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    The Quick Quirk Quiz: Dinnertime Edition
    The Quick Quirk Quiz: Dinnertime Edition
    The Quick Quirk Quiz: Dinnertime Edition
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    The Quick Quirk Quiz: Dinnertime Edition

    By Janet Spencer - Trivia Queen

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    You’ll never look at your dinner plate the same way again after reading the amazing origins behind the things we eat for supper. Your freezer is full of fascinating stories of the men, the women, and the miracles behind the invention of the items you stuff into your microwave and your mouth. 28 tales will whet your appetite for more. Can you match the product to the story of its creation?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJanet Spencer - Trivia Queen
    Release dateOct 31, 2009
    ISBN9781311326652
    The Quick Quirk Quiz: Dinnertime Edition
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    Janet Spencer - Trivia Queen

    Janet Spencer:Trivia Queen of the UniverseRoyal Ruler of Useless InformationMaster of Arcane Knowledge and Extraneous LoreKeeper of Forgotten Facts and Startling StatisticsFreelance Hysterics * Creative Profanities * Quantum PerplexitiesJanet Spencer was born in 1960 to a poor white sharecropper in Illinois. At 12, she slipped aboard a southbound freighter headed for Australia, where she was further raised by a pack of wild dingoes. Naturally curious and totally obsessed with the minor details of life, she traveled to London to join the Royal Astronomical Society to learn more of the world and the universe. However, the RAS had a long-standing ban against allowing in poor white sharecroppers half raised by wild dingoes, so she instead camped outside and counting the bricks making up the snobby institution. This was a pivotal experience for her. Finding there were exactly 17,431 bricks started her on her lifelong quest for small details, amazing truths, and petty coincidences. The Trivia Queen claimed her crown!Since then, she has been roaming the world from the Arctic to Tierra del Fuego, counting bricks, observing small insects, and measuring the average number of grains in a typical salt shaker. With such a vast storehouse of trivial knowledge, she now embarks on a new quest: to share this information with her fellow humans - stumping experts, amazing laymen, and bringing wide-eyed blank stares to all those around her. She is the author of several books including "Montana Trivia" and "Yellowstone Trivia" published by www.RiverbendPublishing.comJanet Spencer spends her spare time serving as chairwoman of the Associated Association of Associated Associations, playing with spatulas, and conversing with ducks.

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      The Quick Quirk Quiz - Janet Spencer - Trivia Queen

      DINNER

      The Quick Quirk Quiz

      The Surprising Stories, Hidden History,

      and Unusual Origins Behind Familiar Things

      By Janet Spencer, Trivia Queen of the Universe

      Royal Ruler of Useless Information

      Master of Arcane Knowledge & Extraneous Lore

      Keeper of Forgotten Facts & Startling Statistics

      Published by Janet Spencer at Smashwords.com

      Copyright 2009 Janet Spencer

      Discover other works by Janet Spencer at www.smashwords.com/profile/view/triviaqueen

      www.TriviaQueen.com

      www.RiverbendPublishing.com

      Smashwords Edition, License Notes

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each person you share it with. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then you should return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author. Thank you for your support!

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      How a Restaurant Reviewer Got Into Your Cabinet

      How a Naturalist Got Into Your Freezer

      How John’s Mom Got Into Your School Lunch

      Name That Dairy Farmer

      Too Many Turkeys, and an Idea

      A Train Trip Sparks a New Idea

      XXXX Marks the Spot

      A Baker With a Better Biscuit

      The Failure of Canned Rice

      An Armenian Recipe

      Sick Chickens Result in Healthy Humans

      Bread and Balloons

      The Woman Who Revolutionized Cooking

      A Suburban Street Goes Down in History

      Building a Fortune from Peanuts

      Desperation Salad

      A South-of-the-Border Salad

      A Super Sandwich

      A New Noodle Dish

      The Opera Star On Your Dinner Plate

      An Operatic Snack

      An Italian Chef

      The Minced Meat Man

      Pig Butcher for the World

      Hot Dog Heaven

      Ham-In-a-Can

      Straight from the Comics

      A Tasty Snack

      How a Restaurant Reviewer Got Into Your Cabinet

      A traveling salesman realized that many roadside restaurants served horrible food while others served delicious food. He compiled a list of his favorite places to eat while on the road, and he included the list in a Christmas card he sent to his friends in 1935. Afterwards he was inundated with requests for copies of that list from people he’d never heard of. He took the hint and published a guide to the best restaurants along America's highways called Adventures in Good Eating. Americans were in a motoring craze, and

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