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Fun & Weird

100

This cake got it's name because early recipes called for one pound of each: butter, eggs, and sugar

Pound Cake

200

Most wasabi in real restaurants isn't real wasabi. It is ______ dyed green to look like wasabi

horseradish

300

This popular condiment used to be considered medicine in the 1800s because the main ingredient was considered to have healing properties

Ketchup

400

This popular salad dressing is often dyed to look more white by using titanium dioxide

Ranch Dressing

500

This spice can act as a hallucinogen in large doses due to the compound myristicin.

Nutmeg

Space & Science

100

Until 2013 this country classified alcoholic drinks with an ABV of less than 10% as soft drinks.

Russia

200

Fruit snacks shine because they use the same ingredient as _______

car wax

300

The first American food eaten in space by John Glenn in 1962 was....

applesauce

400

This popular vegetable contains more protein per calorie than steak

broccoli

500

This was the first food grown in space in 1995

potatoes

Fruit & Veggie

100

This bean has a lethal amount of cyanide in them if consumed raw but are just fine if cooked thoroughly. 

lima beans

200

True/False: Banana are berries

True, because they develop from a single seed

300

This popular "fruit" takes 2-3 years to grow, but is technically a berry.

Pineapple

400

_____ are not actually fruit. They are inverted flowers that bloom inside the pod.

Figs

500

These popular berries are technically part of the rose family

raspberries, blackberries, and strawberries

Strange Origins & Cultural Food Facts

100

This food has been used as a currency in ancient civilizations of Mexico and South America

Chocolate

200

American Cheese was invented in this country.

Switzerland

300

This is the oldest fast food chain

White Castle- 1921

400

This popular pasta dish originated in Greece, not Italy. 

Lasagna

500

This fruit is a popular hostess gift in China where they grow over 1,200 varieties.

Watermelon

Unexpected Ingredients

100

This common food is actually bee vomit

Honey- When bees collect nectar, they drink it and keep it in their “stomach.” Once they’re back at the hive, they regurgitate the nectar into the hive. 

200

You can find this food ingredient in dynamite

Peanuts

300

The red food dye for skittles is made from _____

boiled bettles

400

Wild salmon is pink because of all the ____ that salmon eat

shrimp

500

This common flavoring can come from beaver gland secretions

Vanilla flavoring