14 more food trivia

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1 What American city lead all others in per capita consumption of pizza in 1990?


2 How much did Weight watchers founder Jean Nidetch weigh in 1963 when she came up with the concept that helped her shed pounds and make a fortune.


3 What are the two top selling spices in the world?


4 Under U.S. government regulations, what percentage of peanut butter has to be peanuts?


5 Drupes are a regular part of the American diet. What are they?


6 What is the essential ingredient in a dish that's prepared a la DuBarry in honor of King LouisXV's mistress?


7 Under federal food labeling regulations, how much caffeine must be removed from coffee for it to be called decaffeinated?


8 How many quarts of whole milk does it take t make one pound of butter?


9 What shortbread cookie is named for the heroine of a nineteenth-century English novel?


10 How much did Americans spend on pizzas in 1988?


11 Christmas is the biggest candy-selling season in the U.S. What holiday ranks second?


12 How much money did American Airlines claim it saved in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each of the salads served in first class?


13What is the hamburger we know as the Big Mac called in Russia?


14 What was the name of the breakfast cereal Cheerios when it was first marketed 50 years ago?

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A1: Milwaukee.
A2: 214 pounds. A year later, she weighed 142.
A3: Pepper is the top seller; mustard is second.
A4: 90 percent.
A5: Simple succulent, usually single-pitted fruit--such as plums, apricots, peaches, cherries, almonds and olives.
A6: Cauliflower.
A7: 97 percent.
A8: Almost 10--9.86 to be exact.
A9: The Lorna Doone. The novel Lorna Doone, by R. D. Blakmore, was published in 1869.
A10: $20 billion, according to the National Association of Pizza Operators.
A11: Easter--which surpasses Valentine's Day, Mother's Day and Halloween.
A12: $40,000.
A13: The Bolshoi Mak--bolshoi means "big" in Russian.
A14: Cherrioats. The name was changed the following year at the urging of the folks at Quaker Oats.
 
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