CHIP QUIZ
1.Approximately how many portions of chips do the UK's fish and chips shops sell in a year?

2. Who said, "What I say is that if a fellow really likes potatoes, he must be a pretty decent sort of fellow"?

3. What is the proportion of potatoes in Britain consumed as chips?

4. Who painted the famous painting "The Potato Eaters"?

5. When is thought to be the first reference to chips in Britain?

6. When playing golf, which club is usually recommended to chip the ball?

7. In which country were chips invented?

8. In the classic 70s US cop series, what do the letters CHiPs stand for?

9.Who sang, "There's a guy works down the chip shop swears he's Elvis"?

10. What was the name of the character used to promote the potato during World War

11. In which year was the film 'Goodbye Mr Chips' released?

12. How heavy was the world's biggest potato?

13 Approximately how many tonnes of chips are eaten in Britain each week?

14. What is the cockney rhyming slang for chips?

15. What is the percentage of water in a potato?

16. In which decade did the first Fish and Chip Shop open in the UK?

17. Who has the catchphrase 'Cheap as Chips'?

18. In the classic comic launched in 1969, who is Chips' rival?

19. The saying – 'when the chips are down' – means what?

20. What is the middle of a poker chip called?

21. How much vitamin C does 100g of oven chips contain?

22. Which chip-loving actress once described herself as 'a salty,
greasy girl'?

23. In which (month and) year were Chip and Pin credit and debit cards rolled out in the UK?

24. How much on average do we spend on frozen chips a year in Great Britain?

25. Who starred alongside Erik Estrada in the US cop series CHiPs?

26. Where is the largest fish and chip restaurant in the world?

27. How long did the US cop series CHiPs run for?

28. In what decade was the frozen chip introduced?

29. Who played the leading female role in the film 'Goodbye Mr Chips'?

30. How many fish and chip shops are there in Britain?

31. How much is a plate of fish and chips at the Savoy Hotel Restaurant in London?

32. An American $5 1950s poker chip was recently sold at auction, for how much?

33. Fill in the missing word to the proverb, 'The worse the [BLANK], the more the chips'.

34. In which Shakespeare play are the words: 'My doe with the black scut! Let the sky rain potatoes; let it thunder to the tune of Green Sleeves, hail kissing-comfits and snow eringoes; let there come a tempest of provocation, I will shelter me here.'

35. Mr Potato Head became the first toy to be advertised on US TV, which year was it?

36. What percentage of British households buy frozen chips?

37. Which government minister declared that fish & chips were the only food not to be rationed during the Second World War?

38. Which famous actress said "the perfect Saturday night for me is to get the kids to bed, pour myself a glass of wine and send Sam for fish and chips"?

39. Name the two main characters from the US cop series ChiPS

40. Which was the first food to been grown in space?