Exam 2:


1. This author of "Silent Spring" is credited with the global environmental movement and the ultimate US ban on DDT as a pesticide.

-> Rachel Carson


  1. This soul food dish is made from combining black-eyed peas, rice, other vegetables, and seasoned pork.

-> Hoppin’ John


  1. Pigs make excellent hunters of what human delicacy?

-> Truffles


  1. Who was the first human being to be successfully treated for rabies?

-> Joseph Meister


  1. What term first appeared in print in 1964 as a means to celebrate the skills and ingenuity of African-American cooks who managed to develop a very distinctive style of cuisine?

-> Soul Food


  1. These people discovered that foods frozen at high altitudes had better quality after thawing.

-> The Incas


  1. This British inventor patented the "tin can" in 1810.

-> Peter Durand


  1. Freeze drying was first used for preserving blood plasma and penicillin during:

-> World War II


  1. The broth created from cooking collard greens that is either drank or used for "sopping" cornbread is:

-> Pot Likker


  1. The word "vaccine" is derived from the Latin word for:

-> Cow


  1. Who was the first woman who served as the "real life" Aunt Jemima?

-> Nancy Green


  1. This Philadelphia tinsmith invented the first commercial, glass canning jar

-> John Mason


  1. Organic milk contains higher amounts of what, as a result of cattle grazing on green grass?

-> Conjugated linoleic acid


  1. A pair of dirty underwear, some wheat grain, and 21 days outdoors is a recipe for what?

-> Mice


  1. In 1929, Clarence Birdseye sold 51% of his General Food Company to:

-> the Postum Cereal Company (C.W. Post)


  1. What explorer's 13 pigs that he brought to the new world became the breeding stock for today's US pork industry?

-> Hernando De Soto


  1. What food product features a smiling black chef named Rastus?

-> Cream of Wheat


  1. How did Clarence Birdseye die?

-> A Heart Attack


  1. What is the new Uncle Ben's logo?

-> Ben’s Original


  1. This organization refutes the "scare tactics" of the organization that publishes the "Dirty Dozen" by showing how much of a "dirty dozen" product would have to be consumed just to reach the Acceptable Daily Intake of a pesticide.

-> Alliance of Food and Farming


  1. This food ingredient formerly came from the castor glands of beavers.

-> Vanilla flavoring


  1. What was the name of the original Fritos Corn Chips mascot?

-> Frito Kid


  1. The original vaccine for smallpox was developed by:

-> Edward Jenner


  1. What Frito's logo featured a stereotypical Mexican revolutionary who spoke with broken English?

-> Frito Bandito


  1. Another name for black-eyed peas is:

-> Cowpeas


  1. In 1923, with $7, Clarence Birdseye purchased buckets of brine, cakes of ice, and this, and started studying frozen foods.

-> An electric fan


  1. At the age of 16, Louis Pasteur intended to take on what profession?

-> Painter


  1. Okra is an important component of soul food, and likely originated from:

-> Ethiopia


  1. At most, what can be accurately said about a food bearing this logo?

-> it is at least 95% organic


  1. USDA regulations required that organic cattle have pasture grazing access for the full local growing season, or for a minimum of how many days?

-> 120


  1. Hydrophobia is an older name for:

-> Rabies


  1. Louis Pasteur died as a result of:

-> stroke complications


  1. What really happened to Old Yeller?

-> Travis Coates shot him


  1. After leaving his first job with the USDA's Biological Survey, what did Clarence Birdseye do for a living for the next 5 years?

-> He became a fur trapper


  1. If animal manure is applied to fields intended for crops for human consumption, how long before harvest must the manure be applied if it is NOT composted first and is not incorporated into the soil?


-> 120 days


  1. Pigs wallow in mud……

-> because they are hot


  1. How did Nancy Green die?

-> Car crash


  1. Who/What was the unlikely savior of the frozen food industry?

-> World War II


  1. The first freeze-dried food product was:

-> Nescafe coffee


  1. Why does organic milk typically have a longer shelf-life than traditional milk?

-> It is ultra-pasteurized


  1. The likeness of a Native American woman, Mia, was dropped from what food product's logo?

-> Land O’Lakes


  1. Where did Chris Rutt get the idea for naming his pancake flour "Aunt Jemima?"

-> a minstrel show


  1. Heating milk at 72°C for 15 seconds, the most commonly used practice in the US today, is referred to as:

-> high temperature short time (HTST) pasteurization


  1. What is the new name for the former "Eskimo Pie"?

-> Edy’s Pie


  1. After World War II, organo-phosphates that had been used to make nerve gas were used to make:

-> pesticides


  1. Who allegedly modeled for the original Mrs. Butterworth's bottle?

-> Thelma “Butterfly” McQueen


  1. What is bST?

-> bovine somatropin


  1. The watchdog organization, largely funded by the organic food industry, annually publishes the "Dirty Dozen" and "Clean 15" lists of foods based on pesticide contamination.

-> Environmental working group


  1. Big Bill, the world record largest pig weighing in at 2,552 pounds, lived where?

-> Jackson, TN


  1. What is the most consumed meat worldwide?

-> pork


  1. The USDA recommends that pork should be cooked to at least what internal temperature?

-> 145 F


  1. Who is recognized as the "father of antiseptic surgery"?

-> Joseph Lister


  1. Who is the "father of frozen foods?"

-> Clarence Birdseye


  1. What was the original name of the Eskimo Pie bar?

-> I-Scream Bar


  1. Commercial composting is accomplished using either the aerated pile system or what?

-> Windrow System


  1. Louis Pasteur discovered a vaccine for what disease as a result of his assistant's carelessness with his bacterial cultures?

-> Chicken Cholera


  1. Who is the "father of canning"?

-> Nicolas Appert


  1. Who awarded a prize of 12,000 francs to the man who invented canning?

-> Napoleon Bonaparte


  1. In the Inuit language, what does "Eskimo" mean?

-> Eater of raw meat


  1. Anthrax is from the Greek word for coal, and is so named because of:

-> The appearance of skin lesions