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

A General Quiz on
Food & Drink
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Pranav
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Aditya
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Ashok

A General Quiz on Food & Drink
Pranav ‘Floyd’ Joshi, Krish Ashok, and Aditya Gadre
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Rules and Format
~ 10 written questions for 5 points each across 2 written rounds
~ 34 questions on infinite bounce
~ Pounce for +10 / -10
~ All parts required on the pounce

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Written Round
Food Science
5 questions
5 points each

W1.1
The aldehydes Decanal, 2-Decanal and 2-Undecanal combined by a genetic
predisposition for the strong detection of aldehydes on the tongue causes
this.
What are we talking about?

W1.2
Allicin, which breaks down into Allyl Methyl Sulphide, a molecule that takes
a really long time to be broken down ends up getting into our bloodstream
from the gastrointestinal tract and is ultimately excreted via multiple
avenues - urine, perspiration and breathing, an unpleasant phenomena
that comes from consuming too much of X.
What is X?

W1.3
The pyrolysis of Lignin under low-oxygen produces several molecules, two
of the most important ones being Guaiacol and Syringol that lend the
characteristic flavour of X (other flavours include vanilla like aromas).
What is X?

W1.4
Resistant Oligosaccharides (a kind of starch) named Raffinose and
Stachyose don’t get digested by our bodies and end up being eaten by gut
bacteria thus causing this uncomfortable sensation.
What sometimes embarrassing phenomena are we talking about?

W1.5
The position of a Carbon-Carbon double
bond from the end of the chain for certain
molecules (a few examples shown)
determines the nomenclature of this rather
overused marketing term in the food
industry.
Which term?

Answer Follows

W1.1
Why coriander tastes like soap to some people

W1.2
Garlic

W1.3
Wood Smoking (We’ll accept Barbecue)

W1.4
Bean Flatulence

W1.5
Omega -3 fatty acids

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Clockwise Passing
17 questions
+10 / -10

Q1
In 2010, there was an odd incident where concerned locals were worried
about what their kids were up to at Western High School in Weston, FL.
The cops were involved, and they also couldn’t quite solve the problem.
Finally, they brought in an expert - a gardener - who told the worried
parents that the plants in question were actually lemon verbena and society
garlic.
What property of these plants led to the concern from the parents?

A1
Together they smell like weed

Q2
Who are these people? Why did they post this picture?

A2
Sergio Aguero and Marta
To show solidarity with Dani Alves
who was the target of a racist fan who threw a banana on the pitch as he was going to
take a corner.

Q3
Local folkloric figures from this town and municipality in the autonomous
community of Andalusia are the witches "las Camachas", who are
mentioned in “The Dialogue of the Dogs” by Cervantes. The central portion
of that work is set in a convent which today contains the town hall of this
place.
The town has another arguably more famous literary connect on account of
a product that comes from here. This product is commercially used as a
simple measure of colour to label any such product lying between a fino
and an oloroso.
What is this product?

A3
Amontillado
The town is called Montilla

Q4
This is a scene from the Richard Wagner
opera Lohengrin.
Which dish was originally served on a plate
shaped like a swan in reference to this
specific scene?

A4
Peach Melba
Auguste Escoffier became enamored by Nellie Melba when he saw her in Lohengrin and
the dish he made for her was originally served like the picture below

Q5
It is said the diner "was suggested by a restaurant on Greenwich Avenue
where two streets meet".
That reference has led aficionados to engage in an obsessive search for the
location of the original diner. Bickford's Restaurant a few blocks from
Greenwich Avenue has been proposed as one possible location. Another
candidate is a now-vacant lot known as Mulry Square, at the intersection of
Seventh Avenue South, Greenwich Avenue, and West 11th Street. Jeremiah
Moss in the NYT says that this cannot be the right location - as the spot
was occupied by a gas station in the 1940s.
What diner are all these people looking for?

A5
The diner depicted in Edward Hopper’s Nighthawks

Q6
The director of a Presidential Center in Toledo says that the nickname is
inaccurate and unfair as the president made this controversial decision, not the
first lady. Further, he explains that the decision had nothing to do with morals but
was all about good ol’ politics. What unfair nickname is this - that found cache
in the early 20th century, 11 years after her death?
In contrast, another “first lady” of sorts is credited with saving the day at an event
in 1905 (while her husband took some divisive decisions). The party was in
honour of a teetotaller and the Europeans there were not too happy with being
denied their alcohol - so this lady asked for sherry to be added to the soup of
the day. It was an instant hit, so much so that it travelled back to Europe and was
eventually named after her. Who was this lady?

A6
Lemonade Lucy
Lucy Hayes (Wife of US President Rutherford B Hayes is often blamed for banning
alcohol in the White House)
Lady Curzon (Mary Leiter)
Lady Curzon Soup was essentially turtle soup with sherry mixed in

Q7
Thomas Keller opened this restaurant in 2006 to serve as a temporary cafe
- a six-month venture while preparing his new restaurant – The French
Laundry. It was opened quickly, with little changes to the decor in the
temporary space, and serving a nightly single four-course meal at a flat
price. Occasionally the menu would change based on seasonal ingredients
or last minute ingredient availability. What is this restaurant
appropriately called?
When it opened, Keller had said that if the restaurant lasted for more than
6 months, he might consider changing its name to something close to
what it is called today - but to signify a spontaneous decision that works
out and is often retained in the final version. What?

A7
Ad Hoc
Ad Lib

Q8
In the 17th century, the tiny island of X was of great economic importance
because of the value of the spices nutmeg and mace. The Brits occupied and
claimed the island for themselves, which led to another colonial power becoming
enraged and attacking the island constantly, eventually even putting a naval
blockade against it which lasted close to 5 years. The Brits then gave up on X
after realising the amount of resources required to hold on to it.
Years later, it was supposed to be returned to the Brits by the other colonial
power as per the Treaty of Westminster, but this never happened. Instead, a later
Treaty from 1667 - formalized the ‘status quo’ and the Brits officially gave up X to
the other colonial power that was occupying it anyway.
What island is this? What was the other end of the ‘status quo’?

A8
Run
Brits would keep Manhattan
The Brits had occupied Manhattan which was technically Dutch territory and the Dutch had occupied Run
which was technically English territory – so they decided rather than go through the trouble of taking
back the territories, they would just keep their respective occupied territories

Q9
BLACKENED™ is a collaborative effort between Master Distiller Dave
Pickerell and X. As unapologetic masters of craft in their respective fields,
they’ve built world-renowned legacies by carving out new spaces and
bringing their singular, incendiary perspectives to everything they touch.
This company recently came out with a new batch of whiskey – in
celebration of a particular 30th anniversary this year – which has undergone
a unique finishing process.
What is this finishing process – delivered by the company’s proprietary
“Black Noise Process”?

A9
The whiskey is made to listen to all 12 songs from the Black
Album

Q10
The name of this council area indicates that this place was once the
territory of the Pict ruler of the time (700s AD). This place is surrounded by
rolling hills bordering the sea and in between these hills lies the Strathmore
Valley, which is a large fertile agricultural area noted amongst other things
for the growing of potatoes.
What is the most significant product that takes its name from this area -
but is now more associated with countries in the southern hemisphere?
The larger council area contains Arbroath. Thanks to a Declaration that was
signed at the Arbroath Abbey in 1320, what is this council area marketed
as in tourism ads?

A10
Angus Beef
Scotland’s Birthplace

Q11
Szeged was then and is now a major center of paprika cultivation. One
native of this place, according to one version of the legend, didn’t want to
eat the fresh paprikas that his wife had served as a side dish, and slipped
the paprika into his pocket, hurriedly left the dinner table and ran to his
laboratory.
He was engaged in testing several things to find a high-density natural
source for hexuronic acid which he had discovered just a few years earlier.
He figured might as well throw the paprika in his pocket into the mix and
he made his breakthrough.
Who is this? What new name did he give to hexuronic acid to reflect
one of its good qualities?

A11
Albert Szent Gyorgi
Ascorbic acid (to show its anti scurvy properties)

Q12
This word has a significant culinary history originally meaning “chopped
and highly seasoned meat that is typically used as a stuffing”. However,
today only cookbooks and chefs actually use the word in this context.
In the 13th century, this word was used by the French to indicate hand-
written vernacular phrases inserted into liturgical texts. This meaning was
expanded by the 16th century to refer to the practice of stuffing comedic
buffoonery into serious religious plays - and this eventually expanded to
the more general sense of "patently ridiculous act" that we know it as
today. Which word?
Incidentally, another related word used to refer to a more caustic form of
lampooning, also comes from the latin for a term meaning "full of food / a
full plate". Which word?

A12
Farce
Satire

Q13
The Great Flood of 1927 was the most destructive river flood in the history
of the United States.
Many years later, Chef Percy Tolliver sent a frozen pie to waitress Jenny
Meyer. The pie melted by the time it reached her and she is said to have
drawn similarities between the pie’s appearance and what she remembered
from the floods of 1927. Which Southern delicacy thus got its name?
To prevent future floods, the federal government built the world's longest
system of levees and floodways. Which then Secretary of Commerce’s
handling of the crisis improved his reputation, helping him to bigger
things in 1928?

A13
Mississippi Mud Pie (from the muddy banks post flood)
Herbert Hoover (who became US President in 1928)

Q14
Craig Fite was the newly-appointed assistant manager at the Pizza Hut in
Salt Lake City. After his store received the order, he says he personally took
charge of the cooking the pizza perfectly, and delivering it even though
those weren't his normal job responsibilities - as he was trying to impress
the store manager in his new job. He insists it was just him and the driver
(and not 5 creepy guys) who made the delivery. He remembers feeling like
"being punched in the face with cigar smoke" upon making the delivery.
Who was the delivery for (X)?
By what name do we know the events of the next day?

A14
Michael Jordan
The Flu Game
Game 5 of the 1997 NBA Finals vs Utah Jazz

Q15
Each unit is hand-dipped in a special-formula, molten red wax at 180 deg
C. This manual effort adds cost to production and slows output from an
average of 200 to 400 units per hour to around 100 to 200 units per hour.
Occasionally, though, due to human error or something arguably more
intriguing, the product hits shelves doused in much more wax than usual.
These are known by fans as Slam Dunks – and are collector’s items among
connoisseurs, often fetching double their retail value.
Which product are we talking about?

A15
Maker’s Mark

Q16
The original version of this word is from around the 13th century - where it
was used as a noun to refer to a feast for a particular occasion. It was a
compound word combining the old English word for the occasion and the
drink which was typically served at such feasts.
Eventually (around the 17th century) the word started to be used as an
adjective to describe several items associated with one of the key
participants of the occasion.
What 6 letter word is this?

A16
Bridal
Originally Byrrd + Ale meaning drinks served at weddings, The word bride came to be
associated with the lady getting married much later.

Q17
Whose coat of arms is this?
The fruit you see is a double
reference – one is to Sir Isaac
Newton (one of this person’s
heroes), and the other is that it is a
representation of an honour
received by this person.
Which honour - also held by a
fictional character among others?

A17
Heston Blumenthal
(You can see a fat duck at the top)
Honorary membership of the
Royal Society of Chemistry
(the other reference is to Isaac Newton)

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Written Round
Food and Music
5 questions
5 points each

W1.1
When the group was first put together, management toyed with the idea of
calling them “Touch.”
But after one member of the group had a workout epiphany – and this led
to them finding their name: “We were so different and our name had to feel
like us, so we asked ourselves: What could fit all of us and show that
diversity? I was in an aerobics class, and as I was stepping from side to side,
“_____" popped into my head”
Which group is this?

W1.2
X-kugel is a small, round sugar confection made of pistachio, marzipan
and nougat that is covered with dark chocolate. It was created in 1890 by
Salzburg confectioner Paul Fürst.
Paul’s descendent Norbert created the Y-würfel in 1985 on the occasion of
Y’s tercentenary.
Unlike X, Y has nothing whatsoever to do with Salzburg, but since one Fürst
has made a product for X, people figured might as well ask another to
make a product for Y.
Name X and Y (no half points)

W1.3
Her real first name is Belcallis, but because her sister is called Hennessy
people started calling her by a similar alcohol brand themed name – and
she too went with it even creating her Instagram profile under this name.
However the actual brand kept reporting her page for copyright
infringement, so she transposed the first sound in the brand-name to the
end of the word and her stage name was born.
Who? (Need stage name)

W1.4
This area got its name in the 1920s when the neighborhood became a
popular place for wealthy African Americans to live during the Harlem
Renaissance. Reflective of the "sweet life" there, it featured rowhouses in
which lived such prominent African Americans as W. E. B. Du Bois,
Thurgood Marshall, Adam Clayton Powell Jr., Duke Ellington, Cab Calloway
and others.
What group – with a delightful 1979 offering – take their name from
this area?

W1.5
The popular legend, claimed in multiple interviews by the lead singer of the
band himself, is that the band takes its name from his great grandmother
who married a Native American and had a special recipe for a common
homely food item to which she added Peyote (a cactus which contains the
hallucinogen mescaline).
Now we know however, that this story is false and while the lead singer did
have a great-grandmother with the name he says, the second part of the
name came from the endless long improvisation sessions the band had
with Neil Young in their early years.
Which band?

W1.1
The Spice Girls

W1.2
Mozart and Bach

W1.3
Cardi B
(Bacardi → Cardi B)

W1.4
Sugerhill Gang

W1.5
Pearl Jam
(Jam refers to Jam sessions and not the food item)

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Anti-Clockwise Passing
17 questions
+10 / -10

Q18
August Zang, an artillary officer, went abroad and set up a bakery in 1838.
Here, he introduced his adopted country to steam ovens, a revolutionary
concept at that time. In steam baked goods, steam is injected into the oven
as it cooks. The steam slows the formation of the crust and makes the
outside of the dish flakier and thinner. This innovation led to a lot of
imitation bakeries to crop up – and led to an entire kind of bakeries being
named after Zang's bakery.
What was this new type of bakery called?
What were the two main products introduced by Zang that are now this
country's national pride?

A18
Viennoiserie named after his bakery Boulangerie Viennoise
Croissant and Baguette (Actually perfected by this Austrian bakery)

Q19
This dish also called the Pearl Couscous was created in 1953 as a response
to the rationing policies instituted by the government of a certain country
in 1949. Since rice (staple of the diet at that time) was scarce, the head of
the country approached a local food company about making an
inexpensive, mass-produced, wheat-based substitute for the popular grain.
They came up with a rice-shaped creation made from a wheat paste that is
toasted in the oven. When the product took off, they began producing ball-
shaped variant, which they called “couscous” which is now used in several
gourmet kitchens.
Who was the rice-shaped variant colloquially named after?

A19
David Ben Gurion

Q20
In 2016, Ad agency Walter J Thompson partnered with a Hokkaido
association to develop these special tattoos that were handed out to
foreign tourists in Sapporo. This was to raise awareness about something
that foreign tourists may not have been exposed to. The tattoos were given
to the tourists visiting an event near Koyo-tei - a very old restaurant in
Japan before they ate their meals.
Images follow
What do these tattoos do?

Q20 A General Quiz on Food & Drink

A20
Test for soba noodle / buckwheat allergy

Q21
The cake shown in the image was announced in 1912 as a part of the
centenary celebrations of this country's win over another army. The cake
was a triangular-shaped pastry made up of several layers of cream and puff
and symbolized the many files of the opposing army. It was inspired by a
traditional sweet dish famous in the other country which is supposedly said
to have a thousand layers.
What is this cake inspired from?
What does the triangular shape symbolize?

A21
Mille-feuille (literally means thousand layers)
Triangular shape symbolizes the bicorne cap worn by
Napolean

Q22
This is a dish from ancient Greece and Rome consisted of many dough
layers filled with a mixture of cheese and honey and flavored with bay
leaves, baked and then covered in honey.
Often called as ‘mother of cakes’, it is one of the oldest cakes that was made
in ancient times.
Its flat slab-like shape was seen by many ancient Greco-Roman people as
similar to a temporary organ in human bodies.
What was thus named after this ancient cake?

A22
Placenta
(Gets its name from Placenta cake)

Q23
This flat round bread which was made primarily in medieval cuisine – gets
its name “Trencher Bread” from the old French word for 'to cut’.
It served a very specific purpose which is still seen in certain African dishes.
There's a mention of this bread in Virgil's Aeneid -
"Never shall you build your promised city
Until the injury you did us by this slaughter
Has brought you to a hunger so cruel
That you gnaw your very _____“
What specific purpose were such breads made for?

A23
Used as tables or plates to eat your food upon – which is why
gnawing on one’s Trencher is something odd.
After the meal, the breads were usually donated as alms to poor.

Q24
During the Californian Goldrush, a staggering 20,000 - 25,000 people had
moved in within the first 3 years after 1847.
The food situation was particularly bad, as the settlers had depleted all
natural resources available on the bay. Finally the settlers found that turtles
were an excellent source of nutrition – and were easy to manage once they
were flipped over.
They started importing turtles for two main reasons – one economical and
one more practical. Both these reasons helped turtles survive in Californian
desert-like conditions.
What are the two reasons that made turtles the ideal food given the
settler's limited resources?

A24
They could survive for months without eating, so settlers
didn't have to feed them.
Once cut open, the shells of turtles had a huge amount of
freshwater.

Q25
Salep is a flour made from the tubers of orchid and is consumed in
beverages and desserts. Currently, it is either consumed as the hot
beverage sahlab or used in the making of desserts like Dondurma (also
called Maras).
Because of the use of Salep and another resin called Mastic, Dondurma has
two differentiating properties from its contemporaries all over the world. It
is chewy, thick, and has an elastic texture, and it has a fantastic resistance
to melting. These properties help it retain its textures through a frustrating
experience that many fans of the dessert go through.
What is this experience popular with tourists, and via social media, all
over the world?

A25
Turkish Ice cream vendors tricking people with the ice cream
and cones

Q26
Almost all of the variety of something sold as X is Y – both being named
for places at opposite ends of the country where they are primarily grown
This is because X is produced in exceedingly tiny quantities and the
demand for it far outstrips supply, whereas Y is produced in very large
quantities.
Funnily enough, most of the Y produced is used in a non-food industry on
account of its colour and relatively mild flavour, and only the remaining
stock is sold under the name X.
What are X and Y?
What non-food product(s) is Y primarily used for?

A26
Kashmiri Chillies and Byadagi Chillies
Nailpolish and Lipstick (Red Colouring)

Q27
The Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company went bankrupt in 1923 which is when
a consolidated corporation overseeing the rapid transit and streetcar lines
in Brooklyn and Manhattan took over. They ran the much-needed public
transport system till 1940 after which it was sold to the city. An entity called
Doctor’s Association that had come up in a neighbouring city a couple of
decades later named their much-loved local product after this Transit
Company since it aptly went with their theme as well.
What was this product?
And why was the expansion of the name later changed?

A27
Subway's BMT was named after Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit.
Once Subway started franchising outside of NY, the earlier
meaning wasn't relevant anymore.
It was later changed to Biggest Meatiest Tastiest

Q28
As the story goes, in 1975, New York restaurateur Sirio Maccioni's wife
invented this dish at the Canadian summer home of Italian Baron Carlo
Amato. Maccioni and his two top chefs had been cooking with game and
fish nonstop, but eventually the baron and his guests wanted something
different. Maccioni's wife then mixed the available ingredients with fresh
spring vegetables available around the home and created this dish. This dish
was later served at Maccioni's restaurant Le Cirque off-menu but his head
chef Jean Vergnes didn’t allow it to be cooked in the kitchen and thus had
to be cooked in the hallway.
What is the name of this dish?
Why was it banned from the kitchen?

A28
Pasta Primavera
Le Cirque was a French restaurant and Vergnes hated the idea
of an Italian dish being made in French kitchens

Q29
During the Goan Inquisition, the Portuguese converted thousands of
natives to Catholicism.
They had a specific food related check on whether the converts were
actually following their new religion or were still sticking to their old beliefs
behind closed doors. This had to do with a very basic food item, eaten
more-or-less by the local population – and specifically on how it was
cooked.
What was the check that inquisitors carried out to identify those not
toeing the line?

A29
Whether they cooked rice with or without salt
Hindus typically cook rice plain and then add salt to taste later.
Christians typically salt their rice while cooking itself. Incidentally, even Muslims do the
same thing – which is also how biryani and related dishes are seasoned while cooking
itself

Q30
Gloria Allred is a famous US attorney who took on the case of Kathleen Bick
and her business partner Larry Becker against the West Hollywood French
hotel L’Orangerie for something that they encountered during their dinner
that made them leave without ordering anything. The object of the case,
the menu cards had a peculiarity which was an erstwhile common practice
that was still being carried out by some fancy restaurants in the name of
tradition and chivalry. This practice was dropped after several months of
Allred's efforts.
What was peculiar about the menus at L’Orangerie?

A30
Separate menu for women that didn't have prices printed
Incidentally, Allred was also a part of the legal representation for the Brown Family at
the OJ Simpson Trial

Q31
A few reasons according to author Isaac Fitzgerald for this observed
phenomenon in the culinary industry in the US:
• They simply deal with fewer people and therefore have more freedom.
• They consider themselves artists in their field who create with their
hands and thus want to symbolize the creative field
• They work long hard hours and want to show their commitment to their
field and never straying from their path
• As a badge of honor
• To accept diversity in the kitchen
What phenomenon is this?

A31
Why so many chefs have tattoos

Q32
In September 2017, 45 participants were a part of an ocean-themed dinner
in Brooklyn. An author and a chef came up with this meal which they called
The Next Menu. The menu was set 30 years in the future and they wanted
to reflect 2 likely changes by then – one was that because of global
warming, and rising sea levels, there would be a surfeit of warm water fish –
which the menu featured heavily.
The other change was something conspicuously missing from the last
course – where they served stuff like jellyfish buttermilk sorbet, colorful
nutrient gel and a single empty shell.
What specific change were they trying to reflect through the desserts?

A32
The extinction of bees causing lack of fruit from no pollination

Q33
Mursik is a traditional fermented drink made from cow or goat milk which
is usually eaten with Ugali (a maize or cassava flour porridge).
According to local folklore, these two items are responsible for giving
strength to their tribe which in turn causes them to produce high
performing individuals that bring glory to this tribe. Such is the significance
of this drink that scenes of people drinking Mursik at airports has become a
part of this tribe's cultural pride.
Which tribe is this?
What group of high performing individuals are we talking about?

A33
Kalenjin Tribe
Long Distance Runners

Q34
Earlier this year, when NY Governor Andrew Cuomo allowed restaurants to
open with social distancing in place, the famous 130 year old steakhouse
Peter Luger decided to take help from another famous entity to not only
help the patrons maintain social distancing, but also to add a bit of star
power to the re-opening.
Which other entity did Peter Luger team up with?
(Proper nouns required)

A34
Madame Tussauds

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