Today is the perfect day as we sit around waiting for the bird to be cooked for a “Foodie Quiz”. These questions are all related to food and drink in some fashion or another. I suppose if we could answer six of these ten incredibly difficult questions we would be considered something of an “foodie” expert. As always the answers will be listed below.

• The father of what American poet invented peppermint Life Savers?

• How many pounds of roasted, ground coffee does one coffee tree produce annually?

• What product did Mother Nature personally endorse in a television commercial, and who played the role?

• How tall was celebrity chef Julia child’s?

• How many lemons does the average lemon tree yield per year?

• What is Bombay duck?

• What American city lead all others in per capita consumption of pizza in 1990?

• How long would a 130 pound person have to walk at a leisurely pace to burn off the calories in a McDonald’s Big Mac?

• How much money did American Airlines claim it saved in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each of the salads served in first-class?

• A pound of ground coffee yields 50 cups. How many cups does a pound of tea yield?

This is my favorite since I’m an avid fan of ice cream and a so-so fan of religion.

How did the ice cream sundae get its name?

Answers

Hart Crane son of Clarence, Just one, Chiffon Margarine; Dena Dietrich played Mother Nature, 6’2″, 1500, Dry, salted fish, Milwaukee, Two hours and 1 minute, $40,000, 200, **My Fav: The sundae was created in Evanston, Illinois, in the late 19th century to get around a Sabbath ban on selling ice-cream sodas. It was dubbed Sunday but spelled with an “e” instead of a “y” to avoid religious objections.

I SUCKED – SCORING ONLY THREE CORRECT

(Happy Thanksgiving)