BCQC Fundraiser: ELIMS Food and Drinks Quiz by Pranav Floyd Joshi, Aditya Gadre and Kirsh Ashok

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Pranav
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Aditya
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Guest QM:
Krish
Ashok

A General Quiz on Food & Drink
Pranav ‘Floyd’ Joshi, Krish Ashok, and Aditya Gadre
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Here we go

Q1
Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations was an American travel and food show
in which the late host visited various countries and cities, where he explores
local culture and cuisine. There were 142 episodes that were shot over 9
seasons. So quite naturally, there was tonnes of footage that wasn't shown
on these episodes. A behind the scenes look at the filming was shown as
specials in Season 2 and Season 3 and included a lot of footage that wasn’t
used in the actual show.
What were these specials aptly titled?
(One key word, no proper nouns)

A1
Leftovers

Q2
This viral disease caused by lyssaviruses leads to inflammation of the brain
– and other symptoms can include nausea, vomiting, confusion, and a fear
of water.
A very popular dish which typically has a red spicy sauce, is named for the
local word for angry and literally refers to someone affected by this disease.
What dish?
(1 key word)

A2
Penne alla Arrabbiata
The disease being rabies – Arrabiere
literally means “affected by rabies / rabid”
Also ironic that a spicy sauce is named for
a disease that makes you fear water

Q3
Before paper, this used to be
made of a material called
isinglass (shown in pic) made
from collagen in fish bladders.
What everyday object (for
some of you at least)?
(2 key words, no proper nouns)

A3
Coffee Filter

Q4
Which entity released their recipe for a popular product in April 2020 as
people could not enjoy it due to COVID related restrictions?
(Specific name of entity required – 1 word)
(Image follows)

Q4

A4
IKEA

Q5
Fonio is an ancient cereal which is one of the oldest crops cultivated in
West Africa. It is wild and grassy, extremely nutritious, and has been
discovered in the west recently thanks to celebrity African chefs.
This cereal is of particular interest to researchers seeking answers to hunger
and famine - who believe this may be able to solve structural problems in
various parts of Africa. It is also of great interest to climate change
scientists.
Why?
(No proper nouns, a couple of key words required)

A5
Drought Resistant
(Accept – Can survive without water)

Q6
Some of the common benefits cited (by the makers admittedly) for this
product are:
- Silica helps provide volume
- Proteins found in malt help repair damage
- Sucrose and maltose sugars tighten and strengthen cuticles for
enhanced shine
- Maintaining the pH level of scalp while conditioning hair
What product?
(Need generic description, not brand name, 2 key words)

A6
Beer Shampoo

Q7
According to Joy of Cooking, often considered the most popular American
cookbook, Sherry which was made from white grapes would attract a lot of
fruit flies. So, in certain taverns, the Sherry drinkers would be given a piece
of ham or thin slices of bread to keep on top of their sherry glasses. This
would help them cover the glasses and thus keep the flies away from their
drinks.
The is the purported story behind the origin of what?
(One key word)

A7
Tapas

Q8
This drink (left) invented in New Orleans gets its name from its distinctive
colour – which reminded the creator of a creature. Another dish - shown
here on the right which uses similar ingredients is named after this drink -
and was also invented in the same establishment in New Orleans.
What is the operative word in either name?
(One key word)

Q8

A8
Grasshopper

Q9
After many years of legal battles, the last vestige - the Granny Smith logo -
was finally transferred to the tech company post a 2007 settlement.
In a statement at the time of the settlement, the CEO of the tech company
said that "we love ___ ________, and it has been painful being at odds with
them over these trademarks. It feels great to resolve this in a positive
manner, and in a way that should remove the potential of further
disagreements in the future."
Fill in the blanks.
(Specific name required)

A9
The Beatles
Apple Inc. finally bought over all Apple trademarks from Apple Corps and Apple
Records in 2007

Q10
One can find makeshift ovens like these
all over Africa and South America.
Traditionally they were used for grilling
meats right from emu to snakes, but are
now mainly used for making breads.
What are these ovens made of?

A10
Termite Mounds

Starred Questions Begin

Q11
This is a picture of the world’s first ever
fully Aluminium kitchen.
Aluminium was chosen since it was light
weight and didn’t catch fire.
Where was this kitchen?
(One of 2 key words acceptable, proper nouns involved)

A11
On the Zeppelins
(Accept – Hindenberg)

Q12
Muriel Latow, a flamboyant interior decorator, went to dinner at this
person’s house in the fall of 1961 to console him for having been one-
upped by Oldenburg, Lichtenstein and others.
He begged his guests for ideas, and Latow came up with one - saying,
“You’ve got to find something that’s recognizable to almost everybody.
Something you see every day that everybody would recognize. Something
like a ____ __ ________ ____.”
Fill in the blank.
(At least 2 key words including 1 name required)

A12
A Can of Campbells Soup
The person in question was Andy Warhol – who took the advice, and the rest is history

Q13
This technique in Chinese
cuisine for preserving the
moisture of meat while
cooking involves pre-coating
the meat with a mixture of
different ingredients that
protect the meat fiber from
seizing during cooking.
Due to the texture of coated
meat, what is this technique
called? (1 key word required)

A13
Velveting

Q14
Tip-Toni Martin’s book seeks to do
away with the “demeaning stereotype
of an illiterate person who cooked
mostly by natural instinct” by
emphasizing the contributions women
of African descent have made to
America’s food culture for centuries.
They seek to own the offensive term -
which has also been in the news in
more recent times on account of
some mascot changes for a brand.
What single name fills in the blank?

A14
Jemima
Quaker Oats recently dropped the Aunt Jemima
iconography from their boxes

Q15
Breadmakers often employ a certain test to check whether the gluten in the
dough is developed enough. While kneading the dough they take a small
sample of the dough and stretch it out till it becomes a thin translucent
membrane. If the dough stretches without breaking, enough gluten has
developed. If the dough tears, they keep kneading the dough.
What is this technique called?
(1 keyword required)

Q15

A15
Windowpane Test
(We’ll accept Window Test / Window Technique)
(You should be able to see light from outside the window through the dough – as
shown in the picture)

Q16
The virtues of salt as an anti-infection measure have been known since
ancient times. Since about 3000 years ago, it was quite common for
worried parents to dunk their babies in brine to protect them from the
various diseases that kids succumbed to in those days.
As per Mark Kurlansky’s Salt, what religious practice did this eventually
lead to?
(1 specific word)

A16
Baptism

Q17
The most common story goes that Stéphanie was overworked one day and
while making an apple pie, left the apples cooking for too long. She tried
to rescue the dish by putting the pastry base on top of the pan of apples,
quickly finishing the cooking by putting the whole pan in the oven.
After turning out the upside-down dish, she was surprised to find how
much the hotel guests appreciated the dessert. The creation was named for
the hotel she ran with her sister.
What dish?
(2 words, specific name of dish required)

A17
Tarte Tatin

Q18
Though commercial imagery may lead us
to believe otherwise, which fast food
joint was named for this character, and
not a much older animated character?
(1 key word, proper noun)

A18
Popeyes
Which was named for ‘Popeye’ Doyle from the French Connection which came out a year before the
restaurant started. In later years, they got into a license deal to use Popeye the sailor imagery for
branding purposes which leads to the misconception

Q19
In May last year, hundreds of people from a particular country donated
over USD 2 million towards COVID relief for Native Indian tribes struggling
with the COVID-19 pandemic in the Hopi Reservation.
This was done as a repayment of the generosity of a tribe - themselves at
the time reeling from the forced migration known as “The Trail of Tears” -
who sent across USD170 to help out.
The tribe had made this donation to help out people impacted by which
tragic event in the country's history?
(3 key words required)

A19
The Irish Potato Famine

Q20
Comics in the 1890s could not use a colloquial word for a bodily function in
public performances as it was considered impolite to say out loud – so they
resorted to cockney rhyming slang and said the name of the food item
shown in the picture.
The term eventually came to refer to a sound effect mimicking the bodily
function which was known in the US as the Bronx Cheer and was used in
several Anti-Nazi songs of the 1940s using an instrument called the
‘birdaphone’.
Which term is being talked about?
(1-2 words)

Q20 A General Quiz on Food & Drink

A20
Blowing Raspberries
Comics used “Raspberry Tart” instead of “Fart”

Starred Questions End

Q21
What are these glasses called?
There is a debate about who
invented them, but we are fairly
certain they were given this name
about 70 years ago - after an iconic
journey from that general time
period (which among other things
was filmed as a documentary and
heavily written about)
(1 specific word required)

A21
Tiki Mugs
Named for the Kon Tiki Expedition – and the popularity that the region
got thereafter

Q22
Which other TV show is this scene from The Office (US) referencing?
(Name of show required)

A22
The Sopranos

Q23
Absurd dishes like a typically sweet snack made out of black pepper, bitter
gourd soup, a salad comprising only chilies and a ginger ‘dessert’ - were
supposedly critical to cure amnesia as per which iconic 1994 work?
(Name of work required)

A23
Andaaz Apna Apna

Q24
Noriyuki Mishima is a master at what he does and has been creating his
‘special food’ for the last 60 years. The food finds its home in many
restaurants in Japan but costs a premium for the restaurants to buy. A
single dish can cost hundreds of dollars as Mishima's decades-long
experience goes into it. All the dishes are spectacularly aesthetic and a
mere sight of them causes one to salivate. These food dishes are bought by
restaurants specially to cater to their tourist clientele. (Image follows)
What exactly are these special food dishes?
(No proper nouns required, a few words to explain funda will do)

A24
Fake food dishes created from silicone to show tourists what
the food looks like since menus are in Japanese.

Q25
These things are actually fruits
and not nuts – and are enjoyed
for their seeds in the US.
Ben and Jerry’s had a special
ice cream made with these in
late 2008 to commemorate a
then recent event.
What was the ice cream
called?
(Exact 2-word name required)

A25
Yes, Pecan

Q26
This product is globally the most popular of all products sold at this
multinational food giant. However, in the early 2010s in Argentina,
advertisements would lead you to believe it didn’t even exist.
This was on account of comical levels of overreach by the Christina Kirchner
government desperately trying to maintain the façade of financial stability
in the eyes of independent observers. The multinational was asked by the
government to lower the prices of this product to the point of making it
loss making – which is why they actively try to NOT sell it – and it
disappeared from all their advertising.
Which product is this?
(Two words, specific product name required, NOT company name)

A26
Big Mac
They wanted to fudge the Big Mac index to show much lower rates of inflation than
actually existed – which is why the Big Mac was ridiculously cheap while all other
burgers served at McDonalds were at normal price.

Q27
This famous street food from Uganda is available through the day and late
into the night. Street vendors whisk eggs along with salt and whatever
finely diced vegetables are on hand, usually onions and tomatoes, to make
an omelette. This is then wrapped inside a fresh East African chapati.
All the small components that go into the dish are packed together in a
compact manner and overall the dish comes together like clockwork.
Ironically, this cheap dish is known by a brand name that is often a status
symbol. What is the colloquial name of this dish which comes from a
corruption of a description of the dish?
(1 specific brand name needs to be in answer)

A27
Ugandan Rolex
(Corruption of ‘Rolled Eggs’)

Q28
In 1797, X hired a Scottish immigrant – one Mr. Anderson as his estate
manager. Being a Scot, one of the first things Anderson noticed was the
obvious opportunity to make whisky given the abundance of rye which was
planted as a “cover crop” to enhance the quality of the soil, a state-of-the-
art gristmill and abundant water supply.
X was originally hesitant to jump into a new business at the age of 65 but
went along with it seeing the opportunity to make money. Alas, after he
died in 1799, his descendants didn’t have the business savvy to keep it
running and the distillery fell into ruin soon after.
Who was this guy (X)- one of the first major whisky sellers in his country?
(Proper noun needed)

A28
George Washington

Q29
When the sun sets, it is lower down
and the light has further to travel. Blue
light can't travel very far so much of it
'scatters' out before it reaches us. This
causes colors that have longer
wavelength to be visible to us in the
sky.
What are the pink skies during
sunsets called colloquially?
(2 key words required)

A29
Cotton Candy Skies
Candy Floss

Q30
Award-winning chef Umberto Bombana’s restaurant “___ Otto e Mezzo
Bombana” was awarded two Michelin stars after just 11 months of opening.
Bombana says the naming is a tribute to Italian lifestyle and art and refers
to a specific work, one of Bombana’s favourites, which gives some view of
the maker's memories and dreams just like this restaurant does for
Bombana.
Fill in the blank with the name of a work.
(Specific name of the work required)

A30
8 1/2

Two Pointers start here
Please write the answers in the correct order for parts
a and b as marked

Q31
This is super popular in Hawaii where it is used to make a traditional
musubi - served with rice and wrapped with onigiri. It is one of the national
dishes in Guam. It is extremely popular in the Phillipines, where it cuts
across social strata - this with garlic fried rice and fried egg is a very
popular breakfast dish. In Okinawa, it is used to make chanpuru. They sure
do have a lot of it on the menu!
a) What food item is this? (1 key word)
b) Since around 1953, this same item is used in South Korea along with
ham, sausage, baked beans, kimchi, noodles, and gochujang to make a
dish called “buddae jiggae”. What does this name mean? (2-3 key words)

A31
a) SPAM
(Being a popular war-time ration, it became very popular in most of the Pacific
particularly in areas which were occupied by the US army in WWII)
b) Army Base Stew
(It was prepared with ingredients smuggled out of US Army Bases after the armistice
that ended the Korean War)

Q32
Known as Mawal in certain parts of India, this flower belongs to the Celosia
Argentia plant which is a part of the Amaranth family. Its English name
comes from the flowers resembling the body part of a certain avian species
(shown in pic).
What is the English name? (1 word)
It is famously used as a coloring in a dish from North India. The dish is
peculiar as Muslims and Hindus traditionally use different ingredients for
the same purpose. Muslims use this flower and Hindus use another plant.
In both versions, these ingredients are the reason for one-half of the dish's
name. Which ‘passionate’ dish? (2 word name required)

A32
a) Cockscomb
b) Rogan Josh

Q33
In Darts, each player has to reduce their score from 301 to 0. And thus,
many combinations of throws have earned nicknames over the years.
a) A score of 31 is named after a brand started by Burt and Irv in 1945.
Which brand? (Proper nouns required)
b) A score of 26 is called something because 2 shillings and 6 pence was
half a crown – which was the typical cost for certain kinds of establishments
in the old days. What is the throw called? (One 9-letter word required)

A33
a) 31 – Baskin Robbins
b) Breakfast (because Bed and Breakfasts would cost half a
crown)

Q34
In the 1930s, the dairy industry in Illinois was very unregulated and the
milk quality was inconsistent. A local family saw an opportunity to get into
this business. They would get good quality milk which was cheaper in
neighbouring Wisconsin and would then distribute it through their
Meadowmoor Dairies.
a) Which nickname did the guy who ran this on a day to day basis get
because of this – and not because of any bootlegging operation during
the prohibition era? (1 word)
b) This guy’s brother started out in the family business but later branched
out and eventually ran into some trouble with the Internal Revenue
Service. Who? (Full name required)

A34
a) Bottles (Ralph Capone was called this because of the milk
business, not the prohibition era bootlegging)
b) Al Capone

Q35
The story goes that in 1975, a customer at this establishment asked the
chef to prepare something that wasn’t on the menu. The chef started
making a typical Indian starter with garlic, onions, chillies etc and then
instead of garam masala he threw in soy sauce.
a) What dish was thus invented? (2 key words needed)
The chef at the time worked at an establishment founded in 1933 and has
an illustrious history. One of the major assets owned by this establishment
has surely been seen on TV by some of you in recent years.
b) Which establishment?
(Name of the establishment required, No points for naming the asset)

A35
a) Chicken Manchurian
b) Cricket Club of India

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