Answers : Quiz 14 - Food Etymologies

1. Blood Mary
The cocktail is supposedly named for either of two women :

a) Queen Mary I of England (pic 1) who succeeded in restoring England to Roman Catholicism but in doing so, had 300 heretics burned at the stake. This gave her the moniker 'Bloody Mary'.

b) Mary Pickford (pic 3), influential Canadian born Hollywood Actress who founded United Artists along with D W Griffith, Charlie Chaplin and Douglas Fairbanks. She was also one of the founding 36 of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences which awards the Oscars.

The 2nd pic shows the ghost or witch from folklore, Bloody Mary who was believed to appear in the mirror when called three times.

2. Tandoor

The cuisine 'Tandoori' (pertaining to the Tandoor) gets its name from Tandoor, which is a cylindrical oven used in cooking and baking.

3. Dom Perignon

The préstige cuvée of Moet et Chandon (now under LVMH), the brand got its name from the 17th century monk of the same name. He made invaluable contributions to the quality of Champagne wine and over the years, the invention of sparkling Champagne has been attributed to him.

4. Marie / Maria Biscuit

Marie is actually a generic type of sweet biscuit made of wheat flour, sugar, vegetable oil and vanilla flouring. It was created by the bakery Peek Freans in London in 1874 to commemorate the marriage of Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia to the Duke of Edinburgh. Peek Freans had a controlling interest in Britannia Industries in the 19th century and Britannia have continued to use the name Marie.

5. Pizza Margherita

Rafael Esposito, considered to be the inventor of the modern pizza - the Margherita, named it in honour of Queen Margherita of Savoy, Queen of Italy between 1878 and 1900. He baked three different pizzas for the King and the Queen during their visit to Naples. Today it is one of the three official variants of the Neapolitan Pizza variety, the other two being Pizza Marinara and Pizza Margherita Extra.

Scores : Quiz 13 - Sculptures

Mahesh - 5
Vasanth - 6

Answers : Quiz 13 - Sculptures

1. Piccadilly Circus, London
It's a statue of Anteros, the Greek God of requited love and its presence was meant to symbolize the selfless philanthropic love of the Earl of Shaftesbury for the poor. It's often mistaken for Eros.

2. Shoah / Holocaust
Located at the foot of Mount Herzl on the mount of remembrance in Jerusalem, Yad Vashem Memorial is Israel's official memorial to the Jewish victims of the Holocaust. The origin of the name is from a Biblical verse: "And to them will I give in my house and within my walls a memorial and a name (Yad Vashem) that shall not be cut off."

3. The Thinker by Auguste Rodin
Placed in the Musée Rodin in Paris, this sculpture was originally meant to depict Dante in front of the gates of Hell. It has since come to represent the intellectual in repose.

4. Nike, the Greek Goddess of Strength, Speed and Victory

5. Pietà
Michelangelo's work found in St. Peter's Basilica, Rome is also the only one signed by him. It represents the Virgin Mary cradling a dead Jesus. Any representation of this (in any art form) is referred to as Pietà.

6. Karl Marx and Matthew Engels
Found in Szoborpark aka Statue Park in Budapest.

7. Reclining Figure by Henry Moore

Quiz 14 - Food Etymologies

Hi,

1. These three images give the possible origins of the name of which drink ?




2. What device does this illustration depict ?



3. Whose statue is shown in the picture ?




4. What was created to honour the occasion when these two personages got married ?

5. Which culinary invention was named after this person ?

Have fun !

Zed