I Scream, You Scream! Trivia Quiz

Answer: Ice-houses

The methods used by the Chinese to store ice for long periods of time evolved into the methods used to store ice cream sold out of a cart. Ice cream (or ice cream tubs) would be immersed in a mixture of salt and ice in order to lower the temperature and keep it frozen.

Whilst ice cream as we know it probably was not invented in China, there were references to ice based desserts in the Asian country, which seem to be most comparable to today's sorbets or sno-cones.

Answer: "Snow from the mountains"

Needless to say, the slaves would rush back before the snow would melt so as not to face Nero's wrath.

Alexander the Great was one of history's greatest generals, and also a fan of his icy snacks. He also would order his soldiers to retrieve ice and to dig it into the ground so as to have a supply which could then be used with fresh fruit or in fruit based drinks.

Also, the ice obtained by Ancient Greeks was sometimes mixed with honey and eaten after meals or as snacks.

Many claim that Mesopotamia was the home of icehouses rather than China. One thing that is clear is that the concept of iced desserts had become widespread around the Mediterranean at the start of the first millennium CE.

Answer: Charles I

Charles' chef (thought to be either French or Italian) made ice cream a staple food at the royal table. It is thought that Charles paid the chef to keep the recipe a secret, but after Charles' beheading in 1649 the chef let the secret slip, and many royals around Europe soon began to enjoy the cold creamy dessert.

The first professional ice cream maker is said to be the chef, Ruggeri. He was the chef of Italian born French Queen Catherine de Medici (1519-1589). Ruggeri made several types of sorbets and "iced creams" for the wedding of Catherine to the Duc d'Orleans (later Henri II).

Answer: Vanilla

Yes, the Americans loved (and still love) ice cream, with vanilla as the top flavour in terms of volume consumed.

George Washington was also a fan of ice cream, having paid $200 (a fair bit at the time) for a particular recipe. His wife, Martha, is actually credited by some (wrongfully so) as the inventor of ice cream. It is said she left a bowl of cream outside on a cold night and in the morning it had congealed and become thick and creamy.

James and Dolly Madison were also said to have served ice cream at their second inaugural ball.

Yet another American president who enjoyed the dish was Franklin D. Roosevelt, who revealed in 1935 that he liked to have ice cream at least once a day.

The difference in familiarity with ice cream between the classes was shown in America as well as Europe, as when immigrants were given a serving of ice cream upon their arrival they would spread this "frozen butter" on bread.

Answer: Nancy Johnson

Johnson sold the design and rights to William Young two years later for $200. He went on to patent the "Johnson Patent Ice Cream Freezer", giving clear credit to its creator.

Jacob Fussell is seen as the first man to create an industry in ice-cream production. He was a milk dealer looking for a new way to use his cream. He discovered that he could do so by turning it into ice cream. His Baltimore factory utilized icehouses and a larger version of Johnson's machine. By the start of the American Civil War he had additional ice cream plants in Boston, New York and Washington. Despite these advancements it was not until the 20th century that ice cream became a nationwide phenomenon.

Answer: Licking it off of a glass plate

These were known as "penny licks", as you paid a penny to lick the ice cream off of the glass slide.

The issue of who invented the ice cream cone is very debatable. Cones seemed to have become popularized at the 1904 St. Louis state fair. Many claim that the cone was invented when a Syrian immigrant at the fair gave some "waffle-like pastry" to his neighbour, who was selling ice cream and had run out of glass slides. This is by no means definitive, as many other vendors at the very same fair claim to have created the cone. With so many ice cream and waffle pastry vendors present at the state fair, this debate will surely continue.

The most likely account tells of a man called Italo Marciony being the inventor of the cone. He noticed that many of his glass slides would break whilst his customers ate/licked the ice cream. He therefore created a paper cone to hold the ice cream. He then went on to create an "edible cone" which he patented one year before the St. Louis state fair. So, although the ice cream cone became popularised during the 1904 St. Louis state fair it seems likely that it was *invented* by Marciony.

Answer: Wall's

The slogan was thought up by Cecil Rodd, a Wall's employee.

Wall's bought many tricycles from 1923 onwards and their sales clearly improved. During World War II, ice cream sales plummeted and Wall's lost many of their tricycles, confiscated to provide a supply of metal for the war effort. Following the war, Wall's sold their remaining tricycles and used the money to invest in large freezers. Wall's is now an international company which sells ice cream and several other food products.

Answer: Sundae

Ice cream sodas (or ice cream floats) were once banned in America on holy days. An alternative dish made with sauce, a cherry and sometimes other toppings became known as the sundae as it could be served on Sundays. The sundae was new and interesting at the time as the sauce was served as a topping rather than a way of making flavoured ice cream.

Two Rivers' claims it was the site of the first sundae. This claim dates back to 1881 when the druggist Edward Berner poured sauce over ice cream after being asked to do so by a customer (George Hallauer). Due to Hallauer's enjoyment of the dish, Berner began to advertise "ice cream with syrup" in his shop for a nickel and it soon became very popular.

Ithaca's story is very similar - church treasurer and pharmacist, Chester C. Platt served vanilla ice cream topped with cherry sauce and a candied cherry to his friend, Reverend John M. Scott. Scott was said to have loved the dish and recommended that Platt should name it after the day it was made (Sunday). Although this incident occurred 11 years after that in Two Rivers, there is more documented evidence that the sundae was, in fact, first made in Ithaca, New York.

Answer: Green tea

The Japanese often serve ice cream in the "traditional" way - served in a bowl or sundae glass. However, there are also more interesting ways of serving ice cream such as "mochi" ice cream - a pulverised sticky rice coat with an ice cream filling.

Many countries have many variations on how they serve their ice cream, whether it be with butter in place of cream (as some are in France), very dense (as some are in India), or chewy (as some are in Greece). Equally there have been some questionable flavour choices such as olive oil (as found in some Greek parlours), any number of flavours found in UK seaside resorts such as curry or carrot, or even "Smurf" flavour, which can be found in Italy.

Answer: Neapolitan

Neapolitan is named after the Italian city of Naples and shares its name with the inhabitants of the city.

The ice cream used to consist of three different flavours side-by-side of any flavour but is now almost always vanilla, strawberry and chocolate.