1. Michael Andreas gets sent to prison in 1999 for conspiring with foreign rivals to control the international market for what feed additive?
(a) Ascorbic acid.
(b) Sorbitol.
(c) Lysine.
(d) Guar gum.

2. How many pounds of ground beef can a single infected animal contaminate with E. coli O157:H7?
(a) 2,200.
(b) 20,000.
(c) 32,000.
(d) 20.

3. Which other German city is less heavily bombed in World War II by the Allies, but sustains more damage?
(a) Dresden.
(b) Hamburg.
(c) Munich.
(d) Frankfurt.

4. Republican Congressman Andy Ireland calls franchisees who want legal reform of regulations ______ in congress.
(a) Hippies.
(b) Communists.
(c) Whiny butts.
(d) Knuckle draggers.

5. What is the name of the "labor consultant" from New York City who meets with IBP and has close ties to La Cosa Nostra?
(a) John Gotti.
(b) Al Capone.
(c) Moe Stenman.
(d) Tom Pendergast.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the newly elected governor of Nebraska told by Mike Harper that his company needed more tax breaks or it would pick up shop and leave the state?

2. Which room in the meatpacking plant contains machines that assemble cardboard boxes and vacuum seal meat in plastic?

3. The sections of beef known as chucks, loins, ribs, and rounds are known as _______.

4. What do the McDonald brothers call their system of service?

5. According to historian Harvey Levenstein, when was the "Golden Age of Food Processing"?

(see the answer key)

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