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Quiz: How much do you know about fridges?
It’s the kitchen’s coolest appliance. But how much do you know about it?
WHAT WOULD WE all do without fridges?
Eat a lot more canned goods, presumably.
A week that had Europe on edge with threats to airlines and media outlets began with news emerging of what may have been a related threat – to, of all things, the fridges of various SuperValu stores.
We won’t be touching on the hack in the quiz below.
But we will very much be covering the history of fridges.
So how much do you know about the coolest appliance in the kitchen?
William Cullen designed the first refrigeration machine in 1755 (though it didn't work very well). What country was he from?
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England
Scotland
America
Italy
Former American football player William Anthony Perry's nickname was The Refridgerator. What team did he most prolifically play for?
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Dallas Cowboys
Kansas City Chiefs
Pittsburgh Steelers
Chicago Bears
What does the term 'fridging' refer to in literature?
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Freezing out of a main character to advance the story
When female characters face disproportionate harm to advance male characters' stories
Hiding an object in plain sight that becomes important to the plot later
Putting one of the characters in a fridge for an extended period of time
What country are these fridge magnets from?
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Spain
France
Italy
Portugal
In which Indiana Jones film did Indy use a fridge to protect himself against a nuclear bomb?
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Dial of Destiny
The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Raiders of the Lost Ark
The Last Crusade
According to fridge-makers Whirlpool, which of these food items should you NOT keep in the fridge?
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Onions
Carrots
Broccoli
Peppers
True or false: An empty fridge uses more energy than a stocked fridge
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True
False
Which artist released the 1984 song Li'l Refrigerator?
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Billy Joel
Elton John
Rod Stewart
Kiki Dee
Louise J Greenfarb has the Guinness World Record for the largest collection of magnets. How many does she have?
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45,000
300,000
650,000
15,000
In the film WALL-E a fridge serves as the protector for a little green plant. What year was the film released in theatres?
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2003
2005
2008
2010
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