Q 01/05

Which American carmaker unveiled a plastic-bodied prototype in 1941 that became known as the soybean car?

A) Walter Chrysler

B) Henry Ford

C) Louis Chevrolet

D) Ransom Olds

Answer · why

B) Henry Ford

Henry Ford wanted to join farming to industry, so the car wore some fourteen plastic panels on a tubular steel frame. Wartime cuts to car production e...

Q 02/05

Which NFL team was founded by A. E. Staley, the company that made Decatur the Soybean Capital of the World?

A) Green Bay Packers

B) Detroit Lions

C) Cleveland Browns

D) Chicago Bears

Answer · why

D) Chicago Bears

The Chicago Bears began as the Decatur Staleys, a works team. George Halas took the club north in 1921 with $5,000 from the firm, on condition that it...

Q 03/05

Which Founding Father, the first American known to mention tofu, posted soybeans home from London in 1770?

A) Benjamin Franklin

B) Thomas Jefferson

C) John Adams

D) Alexander Hamilton

Answer · why

A) Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin tucked a few of the beans into a letter to John Bartram. He had come across the curd made from them during his time in London.

Q 04/05

At Japan's Setsubun festival in early February, families throw roasted soybeans to drive what out of the house?

A) Mice

B) Crows

C) Demons

D) Snakes

Answer · why

C) Demons

Demons, called oni, are the target, and a relative often plays one in a mask. Afterwards it is customary to eat one roasted soybean for every year of ...

Q 05/05

In Japanese folklore, the fried tofu pouches called abura-age are said to be the favourite food of which animal?

A) Crane

B) Fox

C) Monkey

D) Tortoise

Answer · why

B) Fox

Fox spirits, or kitsune, are said to love fried tofu, which is why a bowl of udon topped with it is called kitsune udon. The same pouches wrap the ric...