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The World of Bread Trivia Quiz

My wife bought me a bread maker for Christmas. It's amazing what you can make out of bread....so I thought I'd make a quiz out of it.

A multiple-choice quiz by mikew41. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
mikew41

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
302,700

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
5 / 10

Plays
1504

Awards
Top 20% Quiz

Last 3 plays: Guest 84 (7/10), Guest 81 (5/10), Guest 76 (3/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. As well as water to make it moist, all bread has one essential ingredient. What is it? Hint

Sugar

Yeast

Flour

Salt

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Question 2 of 10

2. Flour is explosive.

True

False

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Question 3 of 10

3. Bread flour needs to be high in gluten which helps the form and texture of the finished loaf. What is the name given to flour that is high in gluten and suitable for bread? Hint

Round

Barbed

Gluty

Strong

4. So you are making some leavened bread. Mix all the ingredients together and let it rise in a warm place. Then knead it again, divide it into loaves or buns, and let it rise again. What is this second rising called? Hint

Proving (or proofing)

Punching

Knocking

Quickening

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Question 5 of 10

5. According to the UIB (Union Internationale de la Boulangerie et de la Boulangerie-P�tisserie), which of these countries had the highest per capita consumption of bread in 2010? Hint

Italy

Austria

Germany

Belgium

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which of the following is an unleavened bread (in that it contains no yeast)? Hint

Lavash

Khleb

Pandesal

Sourdough

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Question 7 of 10

7. The outside of a loaf of bread is known as the crust. What term do bakers use for the soft inside part of a loaf? Hint

Crumb

Softs

Guts

Inners

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Question 8 of 10

8. Which country produces the most wheat (by a long shot)? Hint

Russia

China

USA

Canada

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Question 9 of 10

9. Bread is such an important part of our lives it is mentioned in many great texts. The Lord's Prayer and the Magna Carta both mention it and it is seen as a welcoming sign all over the world. Who promised his countrymen "Peace, Land and Bread" during his rise to power? Hint

Hitler

Churchill

Lincoln

Lenin

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Question 10 of 10

10. Who invented sliced bread? Hint

Bernard Moore

Otto Rohwedder

Gerald Hovis

Nathan Warburton

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. As well as water to make it moist, all bread has one essential ingredient. What is it?

Answer: Flour

The definition of bread is a baked dough of flour and water with other optional ingredients. Unleavened bread does not contain yeast, and you don't have to put salt or sugar in the recipe but it does help!

2. Flour is explosive.

Answer: True

Flour is made from an organic product be it wheat, rye, barley or whatever. All these organic products are flammable and if you powder a flammable product is becomes extremely explosive in air. Paper is another example. There have been many fatal explosions at flour mills.

3. Bread flour needs to be high in gluten which helps the form and texture of the finished loaf. What is the name given to flour that is high in gluten and suitable for bread?

Answer: Strong

Gluten flours are divided into strong and weak depending on the gluten content. Strong flour goes to the bread bakers while weak flour is for cakes and pastry.

Answer: Proving (or proofing)

The second rising is called proving (to prove the yeast is working). Letting the dough rise longer results in a better flavoured bread.

5. According to the UIB (Union Internationale de la Boulangerie et de la Boulangerie-P�tisserie), which of these countries had the highest per capita consumption of bread in 2010?

Answer: Germany

Germany has a large diversity of bread products with typically 400-500 basic bread types. There are over 1,000 different breads on offer at the annual Cologne Bread Show.

6. Which of the following is an unleavened bread (in that it contains no yeast)?

Answer: Lavash

Lavash is a flatbread originating in Armenia. Pandesal is a round bread common in the Philippines, khleb is the Russian word for bread, and sourdough is prepared with yeast and lactobacilli to give the sour taste.

7. The outside of a loaf of bread is known as the crust. What term do bakers use for the soft inside part of a loaf?

Answer: Crumb

The term crumb should not be confused with crumbs which are bits that have fallen off a baked loaf. Crumbs can be crumb or crust you see...confused?

8. Which country produces the most wheat (by a long shot)?

Answer: China

Well, this one surprised me. China produces around one-sixth of the world's wheat, India is second with the USA third.

Answer: Lenin

Lenin promised this to the Russian people in the run up to the October Revolution in 1917. It was a mainstay of Soviet propaganda right up until the 1980s, but whether the Russian people got much more than that is a matter for debate.

10. Who invented sliced bread?

Answer: Otto Rohwedder

Otto Rohwedder was the son of a German immigrant to America. He invented the first bread slicer in 1912 but it was not widely used as the sliced bread went stale quickly. By 1928 he had perfected a machine that sliced and then wrapped the bread. By 1933, 80% of the bread sold in the United States was sliced and wrapped using one of Otto's machines.

Source: Author mikew41

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