Mystery Wine Walk Answers to Questions and Winners

Winners of the Rhubarb Trivia Questions

• The winner of the "Rhubarb Bliss", one rhubarb pie per month for a year, is Marcinda Rambaran who answered all 14 questions correctly. 
   

• Honorable mention goes to Candy Rawson and Jim Whitlatch.

  Gift Certificate Winners
  "Visiting all 14 Tasting sites"

  >  $50.00 - Shannon Rasmussen
  >  $25.00 - Wendy Reynolds
  >  $25.00 - Elena Lindell 

  Note:  All the winners will be notified email or phone.

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  Mystery Trivia Questions & Answers
  "Correct Answers in Bold"

1) In 1893 the first rhubarb was shipped to Seattle in;

a) gunny sacks
b) crates
c) empty oatmeal containers
d) Adam Knoblauch's shoes

2) The first hot-house rhubarb was delivered from Sumner to Seattle and Tacoma via;

a) railroad
b) barge
c) a Model T Ford
d) horse and buggy

3) The first rhubarb farm in the Valley was started by;

a) Sven and Ole
b) The Everly Brothers
c) Leslie Brothers
d) Donny and Marie Osmond

4) The Sumner Rhubarb Grower's Association was recognized in 1930.

True
False

5) Where did Sumner get it's designation as the "Rhubarb Pie Capital of the World."?

a) The 1962 Seattle World's Fair
b) Jeopardy
c) Betty Crocker
d) no one knows

6) In 1928 Sumner had several "Rhubarb pie filler factories".

True
False

7) In 1542 rhubarb sold for ten times the price of ________________in France.

a) gold
b) caviar
c) horses
d) cinnamon


8) Rhubarb is a ;

a) vegetable
b) fruit
c) herb
d) cousin to the celery family

9) The word "rhubarb" means;

a) "barbarians of the Volga River"
b) yummy, pink, and crunchy
c) intestinal fortitude
d) post winter cleanser


10) You should always peel rhubarb before cooking with it.

True
False


11) In Pierce County there are _______rhubarb farms.

a) 23
b) 10
c) 6
d) 51


12) To keep juice from running out of pies you should;

a) squish the rhubarb in paper towels thoroughly
b) add 5 tablespoons of tapioca
c) suck out extra juice with straws prior to baking
d) sprinkle two round teaspoons of fine bread crumbs, on at the bottom and the other mixed with the rhubarb.


13) When trying to purchase the freshest stalks;

a) pick them up and see which are the heaviest-they are the freshest
b) look for the ones that are the darkest red
c) smell them and if they smell like plums they are ripe
d) buy the ones that are firm and all one shade of red

14) The leaves of mature rhubarb are shaped like;

a) aces
b) clubs
c) hearts
d) turkeys