During World War II, what shortage helped prompt Thailand to promote noodles?
Answer
Rice shortage
95799 Intermediate Trivia Questions
95799 public questions at this depth. How many can you answer?
Which Thai province gives its name to sen chan noodles in Pad Thai?
Answer
Chanthaburi
Plaek Phibunsongkhram served as prime minister of which country?
Answer
Thailand
Which Thai leader promoted Pad Thai as part of nation-building?
Answer
Plaek Phibunsongkhram
Thipsamai, a Pad Thai restaurant, is in which city?
Answer
Bangkok
Padoongpatt says Pad Thai's name helped galvanize what ideology?
Answer
Nationalism
According to Mark Padoongpatt, Pad Thai was created during what national project?
Answer
Nation-building
Which American author says Pad Thai was created in the 1930s in Thailand?
Answer
Mark Padoongpatt
The dish sen chan pad thai was named after which Thai province?
Answer
Chanthaburi Province
The common explanation of Pad Thai's rise links it to which war?
Answer
World War II
According to Wikipedia, Pad Thai was invented in what part of the 20th century?
Answer
mid-20th century
What is the RTGS romanization of the Thai name ผัดไทย?
Answer
phat thai
What was Pad Thai originally called before its name was shortened?
Answer
kuai tiao pad thai
Which 1994 Game Boy game first made Wario the main playable character?
Answer
Wario Land
What flower power-up triggers strange stage changes in Super Mario Bros. Wonder?
Answer
Wonder Flower
Which game was redesigned into the international Super Mario Bros. 2?
Answer
Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic
Who is the alien villain of Super Mario Land?
Answer
Tatanga
Which composer created the music for Super Mario Bros.?
Answer
Koji Kondo
Which movie studio did The Coca-Cola Company acquire in 1982?
Answer
Columbia Pictures
Under which state corporation law was Coca-Cola reincorporated in 1919?
Answer
Delaware General Corporation Law
Which bottle style was used for Coca-Cola's first bottling in 1894?
Answer
Hutchinson bottles
Coca-Cola began distributing bottles in what home-purchase format?
Answer
Six-packs
In 1886, Coca-Cola was marketed with what temperance-era phrase?
Answer
The temperance drink
What nerve tonic did John Pemberton register in 1885 before Coca-Cola?
Answer
Pemberton's French Wine Coca
Which citrus soda did Coca-Cola introduce in 1979?
Answer
Mello Yello
Which touchscreen soda fountain did Coca-Cola launch in 2009?
Answer
Coca-Cola Freestyle
Which plant pod inspired the Coca-Cola contour bottle shape?
Answer
Cocoa pod
Who created the Coca-Cola contour bottle design?
Answer
Earl R. Dean
Who is credited with naming Coca-Cola?
Answer
Frank Mason Robinson
According to Gil Marks, which refugees popularized pita falafel in 1950s Israel?
Answer
Jewish Yemeni refugees
What type of food stalls helped make falafel available in Germany in the early 1970s?
Answer
Turkish food stalls
In Egypt and Sudan, falafel is known by what name?
Answer
Ta'miyya
What is the genus of the chickpea plant?
Answer
Cicer
Who directed the 2006 Lebanese film Falafel?
Answer
Michel Kammoun
What concept describes arguments over falafel's importance in various cuisines?
Answer
gastronationalism
Which recent Jewish migrants were hesitant to adopt falafel as it spread?
Answer
Ashkenazi Jewish migrants