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What debuted on British grocery shelves in 1962? |
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Kraft cheese slices |
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Pot Noodle |
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Heinz tomato soup |
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Vesta chicken curry |
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When did food rationing end after the second world war? |
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1946 |
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1945 |
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1954 |
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1950 |
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What is MRM? |
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Miodoxin rectrose miodoxin |
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Meals ready to munch |
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Modified renal matter |
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Mechanically reconstituted meat |
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Which figure is closest to the average spend per person per week on food and drink? |
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GBP 60 |
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GBP 45 |
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GBP15 |
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GBP 30 |
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And what proportion of this is the average spend on eating out - on take aways, restaurants and sandwiches? |
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70% |
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50% |
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30% |
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10% |
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What do nutritionists recommend you should obtain no more than 30% of your daily calorie intake from? |
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Sugars |
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Protein |
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Fat |
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Carbohydrate |
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Where did Sainsbury's open its first self-service store, inventing, in 1950, the British supermarket? |
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Birmingham |
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Marylebone, central London |
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Edinburgh |
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Croydon |
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Why did Brazil's coffee industry suggest to Nestle that it should look into turning coffee beans into a soluble powder - which in 1938 was sold as Nescafe? |
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To undermine the Paraguayan economy |
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So soldiers of the ever growing Nazi military machine could enjoy a stimulating hot beverage in all places |
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To compete against colas |
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To reduce its coffee surpluses |
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Which dish, introduced at the end of the 1970s, was Marks and Spencer's first ready prepared meal? |
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Toad in the hole |
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Chicken Kiev |
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Coq au vin |
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Spaghetti bolognaise |
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Which monarch did florist Constance Spry create coronation chicken for? |
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Edward VII |
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Elizabeth II |
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George VI |
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Victoria |
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Who first trialled the teabag? |
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Tetley |
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Twinings |
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PG tips |
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Lipton |
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What does a publican add to keg beers? |
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Water |
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Oxygen |
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Carbon dioxide |
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Helium |
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Which was the first keg beer? |
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Bass |
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Ruddles County |
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Watney's Red Barrel X |
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Theakston's Old Peculiar |
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Which cartoon character promotes a high intake of a certain green vegetable? |
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Mickey Mouse |
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Homer Simpson |
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Popeye |
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Road Runner |
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The restaurant that upset Parisians in 2000 by serving deep-fried Mars bars with cinnamon sauce was? |
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Bolivian |
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Greek fusion |
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Scottish |
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Pacific Rim |
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More than 5 billion cans have been sold worldwide since it launched in 1937 in the United States but what, according to its manufacturers, is SPAM? |
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Super price American meal |
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Special pork additive mix |
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Spicy ham |
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Some pork, all meat |
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What would you ask for if you wanted a refreshing blend of carbonated water, E150d, aspartame, asesulfame K, phosphoric acid, flavourings, citric acid, E211 and caffeine? |
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Irn Bru |
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Diet Coke |
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Sunny Delight |
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Dr Pepper |
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Which decade saw the launch of the creamy liqueur Baileys? |
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1970s |
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1980s |
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1920s |
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1950s |
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Who out of the following was not involved in the early years of the McDonald's restaurant chain? |
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Mac McDonald |
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Dick McDonald |
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Ronald McDonald |
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Ray Kroc |
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Which GBP5bn European market do British sales account for 40% of? |
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Microwave meals |
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Home delivered pizza |
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Potato crisps |
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Chewing gum |
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Where do ciabatta's origins lie? |
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The 1980s food industry |
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Medieval Italian feasts |
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The revered bakeries of Rome |
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Sicilian shepherd's food |
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What proportion of the population regularly go short of food as a result of low income and poor access? |
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10%-15% |
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15%-20% |
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5%-10% |
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Under 5% |
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Which vegetable product advertised itself with the slogan: "You either love it or hate it." |
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Marmite |
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Garlic toothpaste |
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Turnip extract |
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Tofu |
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What did Otto Rohwedder invent? |
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Sliced bread |
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The microwave oven |
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Tomato Ketchup |
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French fries |
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What fish are kippers? |
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Tuna |
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Mackerel |
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Herring |
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Cod |
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