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Sandwich Trivia
 Choose an answer from the three choices
or and True or False? offered after each question and then "Check Your Answers"
at the end of the quiz.
1. A sandwich is a food item made of two or more slices of leavened
bread with one or more layers of filling: typically meat, seafood or
cheese with the addition of vegetables or salad.
2. Sandwich bread can be used as is, or it can be coated with butter
or other condiments to enhance flavor and texture. What is NOT a
condiment?
3. The first form of sandwich is attributed to the ancient Jewish
sage, who is said to have put meat from the Paschal lamb and bitter
herbs inside matzo (or flat,unleavened bread) during Passover. Who was
the ancient Jewish sage
- Hillel the Elder
- Jonas the Trader
- Moses of Humga
4. During the Middle Ages, thick slabs of coarse and usually stale
bread, called "trenchers", were used as plates. After a meal,
the food-soaked trencher was fed to a dog, less fortunate beggars, or
eaten by the diner. Trenchers were the harbingers of open-face
sandwiches.
5. The name sandwich came from the city of Sandwich, England.
6. The sandwich's popularity in Spain and England increased
dramatically during the 19th century, when the rise of industrial
society and the working classes made fast, portable, and inexpensive
meals essential.
7. What is the British slang for sandwich?
8. What is an English afternoon tea classic?
- Hot dog
- Sandwich loaf
- Cucumber sandwich
9. What is the New England version of a peanut butter and jelly
sandwich?
- Fluffernutter
- Eggwich
- Butterjell Sandwich
10. What is a thick multi-layered sandwich made up of a wide variety
of meats, cheeses, and condiments?
- Blondie
- Scooby-Doo
- Dagwood
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Check Your
Answers
- 1. True
- 2. Sweet Peas
- 3. Hillel the Elder
- 4. True
- 5. False. It was named after John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich.
- 6. True
- 7. Butty
- 8. Cucumber sandwich
- 9. Fluffernutter
- 10. Dagwood
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