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Berne, Switzerland

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St Ursula's Pancake Day Quiz 2018

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  1. Tomorrow is Ash Wednesday, which is so called because

    a) the ash tree comes into leaf round about this time
    b) it reminds people that they should give up smoking for Lent
    c) the burnt remains of last year's Palm Crosses are placed on people's heads
    d) the fire used to cook today's pancakes has stopped burning

  2. This year, tomorrow is also St Valentine's Day. St Valentine was

    a) a soldier in the Roman army
    b) a young lover who fell in love with a nun but remained chaste
    c) an Irish bishop who preached about courtship
    d) none of the above

  3. In Iceland, today is known as

    a) Sprengidagur, or Bursting Day
    b) Bragðarefurdagur, or Day of Tricks
    c) Fastandidagur, or Fasting Day
    d) Karnivaldagur, or Carnival Day

  4. One of the two churchwardens in Olney, Buckinghamshire, starts the annual pancake race there with the words:

    a) "Toss your pancakes."
    b) "God save the Queen."
    c) "Run for your lives."
    d) "Let the best pan win."

  5. Competitors in the Olney pancake race have to provide

    a) flour, eggs and milk
    b) a list of their sins, for use in church afterwards
    c) a skirt and a pancake
    d) their own frying pan

  6. The French word for pancake, crêpe,

    a) is related to the English word creep
    b) is related to the French word for toad, crapaud
    c) is related to the French verb crépiter, to crackle
    d) is related to the English word crisp

  7. The oldest known recipe for pancakes is in

    a) Epicurus' De Rerum Succulentium (about 300 BC)
    b) Thomas Dawson's Good Hus-wifes Handmaid for the Kitchen (1596)
    c) Marie-Antoine Carême's Le Pâtissier royal parisien (1822)
    d) Isabella Beeton's Book of Household Management (1861)

  8. The pancake ingredient with the most calories per gramme is

    a) eggs
    b) flour
    c) milk
    d) salt

  9. You might find jeon, pajeon, bindetkook, kimchijeon and hotteok in

    a) Canada
    b) Korea
    c) Botswana
    d) Myanmar

  10. In 2003, a team of geographers compared a pancake from a fast-food pancake shop with the state of Kansas and found that (relatively!)

    a) Kansas was flatter (but not as flat as Florida)
    b) Kansas contained more calories per gramme (but not as many as Texas)
    c) Kansas was not as flat (but it was flatter than a beefburger)
    d) Kansas was less solid, and had a lower density

  11. Fear of pancakes is

    a) an excuse used by military pilots for not flying in certain planes
    b) the name of a novel by Anthony Burgess
    c) an uncommon, but genuine, disease known as tiganopsomophobia
    d) a symptom of Winnie's Syndrome, a morbid hunger for honey

  12. In parts of Germany, today is called Veilchendienstag, connected with

    a) the liturgical colour of vestments changing to violet for Lent
    b) Pfeilchen, the little darts thrown by Cupid on St Valentine's Day
    c) the eating of pancakes flavoured with violet petals
    d) a Westphalian village fair to celebrate the spring crop of violets