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Who invented potato chips?

The potato chip

Who invented potato chips?
Take the Rediff Business Quiz and find out how much you know about the commonplace but bestselling potato chips.

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1. Who invented potato chips?
a) Francois Delon
b) George Crum
c) Joseph Pringles

2. Who was first to market potato chips?
a) Fritos Corn Chips
b) Joseph Pringles
c) Herman Lay

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The correct answer is Herman Lay.
For several decades after their creation, potato chips were largely a dinner dish in Northern America. In the 1930s, Herman Lay, a travelling salesman in the south, helped popularise the food from Atlanta to Tennessee.
Lay peddled potato chips to southern grocers out of the trunk of his car, building a business and a name that would become synonymous with the thin, salty snack.
Lay's potato chips became the first successfully marketed national brand. In 1961, Herman Lay merged his company with Frito, the Dallas-based producer of such snack foods as Fritos Corn Chips. Thus was born Frito-Lay.
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For several decades after their creation, potato chips were largely a dinner dish in Northern America. In the 1930s, Herman Lay, a travelling salesman in the south, helped popularise the food from Atlanta to Tennessee.
Lay peddled potato chips to southern grocers out of the trunk of his car, building a business and a name that would become synonymous with the thin, salty snack.
Lay's potato chips became the first successfully marketed national brand. In 1961, Herman Lay merged his company with Frito, the Dallas-based producer of such snack foods as Fritos Corn Chips. Thus was born Frito-Lay.

3. 100 kg of potatoes make how many potato chips?
a) 100 kg
b) 35 kg
c) 50 kg

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The correct answer is 35 kg.
It takes 100 kg of potatoes to make 35 kg of potato chips. The thickness of an ordinary potato chip is 55/1000th of an inch. Ridged chips are 4 times thicker at 210/1000th of an inch. The name 'potato' is believed to have originated from the Indian name 'batata.'
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It takes 100 kg of potatoes to make 35 kg of potato chips. The thickness of an ordinary potato chip is 55/1000th of an inch. Ridged chips are 4 times thicker at 210/1000th of an inch. The name 'potato' is believed to have originated from the Indian name 'batata.'

4. Who brought French fries to the US?
a) Theodore Roosevelt
b) Thomas Jefferson
c) Benjamin Franklin

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The correct answer is Theodore Roosevelt.
American President Thomas Jefferson is credited for having introduced French fries to the Untied States when he served them at a White House dinner in 1802.
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American President Thomas Jefferson is credited for having introduced French fries to the Untied States when he served them at a White House dinner in 1802.

5. How much fat do potatoes contain?
a) 50%
b) 0%
c) 75%

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The correct answer is 0%.
Potatoes contain no fat. The potato is 80% water and 20% solids.
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Potatoes contain no fat. The potato is 80% water and 20% solids.

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