The Dish on That Dish
Trademarked in 1986, the name turducken refers to a specific method of combining these three meats.
What are turkey, duck, and chicken? The dish was reportedly invented by chef Paul Prudhomme in the 1970s.
In 1981, fifty-two hostages were freed in Tehran, in this Middle Eastern nation.
What is Iran? The hostages had been held since 1979, and their release was front-page news.
This province has the most bilingual habitants.
What is Quebec?
This religion is predominantly practiced in Tibet and China.
What is Buddhism? Buddhism was founded by Siddhartha Gautama in Northeast Asia in 5 BC
In 1976, the FDA banned this (food) colour dye No. 2, citing studies that it was carcinogenic.
What is red? Due to the ban, there were no red M&Ms until they reappeared in 1987.
In 1986, Swanson frozen dinners swapped out metal trays for plastic ones, in order to be cooked in this device.
What is the microwave? These dinners are so iconic that, in 1999, Swanson was honoured with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame!
In the early ’90s, this former world power was split into 15 independent countries, including Georgia, Estonia, and Belarus.
What is the Soviet Union (USSR)? The fall of the USSR was caused by many factors, including economic decline.
This province is home to Dinosaur Provincial Park.
What is Alberta?
This singer is known as the “King of Calypso”? Hint: He sang “The Banana Boat Song.”
Who is Harry Belafonte? Calypso is also the name of one of his best-selling albums. He made Caribbean-style music popular in the 1950s, thus earning the nickname.
The World Wide Web was developed on a NeXT computer, an early model by this Apple mogul.
Who is Steve Jobs? In addition to Apple’s many innovations, Jobs made the web possible to some extent through his NeXT computer.
Despite unclear origins (either invented in Italy or New York), this tomato-cream sauce made with this alcohol remains a favourite for penne lovers.
What is vodka? Various chefs have laid claim to the invention of the sauce, tracing it back to the 1970s.
World leader Indira Gandhi was assassinated in this nation in 1984.
What is India? The tragedy followed months of escalating tensions in the Indian government concerning the Sikh community.
In 2004 the CBC produced a TV series called "The Greatest Canadian" to determine who indeed was the greatest Canadian of all time. Who won?
Who is Tommy Douglas? He is a politician who founded Canada's universal healthcare system.
Chiffon and marble are this type of dessert.
What is cake? Chiffon is a light cake. Marble cake has streaks of dark batter or chocolate.
During the tail end of this decade, the World Wide Web came to be.
What is the 1980s? First proposed in March 1989, the web was up and running by the end of 1990.
1973 saw the beginning of this science, often used in food production, in which an organism’s DNA is manipulated to alter its traits or produce desired characteristics.
What is genetic engineering? Genetically modified organisms, or GMOs, are now commonly found in grocery stores.
In this tiny nation inside of Italy, Pope John Paul II was wounded in May 1981.
What is Vatican City? The attempt on his life was unsuccessful but did wound him.
This Canadian city is nicknamed the "Limestone City".
What is Kingston Ontario? This nickname comes from the abundance of historical buildings constructed using local limestone and the limestone bedrock on which the city was built
This is the term for an animal that eats only plants.
What is an Herbivore? An omnivore eats both meat and plants. A carnivore eats only meat
This is the name of Christopher Lloyd’s zany character in the Back to the Future films.
What is Dr. Emmett “Doc” Brown? Lloyd has always maintained that he wanted to do one more film in the franchise and travel back to ancient Rome.
In 1977, this New York town declared an annual “Chicken Wing Day” to honour a spicy invention by Teressa Bellissimo.
What is Buffalo? Bellissimo created buffalo wings as a midnight snack for her son and some friends.
Across the pond in 1992, this church voted yes to allowing females to be ordained as priests.
What is the Church of England? Two years later, 32 women were ordained at a ceremony in Bristol Cathedral.
Elzire Dionne already had this many children when she gave birth the Dionne Quintuplets.
What is 5? She already had five children (2 boys and 3 girls) before giving birth to the quintuplets.
The very first skyscraper the "Home Insurance Building" was erected in 1885 standing 10 stories and 136 feet tall in this US large city.
What is Chicago? The steel-and-brick structure became the first official skyscraper. It was demolished in 1931.
What kind of fruit are Black Knight, Dundee, and Munger?
What are Raspberries? They are all black raspberries