Nosh- A Beer and A Snack Trivia Quiz

Answer: Corona

Corona is probably one of the best known Mexican beers. Many others like Tecate, Dos Equis, Carta Blanca, Modelo, just to name a few, are readily available in the United States and elsewhere.

Answer: Red Stripe

Red Stripe was imported to the U.S. in 1985 in tall green beer bottles. It wasn't well received, so they switched to the familiar squat brown bottles sold in Jamaica.

Answer: Sam Smith

Humphrey Smith opened a brewery in Tadcaster, Yorkshire, England in 1758. The brewery still maintains a team of dray horses that deliver beer in Tadcaster.

Answer: Heineken

Heineken has been brewed since 1873. There are 40 breweries around the world. Their green bottle and red star are very distinctive.

Answer: Budweiser

Budweiser has been the best selling in the world, and the U.S. but Bud Light has taken over the spotlight in the United States. Budweiser and Bud Light are brewed by the largest brewer in the world, Anheuser-Busch.

Answer: popcorn

Most corn is grown in the Corn Belt which includes most of the states that border Canada. Some say native Americans discovered popping corn. Others say popping corn was eaten by ancient Egyptians. No matter where it started, can you imagine a movie theater lobby without the smell of popcorn? And did you know, popcorn has its own month; that's right, October is national popcorn month since 1999 in the USA.

Answer: potato chips

One story says a chef in New York in 1853 got tired of people sending back his fried potatoes so he sliced them so thin that the patrons couldn't use a fork to pick them up. Packaged chips originally weren't seasoned. Salt was the first seasoning. In the '50s, Cheese & Onion and Salt & Vinegar were marketed. Nowadays, if you can think of it, someone has probably seasoned a chip with it. For six years, a professor in Florida has studied the sounds that potato chips make when you eat them believing that auditory sensations are almost as important as taste.

Answer: pretzel

Pretzels are actually bread, that is, they are made from flour and water and yeast which makes dough. Dough is formed into strips and baked. The size and shape allow for many varieties of pretzel. Most pretzels are sprinkled with salt and the yummiest ones from the vendors on the streets of New York City or from your State Fair can be loaded with mustard. Northwest Airlines expects to save $2,000,000 by not providing free pretzels in flight.

Answer: crackers

In the late 1700's a U.S. baker made a bread-like product that would eventually be called cracker. Sailors liked crackers because of their long shelf life. They called the thin wafer hardtack or sea biscuits. In the U.S., cookies and crackers look similar but are distinguished from each other by taste. Cookies in general are sweet, where as crackers are savory or salty. And here is one to ponder; why are Animal Crackers called 'crackers' instead of Animal Cookies?

Answer: salsa

Some people claim that salsa outsells ketchup, mustard, and mayo. TV ads claim salsa is the best selling condiment. The dictionary defines condiment as 'something used to give a special flavor to food'. Using that broad definition, I think salt would win as the best selling or most used but salsa is incredible.

The USDA allows schools to list two tablespoons of salsa as a serving of vegetables. Did they forget that tomatoes are fruit?