Q 01/05

Lacinato kale's bumpy, dark blue-green leaves earned the Italian variety a nickname borrowed from which creature?

A) Crocodile

B) Dinosaur

C) Dragon

D) Lizard

Answer · why

B) Dinosaur

Dinosaur kale got its nickname because the bumpy leaves are said to resemble dinosaur skin. Italians know the same plant as cavolo nero and have grown...

Q 02/05

Before kale became a health-food star, which restaurant chain bought tons of it purely to dress salad bars?

A) Pizza Hut

B) Sizzler

C) Wendy's

D) Golden Corral

Answer · why

A) Pizza Hut

Pizza Hut bought about 14,000 pounds of kale in 2012 just to decorate its salad bars. For most of the 20th century, Americans grew kale mainly for sho...

Q 03/05

The towering stalks of Jersey kale, which can top ten feet, were traditionally varnished and sold as what?

A) Fishing rods

B) Umbrella handles

C) Cricket bats

D) Walking sticks

Answer · why

D) Walking sticks

Walking sticks cut from Jersey kale stalks were selling at 30,000 a year by the early 20th century, many for export. Islanders stripped the lower leav...

Q 04/05

A Vermont T-shirt artist's three-word kale slogan drew a trademark objection from which fast-food chain?

A) McDonald's

B) Burger King

C) Chick-fil-A

D) Taco Bell

Answer · why

C) Chick-fil-A

Chick-fil-A said the shirts infringed its own slogan, but the publicity sent sales soaring. The artist, Bo Muller-Moore, won federal trademark protect...

Q 05/05

In which country is aojiru, a famously unpleasant kale juice, a common punishment on TV game shows?

A) Japan

B) Vietnam

C) Thailand

D) China

Answer · why

A) Japan

Japan's aojiru was devised in 1943 by an army doctor trying to stretch his family's meagre wartime diet. He later judged kale the best leaf for the jo...