Jobs that require you to taste things
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Q 01Margot Wölk revealed late in life that she had been one of 15 women forced to taste whose food for poison?
- AAdolf Hitler
- BBenito Mussolini
- CJoseph Stalin
- DFrancisco Franco
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Adolf Hitler
Margot Wölk said she tasted Adolf Hitler's meals at the Wolf's Lair for two and a half years, and that she alone of the 15 tasters survived the war.
Q 02Which Roman emperor was allegedly poisoned in AD 54 despite employing a food taster named Halotus?
- ANero
- BCaligula
- CClaudius
- DTiberius
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Claudius
Claudius's taster Halotus was himself a prime suspect, perhaps acting for the empress Agrippina, yet the emperor Galba later gave him a well-paid post.
Q 03Whisky expert Richard Paterson, nicknamed 'The Nose', once insured his nose with which insurer?
- ALloyd's of London
- BAllianz
- CZurich Insurance
- DPrudential
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Lloyd's of London
Richard Paterson took out a $2.5 million policy on his nose with Lloyd's of London, though it has since lapsed.
Q 04What is a restaurant professional in charge of wine selection, cellar management and pairing advice called?
- ASommelier
- BViticulturist
- CVintner
- DOenologist
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Sommelier
A sommelier is a trained and knowledgeable wine professional, typically working in fine dining, who specializes in all aspects of wine service, including selection and pairing.
Q 05What is a professional tea taster's primary job?
- ADesigning tea packaging
- BCultivating new tea cultivars
- CJudging quality before sale
- DMarketing new tea products
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Judging quality before sale
Judging quality before sale is the job: teas vary so much in flavour and appearance that tasters grade each one in a trade vocabulary before a company sets its price.
Q 06Which psychologist coined the term 'supertaster'?
- ALinda Bartoshuk
- BRoland Fischer
- CAncel Keys
- DBrillat-Savarin
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Linda Bartoshuk
Linda Bartoshuk's team split tasters in the 1990s into medium tasters and supertasters, who find the bitter compound PROP far more intense than most people do.
Q 07A Cicerone is a certified expert in the tasting and evaluation of what beverage?
- ABeer
- BWhiskey
- CSake
- DCoffee
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Beer
Cicerone certification is for beer professionals, with four levels running from Certified Beer Server up to Master Cicerone.
Q 08Which whisky professional decides which single malts and grain whiskies are combined into a brand?
- AMaster Blender
- BDistillation Engineer
- CGrain Selector
- DCooper
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Master Blender
A master blender picks which single malts and grain whiskies go into a brand and keeps it tasting the same batch after batch, a different job from master distiller.
Q 09Which compound gives extra-virgin olive oil its prized peppery sting in the throat?
- AOleuropein
- BOleocanthal
- CSqualene
- DTyrosol
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Oleocanthal
Oleocanthal causes the burning sensation at the back of the throat, and like ibuprofen it blocks the body's COX enzymes.
Q 10What is the widely recognised certification for professional green-coffee tasters?
- ABarista Maestro
- BRoast Master Pro
- CQ Grader
- DBrew Master Elite
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Q Grader
Graders score coffee by 'cupping': slurping it noisily off a spoon to spray it across the palate and nose.
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