Question 1
At sea level, water reaches its boiling point at which temperature on the Celsius scale?
- 100°C
- 75°C
- 50°C
- 150°C
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100°C
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Kitchen Science trivia quiz
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What the Kitchen Science questions cover
- Emulsions
- Starch
- Browning
- Egg Foams
- Leavening
- Pressure Cooking
- Dough
- Egg Proteins
- Egg Science
- Freezing
- Hydrocolloids
- Spherification
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Question 2
What is the name for the browning reaction between sugars and amino acids during cooking?
- Gelatinization
- Maillard reaction
- Fermentation
- Emulsification
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Maillard reaction
Question 3
When a common white leavening powder is mixed with an acid, which gas creates bubbles in batter?
- Oxygen
- Nitrogen
- Carbon dioxide
- Hydrogen
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Carbon dioxide
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