Wednesday, December 14, 2016

Chapter 39 Corned Beef, Fifty Foods That Changed The Course of History by Bill Price

Book: Fifty Foods That Changed The Course of History
Author: Bill Price
ISBN: 978-1-77085-427-7

Chapter 39: Corned Beef

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Questions

1. What is the name of a port on the Uruguay River?
2. What is the name of the company that opened a meat company in the port of the Uruguay River?
3. In what year did the meat-packing factory open?
4. Before refrigeration and canning were developed, what happened to the meat that wasn't used for hide?
5. Who created the industrial method to canned the meat extract?
6. In what year did the company installed a canning plant and began to produce corned beef?
7. What is the name of Fray Bentos' today?
8. Who purchased Justus von Liebig's company?
9. The Liebig's Extract of Meat Company changed name to ____________________.
10. William and Edmund Vestey were from which European city?
11. How did the William and Edmund Vestey Brothers make their fortune?
12. What was the name of the shipping company the Vestey Brothers owned?
13. What was the population of Britain in 1801?
14. What was the population of Britain in 1901?
15. What did the British Army call corned beef?
16. When was World War I declared?
17. Who was Franz von Papen?
18. Who was Horst von der Goltz?
19. Who was the Afrikaner agent working for the Germans in South America responsible for sinking 15 Allied Ships?
20. What was "The Zimmermann Telegram"?
21. When did the U.S. declare War on Germany?
22. When did Brazil declare was on Germany?


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