particle, Quinine used to be given to sufferers of malaria and a Quirt is a small whip

7. What caused the destruction of the Washburn Mill in Minneapolis in 1878?

Answer: The flour in the air exploded

May 2, 1878, one of the world's largest flour mills (in Minneapolis) blew up when a spark set the flour dust in the air on fire. Eighteen workers died. This disaster led to reforms and better ventilation in mills.

8. According to the gospels, what did Jesus do with five barley loaves and two small fish?

Answer: Fed five thousand people at the Sea of Tiberias

The recipe for that bread would be worth having! This event was said to have happened at Bethsaida. It is described in several of the gospels.

9. Which kind of bread is made in a Tandoor oven?

Answer: Naan

There is a lot of similarity between the Spanish/Greek Pita bread and the Indian Naan bread but Naan is cooked in a tandoor and sometimes has yoghurt added to the recipe. They are both delicious for mopping up the right sauce.

10. What bread was traditionally baked with a hole in the middle so that it could be stored on sticks under the roof?

Answer: Swedish crispbread

Swedish crispbread used to be baked just twice a year - after the harvest and in the spring. While once it was considered to be food for the poor, like oysters, it is now considered a more sophisticated choice particularly for the diet conscious.

Source: Author fallingman

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