Domesticity

General trivia

What's a pineapple over a doorway symbolize?
Hospitality
Homemaker history trivia: In pioneer days, one type of construction material used in the building of houses was extremely valuable and rare. What was it, and how did pioneers remove it from old dwellings when they moved on across the country?
nails, they burned down the houses

Cooking, etc.

How many Betty Crockers have there been? When did she first appear as a name, and as a portrait?
7; 1921;1936
What revolution in cooking did Fannie Farmer propound?
Accurate, level measurements
Who is the Frugal Gourmet?
Jeff Smith
What are the three main types of vinegar? What percentage acidity are they? (Just to be evil-- the chem major strikes!)
white vinegar -- dilute distilled alcohol 4% acetic acid
cider vinegar -- fermented apple juice 5-6%
malt vinegar -- barley malt or cereals
wine vinegar -- fermented unpasteurized wine 5%
What is stock? How is it made?
highly flavored water, concentrated broth.
Old, flavorful vegetables, meat bones, fowl carcasses, etc. start in cold water, are cooked for a long time to leach out all the flavor into the water
What happens when you add cornstarch to boiling liquid?
It thickens
What's caramel?
Melted sugar with some water added after
What's the percentage of unsweetened chocolate in semisweet chocolate?
60% chocolate 40% sugar
If you need unsweetened chocolate, but have carob powder instead, all is not lost. What do you do to get the equivalent of 1 oz unsweetened chocolate?
3 T carob powder + 2 T water = 1 oz. chocolate
What is the base of Worcestershire sauce?
Anchovy
What makes a legume a legume?
The pods only have one row of seeds
What are the ingredients of Yorkshire Pudding?
Flour, milk, salt, eggs
What's in haggis?
Sheeps stomach bag, lungs, heart, liver, beef suet, oatmeal, onions, salt, pepper, cayenne, stock
How do you make grog?
Combine 2C sugar with grated rind of 4 oranges. Cook juice of 4 lemons, water, IC strong tea, the mixture above. Serve with an orange slice in each cup. Pour in cherry brandy, serve flaming
Distinguish between the following preparations
A la King--- gr pepper, mushroom, (pimientos), milk, broth
Kiev ------ parsley, garlic, cornflakes, paprika, milk, butter, chives (butter sauce)
Cordon Bleu-- ham & swiss cheese
Florentine --- spinach
What should the internal temperatures be for the following at rare, medium and well done, or simply cooked (where appropriate)
Beef 140/160/170
Lamb 140/160/170
Pork 17
Turkey 185
How do you tell that the following are done?
Chicken -- white, not translucent
Pork --- grey
Shrimp-- pink, curls up
Onions -- translucent
Cake -- toothpick comes out clean
Which of the following cannot be frozen well?
Greens
Spaghetti Sauce
Raw tomatoes
Raw bananas
Mayonnaise
Hamburgers
Bread
Egg whites
lemon juice
Small children (yes, we get a little silly around now....)
What is the difference between parboiling and steeping?
Parboil- precook slightly in boiling water
Steep-- pour boiling water over, let sit
How do you tell if an egg is stale without cracking it?
Stale eggs float
Distinguish between the following:
Custard -- cooked, egg-thickened: eggs, milk, sugar
Blancmange- starch-thickened
Pudding- thickened cooked or steamed dessert
Mousse- egg yolks, whites, cream, gelatin and flavoring
How do you fix it if there's too much salt in the broth?
Peeled raw potato thrown in will absorb the salt
Is it quicker to bake 7 potatoes in the microwave or the oven?
Oven
What are the 5 colors of pasta, and what gives them their color?
cream durum wheat
lt. brown whole wheat
yellow eggs
green spinach
red tomato
How much juice do you get from a lemon?
(read this as an equivalence question)
3 T
Give the present Joy Of Cooking symbols for:
Frozen Foods
Pressure Cooking
Blender
Altitude Cooking
How is lard made, and what else results from the process?
Heat natural hog fat: connective tissues separate and are "cracklings"
When was Crisco introduced?
1911
How much cooked food results from 1 cup of raw:
Rice -- 3.5
Macaroni-- 2.0
Noodles-- 1.33
What is 1/3 of a cup in terms of teaspoons?
16 teaspoons

Ed. note: We originally had a Breakfast Cereals hour bonus that got nixed in favor of another, because the best of the BC could be fit into this Super Bonus. You see, if you don't feel like cooking breakfast, you eat cereal-- therefore, it fits under Cooking in Domesticity. So here goes:

What is the primary Grain in each of the following cereals?
Alpha-Bits (oats)
Raisin Bran (wheat)
Honeycomb (Corn and oats)
Fruity Pebbles (rice)
Cookie Crisp (corn)
Batman (wheat)
Trix (corn)
Breakfast Bears (Wheat and Graham)
How many essential vitamins and minerals does each of the following cereals claim to provide?
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 6
Cocoa Puffs 7
Frosted Flakes 8
Lucky Charms 9
Apple Jacks 10
In what areas does Total not provide 100% of the USRDA?
Protein, Calcium, Vitamin D, Phosphorous, Magnesium, Copper
Name the six types of single-type Chex
Honey, Honey Nut Oat, Corn, Rice, Wheat, Multi-bran
Give the slogan/jingle associated with each of the following:
Honeycomb
Lucky Charms
Trix
Cocoa Puffs
Apple Jacks
Froot Loops
Kellogg's Raisin Bran
Frosted Mini-Wheats
Life
Honey Nut Cheerios

Child Care, Babies, etc.

According to folklore...

If a pregnant woman craves sweets, what sex child will she have?
female
What does heartburn during pregnancy signify?
lots of hair on the baby
What happens if you tickle a baby's feet? How do you fix it?
Stuttering, cured by drinking out of a bell
Why would you rub a baby's tongue with a slice of apple just after the infant is born?
It will have a good singing voice

Back to reality...
How many Beechnut Stages are there?
3, then Table Time for toddlers
TRUE OR FALSE: A good first aid procedure for burns is to put butter on them. Justify your answer.
FALSE-1)continues to burn under the butter, 2) Ambulance folks have to remove it, and that's NOT a fun thing.
Your toddlers have just cut themselves. List the three proper procedures, in the order they should be attempted, to control the bleeding.(and, no, "Put a Band-Aid on it" is not what we're looking for)
Direct Pressure / Elevation / Pressure Points
What is the average interval between feedings for a breast-fed infant in its first two weeks?
Every two hours
Which teeth usually come in first in a child's mouth?
The lower central incisors

Sewing, etc.

Draw the standardized pattern symbols for the following:
Grain line
Place on fold
notches
cutting line
seam line
right side of fabric
wrong side of fabric
List the information found on the back of a pattern envelope
# of pieces
back views of the garment
description of garment
fabric suggestions
yardage chart
standard body measurements--det. size
Notions
Finished garment measurements, metric equivalents thereof
What type of fiber is each of the following?
Antron III Nylon
Arnel Triacetate
Cantrece Nylon
Chromspun Acetate
Courtaulds Rayon
Creslan Acrylic
Enka Rayon
Estron Acetate
Fortrel Polyester
Trevira Polyester
Zefkrome Acrylic
What's the likely problem if the sewing machine needle breaks, and you haven't sewn over a pin?
What if the seam draws up or the machine skips stitches?
The needle is too small, the needle is too large
What type of thread is most common for sewing?
Polyester or cotton-covered polyester
What's the difference in crocheting and knitting equipment?
Crochet uses a crochet hook
Knitting uses two needles
What does a serger do?
Sews the seam, trims it, and overcasts the edges all at once
What does a yarn count of #10 mean?
one pound of fiber had been drawn out to make 8400 yards of yarn
Describe how to thread a standard sewing machine.

Turn in the following with the Super Bonus:

Cleaning, etc.

What is the active ingredient in each of the following?

Vinegar (Acetic Acid)
Bleach (Sodium Hypochlorite)
Ammonia (Ammonium Hydroxide)
Mothballs (naphthalene, paradichlorobenzene)
Lemon Pledge
Combat roach traps (Tetrahydro-5,5-dimethyl-2(1-h) pyrimidinone (3-[4-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]-1-(2-[4-trifluoromethyl])phenyl]ethenyl)-2-propenylidene)hydrazone]
Why should you not mix ammonia and bleach?
It produces chlorine gas--poisonous
Without using detergents or special stain removers, how do you get blood out of white cotton? What if the first step doesn't work?
COLD water
Hydrogen peroxide
Lemon juice-sunlight, wash
How do you get a spaghetti stain out?
COLD water
glycerin
How do you get wine out of a white linen napkin?
pour boiling water on it from a height
How do you get a ballpoint-pen ink stain out?
Rubbing alcohol, cold water

Carpentry, Fix-It, etc.

Draw an open double mortise-and-tenon joint, a mortise-and- tenon joint, and a dovetail joint below.
What are the differences between crosscut and rip saws?
Give 2 uses for a backsaw, and 2 for a keyhole saw. Sketch them both.
How are socket chisels and tang chisels different? For what tasks are they used?
Is it easier to cut cross-grain or with the grain? Cross
Should you plane with or against the grain? With
Should you chisel with or against the grain? With
How much wood is a cord? 128 cubic feet
Handyman's project: How do you make a mirror that won't fog up, so that you can shave in the shower?
Attach a tube to the shower head and run it around the mirror. The heat of the tube will warm the mirror.
How can you find a stud in a wall to drive a nail into without a "stud-finder"?
Compass magnetically attracted to nail, or tap and listen
How do you drive a headless nail into a board so that the head is substantially below the surface of the wood (important for cabinetmaking)?
Use a nail driver once it has been driven in and push it below the level
Name two ways of securely fastening two boards together using no glue, nails, screws or staples.
dovetail joints
Hole in peg joints

Gardening, Yard, etc.

What's the best way to keep slugs out of your garden?
Cut holes in ground. Put cups of beers in holes. Slugs are attracted by beer and will fall in.
How do you surround your property with a fence to keep deer or cattle out, while not fencing off your own driveway?
put down some 2x4s over a ditch at the beginning of the drive. Hooved animals cannot go over it.
If you're splitting wood with a wedge and sledge and lose your wedge in the log, what are two ways to remove it?
1) drop another wedge on top and keep going
2) put on side and ax split the log
How can you use fruit and vegetable-eating insects to protect your garden?
put dead ones in a blender and put the paste in your garden. The other insects will smell this and stay away.
How can you use only your body to protect your garden from mammalian pests?
urinate around the perimeter

Safety, etc.

You're cooking hamburgers in a pan on the stove, when a fire starts in the pan. What easily available things can you use to put out the fire?
Fire extinguisher (ABC type) Lid of the pan, Baking soda
NOT WATER
Your uncle has fallen asleep on the sofa while smoking. You notice it just as the first flame appears on the couch. About how long do you have to get him out of the room before the ROOM is up in flame?
30 seconds-- flashover
What are the types of fire extinguishers, and what types of fires are they suitable for?
A,B wood, upholstery, etc.
C- electrical fires
ABC, BC, are the most common types
What are the two main types of smoke alarms; how do they work?
Ionization, Photoelectric ("sees" smoke)
What's the most important thing to do when testing the grounding of an outlet with a "hot ground" tester?
Have your other hand behind your back so that, if the surge goes through your body, it won't go through your heart.
How do you tell if you've turned off the power to an outlet on the second story while you're still in the basement?
Loud radio plugged into outlet
What's the single biggest (and fairly common) mistake you can make in replacing a blown fuse?
replace it with a piece of foil or a coin. This is one of the most common causes of house fires