Food & Culture

Epochal Eats: A Demanding Inquiry into Culinary Chronology

This is a quiz about the precise historical origins and evolution of specific foods, ingredients, and culinary events.

#Archaeology#Food history#Trade guilds#Genetic adaptation#Historical agriculture#Culinary origins

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The discovery of charred bread crumbs at an archaeological site in Jordan pushed back the known origins of bread-making far earlier than previously thought. Which culture and timeframe does this evidence represent?
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In the 18th and 19th centuries, a disease known as the "disease of the four Ds" (dermatitis, diarrhea, dementia, death) became widespread among poor populations in Europe and the American South whose diet was heavily based on a specific New World grain introduced after the Columbian Exchange. What was this disease?
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Which specific Roman imperial decree, issued in 301 AD, attempted to control rampant inflation by setting maximum prices for a long list of commodities, including staple foods like wheat and wine?
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Lactase persistence in adults, which allows for the digestion of milk sugar, is a genetic trait that evolved independently in several pastoralist populations. From a genetic and evolutionary biology perspective, what is the primary molecular basis for this trait in most populations of European descent?
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From the Middle Ages until the French Revolution, a specific food trade guild in a major European capital wielded extraordinary economic and political power, even maintaining its own private militia. Which guild was this?
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The widespread introduction and popularization of dairy products like milk and butter in Japan is primarily attributed to a specific, large-scale government development project in the late 19th century. What was this project called?
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Epochal Eats: A Demanding Inquiry into Culinary Chronology

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The discovery of charred bread crumbs at an archaeological site in Jordan pushed back the known origins of bread-making far earlier than previously thought. Which culture and timeframe does this evidence represent?

Which specific Roman imperial decree, issued in 301 AD, attempted to control rampant inflation by setting maximum prices for a long list of commodities, including staple foods like wheat and wine?

From the Middle Ages until the French Revolution, a specific food trade guild in a major European capital wielded extraordinary economic and political power, even maintaining its own private militia. Which guild was this?

The widespread introduction and popularization of dairy products like milk and butter in Japan is primarily attributed to a specific, large-scale government development project in the late 19th century. What was this project called?

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