Trivia XXIII

Posted on July 25, 2009 by Zelda

We now know that the # is actually called – an octothorpe!

We would like to know how long it took to build the Great Wall of China.

And we have a new question! šŸ˜€

“When were ice cream cones first served?”

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14 Responses to Trivia XXIII

  1. Danalyn says:
    July 25, 2009 at 16:32

    I don’t know, but I could go for some ice cream right now!

  2. Daria says:
    July 25, 2009 at 16:33

    I just had a rice milk ice cream sundae!

    You have a knack for picking questions that don’t have just one answer, you know wink

  3. Daria says:
    July 25, 2009 at 16:34

    Source: http://whatscookingamerica.net/History/IceCream/IceCreamCone.htm

    The first true ice cream cone, used exclusively for ice cream only, appears to have been the invention of the Italian immigrants living in the Manchester, England area during the inter-war period in the middle 1800s.

    They’re Italian, so this has to be true! (My logic is flawed by my heritage.)

  4. Danalyn says:
    July 25, 2009 at 16:36

    I might have to run to mcdonalds and grab a cone. That’s the closest place to me…well, within walking distance, anyway. I don’t feel like fighting traffic on a saturday night. Heheh.

  5. Poe says:
    July 25, 2009 at 16:37

    I – um. I don’t know. )=

    I have a different date for first served. I would assume for purchase…

  6. Danalyn says:
    July 25, 2009 at 16:38

    I’m going to burn that book. wink

  7. Daria says:
    July 25, 2009 at 16:39

    Ok, check this out:

    http://www.makeicecream.com/hisoficecrea.html

    Italo Marchiony sold his homemade ice cream from a pushcart on Wall Street. He reduced his overhead caused by customers breaking or wandering off with his serving glasses by baking edible waffle cups with sloping sides and a flat bottom. He patented his idea in 1903.

    Others link the ice cream cone’s invention to the 1904 World’s Fair in St. Louis. An ice cream vendor there reportedly didn’t have enough dishes to keep up with demand, so he teamed up with a waffle vendor who rolled his product into “cornucopias.”

  8. Poe says:
    July 25, 2009 at 16:40

    Yes, I have the 1904 World’s Fair. (=

  9. Daria says:
    July 25, 2009 at 16:41

    We still think your book is evil. Although I am learning a LOT tonight!

  10. Danalyn says:
    July 25, 2009 at 16:41

    Whew!

    *grumbles about book* wink

  11. Poe says:
    July 25, 2009 at 16:41

    I think that’s all the questions, isn’t it?

  12. Daria says:
    July 25, 2009 at 16:42

    Holy crap, it is! The board is CLEARED!

  13. Poe says:
    July 25, 2009 at 16:43

    SWEET!
    Now what will you do?

  14. Danalyn says:
    July 25, 2009 at 16:44

    Go get ice cream. Heheheh.

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