Q 01/05

Which kitchen appliance did Percy Spencer develop after a radar set melted the candy bar in his pocket?

A) Electric kettle

B) Sandwich press

C) Microwave oven

D) Waffle iron

Answer · why

C) Microwave oven

The microwave oven's first deliberately cooked food was popcorn. The second was an egg, which exploded in the face of one of the experimenters.

Q 02/05

Which kitchen tool was first patented in 1855, after decades of people using a hammer and chisel instead?

A) Can opener

B) Corkscrew

C) Nutcracker

D) Oyster knife

Answer · why

A) Can opener

The can opener arrived long after canned food itself. Early tins carried the instruction to cut round the top near the outer edge with a chisel and ha...

Q 03/05

Which brand of kitchen zester began as a wood-carving rasp made by the Grace brothers?

A) Zyliss

B) Victorinox

C) Wüsthof

D) Microplane

Answer · why

D) Microplane

Microplane only moved into kitchens after discovering that cooks were buying its woodworking rasps to zest citrus. The company still sells rasps to wo...

Q 04/05

Which kitchen appliance did Josephine Cochrane unveil at the 1893 World's Fair after building it in her tool shed?

A) Refrigerator

B) Dishwasher

C) Gas stove

D) Ice cream maker

Answer · why

B) Dishwasher

The dishwasher exists because Cochrane, a wealthy socialite, was tired of servants damaging her good china when they washed it by hand.

Q 05/05

Which food-storage brand, founded by a former DuPont employee, was sold at home parties run by Brownie Wise?

A) Tupperware

B) Rubbermaid

C) Ziploc

D) Thermos

Answer · why

A) Tupperware

Tupperware parties let women of the 1950s earn an independent income without holding a regular job, and Wise rose to vice president of marketing.