FUNDAMENTALS
Aschoolboy error crept into last week’s ‘ Anything Goes’. The question was according to the Ramayana, a divine being emerged out of a sacred fire and gave payasam to King Dasaratha. The king in turn gave the payasam to his wives — Kausalya, Sumitra and Kaikeyi. What transpired after that? The correct answer is Ram, Bharat, Lakshman and Shatrughna were born. Ram was born to Kausalya, Kaikeyi gave birth to Bharata and Sumitra gave birth to Lakshman and Shatrughna. Apologies for the error that mixed up Ramayana with the other great epic Mahabharata.
Today’s quiz is on matters gastronomique. Savour this culinary journey.
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1. Café Procope opened in 1660 by the Sicilian Procopio Culteli was the world’s first what?
2. Which popular Chinese delicacy literally means ‘ swallowing a cloud’ in Chinese?
3. In 1686, in Budapest, the Turkish assault was repulsed thanks to the bakers who detected the enemy’s approach and raised an alarm. The bakers were granted the privilege of making a special pastry which they shaped into crescents that can be seen on a Turkish flag. When the pastry was brought to France, what name was given to it?
4. What would you be having if you were having an escalope?
5. Which social group of people with chapters all over the world follow a routine of beer drinking and eating after a jog?
6. Both mayonnaise and hollandaise are egg- based sauce, but what is Lyonnaise?
7. What is distinctive about a dish that has the suffix or prefix blanquette to its name?
8. Which savoury morsel means ‘ the heart’s delight’ or ‘ touch the heart’ in Chinese?
9. An English firm named Donkin and Hall purchased rights to inventions of two Frenchmen Nicolas Appert and Peter Durand and helped popularise what across the world?
ANYTHING GOES
1. Outside which post office in India, can you find a board saying: “The World’s Highest Post Office — 4440m ( 14,567 feet)”? ( Dr Megha Krishnan, CMC, Vellore)
2. Polytetra fluoroethylene ( PTFE) is a synthetic fluoropolymer with numerous applications. Its most popular use happened accidentally. French engineer Marc Gregoire used this to prevent his fishing gear from tangling. Subsequently, his wife asked him if she could use it for her cooking pans. What was the result?
( Dee Surendranath, Hyderabad)
3. Aruna Budda Reddy is not among the most recognisable stars in Indian sports. What is her claim to fame?
( U. N. Murthy, Secunderabad)
4. Which incident in Indian history was immediately preceded by an assault on Marcella Sherwood, superintendent of the Mission Day School for Girls, who escaped after an elderly Indian woman hid her in her house? ( Dr Shanu Chandran, Vellore)
5. Which popular Ayurvedic formulation is named after the son of the great Rishi Bhrigu? ( Commander G. R. Balakrishnan ( Retd), Chennai)
6. Recently Cheteshwar Pujara from India was run out in both the innings of a Test match. Who is the only opening batsman in the history of Test cricket to be run out in both the innings of a Test match twice during his career?
( BK Harinath, Mysuru)
7. Why is World Post day celebrated on October 9 every year? ( M. S. M. Abhigna, Hyderabad)