Pies/pastry
What are the 4 main ingredients in pastry?
flour, fat, salt, water
The oldest known pet cat existed...................years ago(fill in the blank within 500 years)
9,500. originally it was thought the Egyptians domesticated the cat, but in 2004 a 9, 500 year old cat grave was found in Cyprus.
John Young the pilot of Gemini 3 was reprimanded for smuggling in this sandwich on the space craft?
Corned beef
What was the name of Pat Conroy's first book?
"The Boo"
This Philosophy is centers around the belief that pleasure is the only thing that has intrinsic value.
Hedonism
Name three different types of pastry dough?
shortcrust pastry, filo pastry, choux pastry,flaky pastry and puff pastry.
Who is thought to have invented the cat door?
Issac Newton... the cat doors can be still seen at the university of cambridge
Where may Kobe beef be purchased?
Japan or China. Any "Kobe" beef purchased elsewhere is fake as it must be raised in specific parts of Japan and it is illegal to export anywhere other than China.
How many Pat Conroy books were made into movies?
four
This Philosophy focuses on the improvement of yourself through training and conditioning as to you outlook on life. knowledge. and minimizing negative emotional responses
Stoicism
There are four types of pies, name two.
cream, fruit, custard, savory
House cats share 95.6% of their genetic make up with wht animal?
Tigers.
What was the first food to be eaten on the moon?
Bacon. (freeze dried bacon cubes)
How many films were nominated for Oscars?
Two
A philosophy centered on the assertion that life has no inherent purpose, goal, or intrinsic value....ie life is utterly pointless
Nihilism
What is a pie without a base known as ?
Pastry with a pastry top but not sides or a bottom are known as 'pot pies"
Cats and what only two other animals walk like cats?
Camels and Giraffes. They walk with both right feet first followed by both left feet.
In what year did the consumption of fish outdo beef?
2013.
Which Conroy novel caused the most family upset?
"The Great Santini"
This philosophy revolves around thought and that reality fundamentally exists on a mental level
Idealism
What were meat pies originally called?
"coffins or coffyns". savory meat pies with tall straight sided pastry with sealed on floors and lids. Open crust pastry without tops or lids were known as "traps". Historians believe the greeks actually originated pie pastry.
A house cat can reach speeds of...........mph?
30 mph... faster than Usain Bolt in a 200 meter dash
What percentage of greenhouse gas emissions is caused by livestock production?
The UN report of 2013 stated that livestock production accounts for about 15% nearly half coming from beef alone.
Name four Conroy novels
Ill read them to you.
This philosophy is based on the nature of time...that the existing future already exists and fate controls.
Eternalism