Food Science Exam 4

FDSC150

Scotch whisky in which of the following of the six Whisky Regions is least likely to be "peaty"?

Lowlands

Daniel Peter partnered with Henri Nestlé to create:

Milk Chocolate

This explorer was successful at presenting cacao to King Charles V of Spain because he added sugar that he had obtained in the West Indies.

Hernando Cortez

These 13th century Muslims drank coffee to increase their stamina for their excessive whirling.

Dervishes

Jerry Baldwin, Zev Siegl, and Gordon Bowker founded:

Starbucks

A whisky labeled as 80 proof would be what percentage alcohol?

40%

How many times can a charred American Oak barrel be used for aging Bourbon before the barrel must be discarded?

1

Who were most likely the first makers of chocolate?

Ancient Olmecs

This word from Arabic means "prevents sleep."

qahwa

This coffee house founded in New York City in 1793 is believed to be the origin of the New York Stock Exchange.

Tontine Coffee House

Starbuck's coffee takes its name from a character in:

Moby Dick

Milton Hershey made his first fortune making:

Caramels

Rudolf Lindt invented this process of heating and "kneading" chocolate over a period of a few hours up to 3 days that results in very smooth, soft chocolate that melts on the tongue.

conching

The original coffee house was opened in 1475 in:

Constantinople

What is the most expensive coffee in the world?

Black Ivory

Joseph Fry invented the first:

chocolate bar

Who invented the coffee filter?

Melitta Bentz

Which of the 3 portions of alcohol distillate is very high in alcohol and contains too many volatiles (including methanol), and is thus redistilled or discarded?

foreshots

This Indian holy man smuggled fertile coffee beans out of Arabia by strapping them to his belly.

Baba Budan

The old moonshiner's saying, "Red means dead," was a reference to what present in the distillate?

lead

This Dutch chemist invented the cocoa press and discovered that treating chocolate with alkaline salts reduced its bitterness.

Coenraad van Houten

In 1657, a Frenchman opened "The Coffee Mill and Tobacco Roll" as the first chocolate house in:

London

Joel Cheek is the founder of:

Maxwell House Coffee

What really happened to Old Yeller?

Travis Coats shot him

What did Leo Stefanos invent after he watched his son chasing an ice cream truck?

DoveBar

C.W. Post created this alternative to coffee because he believed that caffeine was unhealthy.

Postum

Tennessee whiskey differs from Bourbon whisky in that Tennessee whiskey is:

filtered through sugar maple charcoal

What led to the common practice of aging whisky to make it mellower?

a merchant discovered an old, long forgotten barrel of whisky in storage

This Irishman introduced chocolate to the United States.

John Hannon

What decision, made by Howard Schultz, brought Starbucks out of the hole and literally made the company an overnight success?

moving into the San Francisco market

As a child, Frank Mars was stricken with what disease?

Polio

Why is barley germinated prior to fermentation?

germination releases starch degrading enzymes

What was originally used to determine the proof of alcohol?

gunpowder

Washing cocoa beans in a solution of potassium carbonate is called:

Dutch processing

After alcohol began being consumed, it was used for medicinal purposes, and thus was called:

aqua vitae

The founders of Starbucks originally considered naming their business:

Cargo House

Bourbon whiskey must be made primarily (at least 51%) from what?

corn

Ration D bars were made for:

WWII soldiers

The mucilage, or "edible" portion of the coffee cherry is removed before drying, typically by using:

fermentation

Scotch and Irish Whiskies must be aged in oak barrels for at least how many years in their respective countries in order to be called Scotch or Irish Whiskey?

3

In 1944, Pharmacist Benjamin Green combined cocoa butter with jasmine to create what product, still in use today?

Coppertone

What country is the world's leading producer of cocoa?

Cote d'Ivoire

Whisky was originally made primarily in monasteries, until King Henry VIII did what?

disbanded the monasteries

What is CCN-51?

a fungus-resistant, crossed variety of cacao tree

This Swiss chocolate-making pioneer opened the first Swiss chocolate factory in 1819.

François-Louis Cailler

What country leads the world in coffee production?

Brazil

What did Lady Godiva do to convince her husband, Lord Leofric, to eliminate his tax on the poor?

rode her horse naked through town

What Harvard doctor financed the construction of the first chocolate mill in America?

James Baker

Legend has it that coffee was discovered by this Ethiopian goat herder?

Kaldi

Who made the statement, "Good to the last drop," with reference to Maxwell House coffee, which became the company's slogan?

Theodore Roosevelt

M&Ms stands for:

Mars & Murrie

Where did coffee originate?

Ethiopia

After defeating the Aztecs, Hernando Cortez renamed the city of Tenochtitlan this.

Mexico City

The proportion of alcohol lost to evaporation during aging is referred to as:

the angel's share

The creation of what saved Mars, Inc. and led to its first real success?

the Milky Way Bar

This alkaloid is a long-lasting stimulant in chocolate that does not cause "edgy" side-effects.

theobromine

Coffee was brought to Brazil by this Portuguese officer who seduced the wife of French Guiana's governor.

Francisco de Melo Palheta

Originally, alcohol was used for what?

duh, drinking!!

In 2011, what was removed from the Starbucks logo?

the words "Starbucks Coffee"

Scotch whisky aged for 10 years in oak barrels, then 10 years in the bottle should be labeled as aged _______:

10 Years