Food & Drink (9 Points)

  1. What is the name of the pastry which is used in Eclairs, Profiteroles and Paris-Brests? (1 Point)

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  2. What is the name of this Italian pasta dish from Rome made with egg, hard cheese, cured pork, and black pepper? Guanciale is the most commonly used meat for the dish in Italy, but pancetta and smoked pancetta affumicata are also used, and in English-speaking countries, bacon is often used as a substitute. The usual cheese is Pecorino Romano; occasionally Parmesan. (1 Point)

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  3. Name these types of Indian naan bread: (3 Points)
    1. Stuffed with minced lamb
    2. Stuffed with desiccated coconut, sultanas/raisins and flaked almonds or pistachios
    3. Stuffed with this Indian cheese

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  4. Abuses of a good champagne, name these cocktails: (3 Points)
    1. Two parts Champagne to one part orange juice
    2. Champagne and orange juice in equal measure
    3. Equal parts of stout(often Guinness) and Champagne

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  5. Name the world’s best selling blended Irish whiskey which is produced at New Midleton distillery in Midleton, County Cork. (Paddy is also produced there…) (1 Point)

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  1. Choux pastry (French: pâte à choux)
  2. Carbonara
  3. Keema, Peshwari, Paneer
  4. Buck’s Fizz, Mimosa, Black Velvet
  5. Jameson Irish Whiskey

Science (11 Points)

  1. What is H2SO4? One use is as an electrolyte in batteries. (1 Point)
  2. What is the chemical formula for salt? (1 Point)
  3. Electrolysis of water decomposes water into oxygen and hydrogen gas. Is oxygen released at the anode(+ terminal) or cathode? (1 Point)
  4. Limescale is a hard chalky deposit mainly of what chemical compound? (1 Point)
  5. What is the chemical formula of the previous chemical compound? (1 Point)
  6. Who in an experiment in 1666 bent white light through a prism? (1 Point)

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  7. The above picture is an album cover. Name the album and band. (2 Points)
  8. In classical mechanics, a famous physicist published in 1687 the laws of motion. (3 Points)
    1. Who is the famous physicist?
    2. How many laws of motion are there?
    3. The second law of motion gives a succinct formula, what is it?

  1. sulphuric acid
  2. NaCl
  3. anode
  4. calcium carbonate
  5. CaCO3
  6. Isaac Newton
  7. The Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd
  8. Isaac Newton, Three, F = ma