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Denise 101
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Cinnamon roll dough has this ingredient to make it rise.

What is yeast?

100

In 1990, Rock the Vote started encouraging young people to vote on this cable network?

What is MTV?
100

This component of the piano can be used to alter the volume, duration, or quality of notes as you play.

What is a pedal?

100

This is the month and year Denise started working at CDI.

What is March 2025?

200

This flaky pastry is created by a time-consuming process of repeatedly folding butter into dough to create alternating, airy layers.

What is puff pastry?

200

This popular dating and social experiment forces contestants to date, fall in love, and get engaged without ever seeing each other face-to-face?

What is Love Is Blind?

200

This is the number of keys on a piano.

What is 88?
200

This cozy meal from Mediterranean Wraps often fueled Denise when working in the office!

What is lentil soup?

300

French for "melting," this is a creamy, sugary paste used in cake and candy making.

What is fondant?

300

This was the first-ever American reality competition show to feature contestants being "voted off the island".

What is Survivor?

300

The piano can be argued to belong to these two musical instrument families.

What are strings and percussion?

(Most categorize it as a percussion instrument because hammers strike the strings inside to produce sound.)

300

This university originated as a private research arm for Texas Instruments and has since become Denise's most recent alma mater.

What is University of Texas at Dallas (UTD)?

400

Despite its name, this rich chocolate cake with a signature coconut-pecan frosting was not invented in Europe.

What is German chocolate cake?

400
This is the exact phrase a Love Island contestant must yell to alert others they received an electronic message.

What is "I've got a text!"?

400

This is the highest key on a piano.

What is a C?

400

This hobby of Denise's leaves you to carry only about 10% of your weight while partaking.

What is swimming?

500

This phenomenon originated in 1266, when England passed the Assize of Bread and Ale, which heavily punished bakers for shortchanging customers.

What is a baker's dozen?

500

After a heated valet stand argument where James Kennedy yelled five words, Vanderpump Rules fans forever quote him saying, "It's not about the ___!"

What is pasta?

500

This is the number of different sizes of grand pianos. (Bonus points if you can name them!)

What is five? (Petite, baby, parlor, standard, semi-concert, concert grands)

500

This baking company owned by our very own provides fresh bakes for a wide range of settings -- from three-year-olds' birthdays to work potlucks!

What is Nece’s Sweet Treats?!

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