Correct Answer Milk Tray was introduced in 1915 in open boxes arranged on wooden trays. Today, with its distinctive purple and gold cartons and popularised by the "Man in Black" television adverts, its one of the most popular chocolate assortments.
Question: Until Victorian times, chocolate was thought of as a drink. When did the first chocolate bar appear?
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Correct Answer No one knows for sure when the first chocolate bar appeared or even who made it, but an important event occurred in 1828. The Van Houten press was invented, which extracted cocoa butter from the bean - the same press that brought the Cadbury Brothers success with Cocoa Essence.
Question: Who was the first person to patent the JET ENGINE?
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Correct Answer British inventor Frank Whittle was the first to patent his design for a jet engine in 1930. Although an engine designed by Dr. Hans Von Ohain was the first to fly in 1939. Whittle's jet engine first flew in 1941. [Look out for the next installment].
Question: It travels over land and water. Who invented the HOVERCRAFT?
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Correct Answer Christopher Cockerell invented the hovercraft in 1956. His early experiments with the idea involved a cat food tin, a coffee tin and an industrial blower.
Correct Answer Genetic Engineering, the technique of DNA cloning was perfected by Stanley Cohen and Herbert Boyer in 1973. [the ultimate designer genes!]
Question: FROZEN FOOD - Who discovered the first practical method of freezing food?
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Correct Answer In the 1920s Clarence Birdseye discovered that if food was flash-frozen under pressure, it would freeze without the formation of ice crystals.
