The lactic acid bacterium that gives sourdough bread its distinctive taste is Lactobacillus sanfranciscensis. Microbiologists Frank Sugihara and Leo Kline isolated the bacteria in the 1970s and named it for the place they found it: San Francisco.
Sometimes called St. John’s bread, what tree’s seedpods are ground as a substitute for cocoa powder?
A) Carob
B) Honey locust
C) Mimosa
D) Sweetgum
Previous answer: Churchill and FDR met in Casablanca in 1943.
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