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1. The 6th century B.C.E. was when the first sign of pizza being an actual dish started to pop up. Soldiers of the Persian Empire, led then by King Darius the Great, were noted for eating a baked flat bread topped with cheese and what other topping?
2. "Beneath a shady tree, the hero spread his table on the turf, with cakes of bread; And, with his chiefs, on forest fruits he fed. They sate; and (not without the god's command). Their homely far dispatch'd, the hungry band invades their trenchers next, and soon devours to mend the scanty meal, their cakes of flour...See, we devour the plates on which we fed". This epic, "The Aeneid", was written by Virgil in the 1st century B.C.E. and it is believed to be the first time that pizza was mentioned in script. The protagonist of this story, Aeneas, was also a main character in which other epic poem?
3. The "flatbreads" of the last couple of centuries B.C.E. and the first couple of centuries C.E. served to feed hundreds of thousands of people. Which of these breads is the only "flatbread" that is considered pizza dough and is often times topped with olive oil, herbs, meats and vegetables?
4. What topping, brought from America to Europe in the 16th century, revolutionized the "flatbread" into the form that we now know as pizza?
5. Pizza started to become a product that was sold by street vendors in the 18th century. Then in 1830 the Antica Pizzeria Port'Alba in Naples, Italy opened up and started having seating for people to eat at their restaurant. To this day the many people in Naples believe that there are only two true types of pizza, the "Marinara" and the "Margherita". What is the main ingredient that is used in the "Margherita" but not in the "Marinara"?
6. Pizza started being sold on the streets of American by vendors in the late 19th century. In which borough of New York, New York, USA was the first pizzeria opened up in the United States?
7. It wasn't until after World War II that the pizza gained popularity outside of the Italian communities. Soldiers that served in campaigns throughout Italy were coming home and they wanted the food that they had eaten during the war. Pizzerias started to open up all over the country and one in particular, Pizzeria Uno in Chicago, crafted a new type of pizza called the "deep dish". What year was this pizza first created?
8. Now, with all that pizza out there someone had to develop a way to get it to the public in a timely manner. What pizza company, founded by Tom Monaghan in 1960, pioneered the delivery of the pizza?
9. Some people just have no idea of the true value of money, like restauranteur Domenico Crolla who created a pizza that cost $2,750 in 2006. Which of these items did not appear on one the most expensive pizzas ever made?
10. How many pounds of pizza did Cristian Dumitru of Romania eat over the course of a week to set a new world record in 2006?
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