Q 01/05

On historic New York City menus, celery was once the third most popular dish, behind only which two items?

A) Oysters and beef

B) Coffee and tea

C) Bread and butter

D) Soup and steak

Answer · why

B) Coffee and tea

Coffee and tea alone outranked it in the New York Public Library's menu archive, from the decades when crisp raw stalks were a fashionable dish to sal...

Q 02/05

Garlands containing celery leaves were found in the tomb of which 18th Dynasty pharaoh of ancient Egypt?

A) Tutankhamun

B) Ramesses II

C) Thutmose III

D) Akhenaten

Answer · why

A) Tutankhamun

Tutankhamun was buried around 1323 BCE with garlands that included celery leaves and flowers, and the ancient Greeks later tied the same plant to deat...

Q 03/05

Which brunch cocktail is commonly garnished with a tall celery stalk and seasoned with celery salt?

A) Michelada

B) Dirty Martini

C) Bloody Mary

D) Margarita

Answer · why

C) Bloody Mary

Bloody Mary recipes spike vodka and tomato with Worcestershire and hot sauce, and celery turns up twice: as the stalk standing in the drink and as cel...

Q 04/05

Which long-running BBC science fiction series had a 1980s hero who wore a celery stalk on his lapel?

A) Red Dwarf

B) Blake's 7

C) The Tripods

D) Doctor Who

Answer · why

D) Doctor Who

Doctor Who's Fifth Doctor, played by Peter Davison, dressed as an Edwardian cricketer and claimed the celery would turn purple near certain gases, at ...

Q 05/05

Which spicy chicken dish from western New York is traditionally served with celery sticks and blue cheese dressing?

A) Buffalo wings

B) Chicken parmesan

C) General Tso's chicken

D) Chicken Kiev

Answer · why

A) Buffalo wings

Buffalo wings, by the best-known account, were first cooked in 1964 at the Anchor Bar as a quick late-night snack for the owners' son and his friends.