Office Lunch Break
A short food-and-drink board with no personal questions and several quick calculations.
The board
Swipe the board sideways · 4 categories
| Coffee Break | Tea Time | Sandwich Counter | Lunch Math |
|---|---|---|---|
| 100Coffee is brewed from which roasted material? | 100Which plant supplies the leaves used for tea? | 100A typical closed sandwich places its filling where? | 100Three colleagues split 18 dumplings equally. How many does each receive? |
| 200Which substance gives coffee its stimulating effect? | 200Tea's stimulating effect comes primarily from which substance? | 200Which two adjectives describe the sandwich as an early Western food? | 200A lunch starts at 12:20 and lasts 35 minutes. When does it end? |
| 300Name the commercially available coffee with most caffeine removed. | 300An early credible record of tea drinking dates to which century? | 300What is food atop one slice of bread called? | 300Four sandwiches are each cut in half. How many pieces result? |
| 400According to the source, at what temperature is coffee usually served? | 400Which fruit supplies the base for cranberry sauce? | 400Which two round or rolled forms fit the cited British definition? | 400A 45-dollar budget pays 13 dollars and then 17 dollars. What remains? |
| 500What warm drink can be prepared with cocoa powder or melted chocolate? | 500Which small British pie traditionally contains dried fruit and spices? | 500Continue the doubling pattern: 2, 4, 8, 16, ... | |
| 600What is the name of the log-shaped French Christmas cake? | 600Which general term covers sweet food made chiefly from sugar or chocolate? | ||
| 700Which edible house is built from spiced cookie dough? | 700What flavoring is produced from cured orchid pods? | ||
| 800What sweet food do bees make using flower nectar? | |||
| 900Which baking ingredient helps bread dough rise? |
Adults · 25 of 25 clues written · final round · about 20 minutes
20 of 26 answers carry the sentence they were checked against · 6 make no factual claim
Play time assumes about 40 seconds a clue plus three minutes for the final round. Nothing is saved to a server and no account is needed. How answers are checked.
Player sheet
Office Lunch Break · Adults · answers are on the host key
Coffee Break
- 100 Coffee is brewed from which roasted material?
- 200 Which substance gives coffee its stimulating effect?
- 300 Name the commercially available coffee with most caffeine removed.
- 400 According to the source, at what temperature is coffee usually served?
- 500 What warm drink can be prepared with cocoa powder or melted chocolate?
Tea Time
- 100 Which plant supplies the leaves used for tea?
- 200 Tea's stimulating effect comes primarily from which substance?
- 300 An early credible record of tea drinking dates to which century?
- 400 Which fruit supplies the base for cranberry sauce?
Sandwich Counter
- 100 A typical closed sandwich places its filling where?
- 200 Which two adjectives describe the sandwich as an early Western food?
- 300 What is food atop one slice of bread called?
- 400 Which two round or rolled forms fit the cited British definition?
- 500 Which small British pie traditionally contains dried fruit and spices?
- 600 What is the name of the log-shaped French Christmas cake?
- 700 Which edible house is built from spiced cookie dough?
Lunch Math
- 100 Three colleagues split 18 dumplings equally. How many does each receive?
- 200 A lunch starts at 12:20 and lasts 35 minutes. When does it end?
- 300 Four sandwiches are each cut in half. How many pieces result?
- 400 A 45-dollar budget pays 13 dollars and then 17 dollars. What remains?
- 500 Continue the doubling pattern: 2, 4, 8, 16, ...
- 600 Which general term covers sweet food made chiefly from sugar or chocolate?
- 700 What flavoring is produced from cured orchid pods?
- 800 What sweet food do bees make using flower nectar?
- 900 Which baking ingredient helps bread dough rise?
Final round: Last Bite
A table has 24 snack pieces. Six people take three each. How many remain?
Host key
Office Lunch Break · keep this sheet · it carries the answers
Coffee Break
- 100 Coffee is brewed from which roasted material? Response: roasted ground coffee beansChecked against:
Coffee is a beverage brewed from roasted ground coffee beans.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Coffee&oldid=1365607080 - 200 Which substance gives coffee its stimulating effect? Response: caffeineChecked against:
Darkly colored and bitter, coffee has a stimulating effect on humans due to its caffeine content, but decaffeinated coffee is also commercially available.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Coffee&oldid=1365607080 - 300 Name the commercially available coffee with most caffeine removed. Response: decaffeinated coffeeChecked against:
Darkly colored and bitter, coffee has a stimulating effect on humans due to its caffeine content, but decaffeinated coffee is also commercially available.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Coffee&oldid=1365607080 - 400 According to the source, at what temperature is coffee usually served? Response: hotChecked against:
It is usually served hot, although chilled or iced coffee is common.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Coffee&oldid=1365607080 - 500 What warm drink can be prepared with cocoa powder or melted chocolate? Response: Hot chocolateChecked against:
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: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hot_chocolate&oldid=1365285951
Tea Time
- 100 Which plant supplies the leaves used for tea? Response: Camellia sinensisChecked against:
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: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tea&oldid=1364666845 - 200 Tea's stimulating effect comes primarily from which substance? Response: caffeineChecked against:
Tea has a stimulating effect in humans, primarily due to its caffeine content.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tea&oldid=1364666845 - 300 An early credible record of tea drinking dates to which century? Response: third century ADChecked against:
An early credible record of tea drinking dates to the third century AD, in a medical text written by Chinese physician Hua Tuo.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tea&oldid=1364666845 - 400 Which fruit supplies the base for cranberry sauce? Response: CranberriesChecked against:
Usually cranberries as fruit are cooked into a compote or jelly, known as cranberry sauce.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cranberry&oldid=1364646636
Sandwich Counter
- 100 A typical closed sandwich places its filling where? Response: between slices of breadChecked against:
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: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sandwich&oldid=1358887581 - 200 Which two adjectives describe the sandwich as an early Western food? Response: portable, convenient foodChecked against:
The sandwich began as a portable, convenient food in the Western world, and over time it has become prevalent worldwide.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sandwich&oldid=1358887581 - 300 What is food atop one slice of bread called? Response: Open sandwichChecked against:
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: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sandwich&oldid=1358887581 - 400 Which two round or rolled forms fit the cited British definition? Response: wraps and bagelsChecked against:
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: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sandwich&oldid=1358887581 - 500 Which small British pie traditionally contains dried fruit and spices? Response: A mince pieChecked against:
A mince pie, also known as 'minced pie', is a small British fruit-based mince sweet pie.
Source: https://simple.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mince_pie&oldid=9610356 - 600 What is the name of the log-shaped French Christmas cake? Response: A bûche de NoëlChecked against:
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: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yule_log_(cake)&oldid=1361093650 - 700 Which edible house is built from spiced cookie dough? Response: A gingerbread houseChecked against:
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: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gingerbread_house&oldid=1365222997
Lunch Math
- 100 Three colleagues split 18 dumplings equally. How many does each receive? Response: 6Self-contained arithmetic; no factual claim is made.
- 200 A lunch starts at 12:20 and lasts 35 minutes. When does it end? Response: 12:55Self-contained arithmetic; no factual claim is made.
- 300 Four sandwiches are each cut in half. How many pieces result? Response: 8Self-contained arithmetic; no factual claim is made.
- 400 A 45-dollar budget pays 13 dollars and then 17 dollars. What remains? Response: 15 dollarsSelf-contained arithmetic; no factual claim is made.
- 500 Continue the doubling pattern: 2, 4, 8, 16, ... Response: 32Self-contained pattern prompt; no factual claim is made.
- 600 Which general term covers sweet food made chiefly from sugar or chocolate? Response: CandyChecked against:
Candy, also known as sweets, is a confection that features sugar as a principal ingredient.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Candy&oldid=1359990105 - 700 What flavoring is produced from cured orchid pods? Response: VanillaChecked against:
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: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Vanilla&oldid=1361799149 - 800 What sweet food do bees make using flower nectar? Response: HoneyChecked against:
Honey is a sweet and viscous substance made by several species of bees, the best-known of which are honey bees.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Honey&oldid=1365511306 - 900 Which baking ingredient helps bread dough rise? Response: YeastChecked against:
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: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Baker's_yeast&oldid=1365403598
Final round: Last Bite
A table has 24 snack pieces. Six people take three each. How many remain? Response: 6Self-contained arithmetic; no factual claim is made.
Every clue, every answer, and what it was checked against
This is what prints on the host key.
Coffee Break
Coffee is brewed from which roasted material? 100
roasted ground coffee beansChecked against:
Coffee is a beverage brewed from roasted ground coffee beans.
Source, pinned revisionWhich substance gives coffee its stimulating effect? 200
caffeineChecked against:
Darkly colored and bitter, coffee has a stimulating effect on humans due to its caffeine content, but decaffeinated coffee is also commercially available.
Source, pinned revisionName the commercially available coffee with most caffeine removed. 300
decaffeinated coffeeChecked against:
Darkly colored and bitter, coffee has a stimulating effect on humans due to its caffeine content, but decaffeinated coffee is also commercially available.
Source, pinned revisionAccording to the source, at what temperature is coffee usually served? 400
hotChecked against:
It is usually served hot, although chilled or iced coffee is common.
Source, pinned revisionWhat warm drink can be prepared with cocoa powder or melted chocolate? 500
Hot chocolateChecked against:
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, pinned revision
Tea Time
Which plant supplies the leaves used for tea? 100
Camellia sinensisChecked against:
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, pinned revisionTea's stimulating effect comes primarily from which substance? 200
caffeineChecked against:
Tea has a stimulating effect in humans, primarily due to its caffeine content.
Source, pinned revisionAn early credible record of tea drinking dates to which century? 300
third century ADChecked against:
An early credible record of tea drinking dates to the third century AD, in a medical text written by Chinese physician Hua Tuo.
Source, pinned revisionWhich fruit supplies the base for cranberry sauce? 400
CranberriesChecked against:
Usually cranberries as fruit are cooked into a compote or jelly, known as cranberry sauce.
Source, pinned revision
Sandwich Counter
A typical closed sandwich places its filling where? 100
between slices of breadChecked against:
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, pinned revisionWhich two adjectives describe the sandwich as an early Western food? 200
portable, convenient foodChecked against:
The sandwich began as a portable, convenient food in the Western world, and over time it has become prevalent worldwide.
Source, pinned revisionWhat is food atop one slice of bread called? 300
Open sandwichChecked against:
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, pinned revisionWhich two round or rolled forms fit the cited British definition? 400
wraps and bagelsChecked against:
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, pinned revisionWhich small British pie traditionally contains dried fruit and spices? 500
A mince pieChecked against:
A mince pie, also known as 'minced pie', is a small British fruit-based mince sweet pie.
Source, pinned revisionWhat is the name of the log-shaped French Christmas cake? 600
A bûche de NoëlChecked against:
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, pinned revisionWhich edible house is built from spiced cookie dough? 700
A gingerbread houseChecked against:
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, pinned revision
Lunch Math
Three colleagues split 18 dumplings equally. How many does each receive? 100
6Self-contained arithmetic; no factual claim is made.
A lunch starts at 12:20 and lasts 35 minutes. When does it end? 200
12:55Self-contained arithmetic; no factual claim is made.
Four sandwiches are each cut in half. How many pieces result? 300
8Self-contained arithmetic; no factual claim is made.
A 45-dollar budget pays 13 dollars and then 17 dollars. What remains? 400
15 dollarsSelf-contained arithmetic; no factual claim is made.
Continue the doubling pattern: 2, 4, 8, 16, ... 500
32Self-contained pattern prompt; no factual claim is made.
Which general term covers sweet food made chiefly from sugar or chocolate? 600
CandyChecked against:
Candy, also known as sweets, is a confection that features sugar as a principal ingredient.
Source, pinned revisionWhat flavoring is produced from cured orchid pods? 700
VanillaChecked against:
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, pinned revisionWhat sweet food do bees make using flower nectar? 800
HoneyChecked against:
Honey is a sweet and viscous substance made by several species of bees, the best-known of which are honey bees.
Source, pinned revisionWhich baking ingredient helps bread dough rise? 900
YeastChecked against:
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, pinned revision
Final round
A table has 24 snack pieces. Six people take three each. How many remain?
6Self-contained arithmetic; no factual claim is made.
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