Which foundation funded Florey and Heatley's 1941 visit to the United States?
Answer
Rockefeller Foundation
32309 Easy Trivia Questions
32309 public questions at this depth. How many can you answer?
Which university housed the team that restarted penicillin research in 1939?
Answer
University of Oxford
What type of bacteria did Fleming find were especially susceptible to penicillin?
Answer
Gram-positive bacteria
Which semisynthetic penicillin was introduced to clinical use in 1961?
Answer
ampicillin
What corn-industry byproduct increased penicillin yield tenfold in Moyer and Heatley's work?
Answer
corn steep liquor
What color was the mould Fleming found contaminating his culture plate?
Answer
blue-green
On what date did Fleming return to his lab and notice the contaminated culture plate?
Answer
3 September 1928
Who stars as Abby in the 2008 film The Ramen Girl?
Answer
Brittany Murphy
Which alternate Japanese name for ramen means 'Chinese soba'?
Answer
Chūka soba
Which instant-noodle inventor founded Nissin Food Products?
Answer
Momofuku Ando
What was Cup Noodles known as in the United States until 1993?
Answer
Cup O' Noodles
What drying method originally created the dried block for instant noodles?
Answer
flash-frying
What ramen topping name means a seasoned boiled egg?
Answer
ajitsuke tamago
Which ramen stock category is opaque white and creamy?
Answer
paitan
Which ramen stock category means a clear broth?
Answer
chintan
Which dry ramen-style dish is also called shirunashi ramen?
Answer
Aburasoba
Which city is the specialty home of Yokohama Ie-kei ramen?
Answer
Yokohama
Ramen is classified as part of which Japanese cuisine influenced by Chinese cooking?
Answer
Japanese Chinese cuisine
Ramen's late-19th-century origins are traced to which Japanese Chinatown?
Answer
Yokohama Chinatown
Which New Iberia rice mill, established in 1912, produces the Konriko brand?
Answer
Conrad Rice Mill
What Cajun cooking method is also known as fricassée?
Answer
Stewing
What cuisine served as the base for Cajun cuisine?
Answer
Acadian cuisine
What white Cajun sausage is the upper prairie especially known for?
Answer
boudin blanc
What staple Cajun dish pairs brown pan-dripping gravy with steamed rice?
Answer
rice and gravy
Which chef known for Cajun-inspired cooking used the catchphrase "I gar-on-tee"?
Answer
Justin Wilson
What Louisiana name for chayote is common in Cajun speech?
Answer
mirliton
Along with cayenne pepper, what sauce style is a primary source of spice in Cajun cuisine?
Answer
Louisiana-style hot sauce
St. Louis-style ribs are trimmed from what pork rib cut?
Answer
Spare ribs
What clay oven is used to cook many tandoori dishes?
Answer
Tandoor
What Memphis barbecue dish combines smoked pork, barbecue sauce, and noodles?
Answer
Barbecue spaghetti