I am organising a coffee morning tomorrow to raise funds for Cancer Research and have a quiz I have devised with the help of good old google.
Have a go - try without the help of Google...answers later
1.
When was the term ‘cupcake’
originally used for cakes made from ingredients measured by the cupful.
1. late 17th Century
2. late 18th Century
3. late 19th century
2. How many cardboard coffee cups are thrown away each year in the
US.
1. Around 58 billion
2. Around 48 million
3. Around 68 million
3. The legend of King Alfred burning a villager’s cakes when in disguise
dates from the
1. 11th Century
2. 12th century.
3. 13th Century.
4. In 2001, a Zambian was granted a divorce after he found what in a cup of
tea his wife made him.
1. False teeth
2. A frog 3.
A fly.
5. Where did the ‘cakewalk’ dance begin as a competition in graceful
walking, with cake awarded as a prize.
1.
Malaysia
2.
USA
3.
Japan
6. Which famous composer liked every cup of coffee to be made from exactly
60 coffee beans.
1. Mozart
2. Dvorak
3. Beethoven
7.When was the earliest known reference to a ‘birthday cake’
1. 1785
2. 1805
3. 1875
8. The A-to-D cup-sizing system for brassieres was introduced by the Warner
Corset Company in:-
1. 1945
2. 1935.
1925
9. The world record for eating cupcakes stands at how many in six minutes.
1. 78
2. 82
3. 112
10. What is the name of the trophy awarded each year to the winner of the
Miss Crustacean beauty pageant for crabs in
New Jersey.
1. Shark’s fin
2. Cucumber Rind
3. Lobster claw
