Office Lunch Break

Coffee Break

1. 100 Coffee is brewed from which roasted material? Response: roasted ground coffee beans Coffee is a beverage brewed from roasted ground coffee beans. Source: Wikipedia, “Coffee”
2. 200 Which substance gives coffee its stimulating effect? Response: caffeine Darkly colored and bitter, coffee has a stimulating effect on humans due to its caffeine content, but decaffeinated coffee is also commercially available. Source: Wikipedia, “Coffee”
3. 300 What is coffee with most of its stimulant taken out called? Response: decaffeinated coffee Darkly colored and bitter, coffee has a stimulating effect on humans due to its caffeine content, but decaffeinated coffee is also commercially available. Source: Wikipedia, “Coffee”
4. 400 Is coffee usually served hot or cold? Response: hot It is usually served hot, although chilled or iced coffee is common. Source: Wikipedia, “Coffee”
5. 500 What warm drink can be prepared with cocoa powder or melted chocolate? Response: Hot chocolate Hot chocolate, also known as hot cocoa or drinking chocolate, is a heated drink consisting of shaved or melted chocolate or cocoa powder, and heated milk or water. Source: Wikipedia, “Hot chocolate”

Tea Time

1. 100 Which plant supplies the leaves used for tea? Response: Camellia sinensis Tea is an aromatic beverage prepared by pouring hot or boiling water over cured or fresh leaves of Camellia sinensis, an evergreen shrub native to East Asia which originated in the borderlands of south-western China, north-east India and northern Myanmar. Source: Wikipedia, “Tea”
2. 200 Tea's stimulating effect comes primarily from which substance? Response: caffeine Tea has a stimulating effect in humans, primarily due to its caffeine content. Source: Wikipedia, “Tea”
3. 300 An early credible record of tea drinking dates to which century? Response: third century AD An early credible record of tea drinking dates to the third century AD, in a medical text written by Chinese physician Hua Tuo. Source: Wikipedia, “Tea”
4. 400 Which fruit supplies the base for cranberry sauce? Response: Cranberries Usually cranberries as fruit are cooked into a compote or jelly, known as cranberry sauce. Source: Wikipedia, “Cranberry”

Sandwich Counter

1. 100 A typical closed sandwich places its filling where? Response: between slices of bread A sandwich is a dish typically consisting variously of meat, cheese, sauces, and vegetables used as a filling between slices of bread, or placed atop a slice of bread (known as an Open sandwich); or, more generally, any dish in which bread serves as a container or wrapper for another food type. Source: Wikipedia, “Sandwich”
2. 200 Which two adjectives describe the sandwich as an early Western food? Response: portable, convenient food The sandwich began as a portable, convenient food in the Western world, and over time it has become prevalent worldwide. Source: Wikipedia, “Sandwich”
3. 300 What is food atop one slice of bread called? Response: Open sandwich A sandwich is a dish typically consisting variously of meat, cheese, sauces, and vegetables used as a filling between slices of bread, or placed atop a slice of bread (known as an Open sandwich); or, more generally, any dish in which bread serves as a container or wrapper for another food type. Source: Wikipedia, “Sandwich”
4. 400 In Britain, the British Sandwich Association's definition of a sandwich includes which two bread forms? Response: wraps and bagels In Britain, the British Sandwich Association defines a sandwich as "any form of bread with a filling, generally assembled cold"; a definition which includes wraps and bagels, but potentially excludes dishes assembled and served hot, such as burgers. Source: Wikipedia, “Sandwich”
5. 500 Which small British pie traditionally contains dried fruit and spices? Response: A mince pie A mince pie, also known as 'minced pie', is a small British fruit-based mince sweet pie. Source: Simple English Wikipedia, “Mince pie”
6. 600 What is the name of the log-shaped French Christmas cake? Response: A bûche de Noël The name bûche de Noël originally referred to the Yule log itself, and was transferred to the dessert after that custom had fallen out of popular use. Source: Wikipedia, “Yule log (cake)”
7. 700 Which edible house is built from spiced cookie dough? Response: A gingerbread house A gingerbread house is a novelty confectionery shaped like a building that is made of cookie dough, cut and baked into appropriate components like walls and roofing. Source: Wikipedia, “Gingerbread house”

Lunch Math

1. 100 Three colleagues split 18 dumplings equally. How many does each receive? Response: 6 Worked out from the numbers in the clue.
2. 200 A lunch starts at 12:20 and lasts 35 minutes. When does it end? Response: 12:55 Worked out from the numbers in the clue.
3. 300 Four sandwiches are each cut in half. How many pieces result? Response: 8 Worked out from the numbers in the clue.
4. 400 A 45-dollar budget pays 13 dollars and then 17 dollars. What remains? Response: 15 dollars Worked out from the numbers in the clue.
5. 500 Continue the doubling pattern: 2, 4, 8, 16, ... Response: 32 Worked out from the clue itself.
6. 600 Which general term covers sweet food made chiefly from sugar or chocolate? Response: Candy Candy, also known as sweets, is a confection that features sugar as a principal ingredient. Source: Wikipedia, “Candy”
7. 700 What flavoring is produced from cured orchid pods? Response: Vanilla Vanilla is a spice derived from orchids of the genus Vanilla, primarily obtained from the seed pods of the flat-leaved Mexican and Central American vanilla (V. planifolia). Source: Wikipedia, “Vanilla”
8. 800 What sweet food do bees make using flower nectar? Response: Honey Honey is a sweet and viscous substance made by several species of bees, the best-known of which are honey bees. Source: Wikipedia, “Honey”
9. 900 Which baking ingredient helps bread dough rise? Response: Yeast Baker's yeast is the common name for the strains of yeast commonly used in baking bread and other bakery products, serving as a leavening agent which causes the bread to rise (expand and become lighter and softer) by converting the fermentable sugars present in the dough into carbon dioxide and ethanol. Source: Wikipedia, “Baker's yeast”

Final round: Last Bite

A table has 24 snack pieces. Six people take three each. How many remain? Response: 6 Worked out from the numbers in the clue.