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What was the first kitchen appliance released in different colors?
What was the first kitchen appliance released in different colors?
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In 1949, the Chambers Company, a small Indiana stove factory, startled everyone by offering stoves in red, black, blue, gray, yellow, and green. Rumors circulated that the colorful models accounted for one-third of the Chambers Company’s sales. When a major trade association for the paint industry reported the rising popularity of kitchens in canary yellow and chartreuse, the household equipment industry took notice.
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What method of preparing food uses dry heat, typically in an oven?
What method of preparing food uses dry heat, typically in an oven?
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Baking is a method of preparing food that uses dry heat, typically in an oven, but can also be done in hot ashes, or on hot stones. The most common baked item is bread, but many other types of foods can be baked. Heat is gradually transferred "from the surface of cakes, cookies, and pieces of bread to their center.
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Which of these household appliances is used for drying clothes?
Which of these household appliances is used for drying clothes?
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Tumble dryers continuously draw in the ambient air around them and heat it before passing it through the tumbler. The resulting hot, humid air is usually vented outside to make room for more air to continue the drying process. Tumble dryers are sometimes integrated with a washing machine, in the form of washer-dryer combos, which are essentially a front loading washing machine with an integrated dryer or (in the US) a laundry center, which stacks the dryer on top of the washer and integrates the controls for both machines into a single control panel.
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Which of these appliances would you use to wash laundry?
Which of these appliances would you use to wash laundry?
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A washing machine (laundry machine, clothes washer, washer, or simply wash) is a home appliance used to wash laundry. The term is mostly applied to machines that use water as opposed to dry cleaning (which uses alternative cleaning fluids and is performed by specialist businesses) or ultrasonic cleaners. The user adds laundry detergent, which is sold in liquid, powder, or dehydrated sheet form, to the wash water.
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5/20
What household appliance is used to remove wrinkles from clothing?
What household appliance is used to remove wrinkles from clothing?
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Iron is an electric household appliance used to remove wrinkles from clothing and other fabrics. It typically consists of a flat metal plate, called a soleplate, which is heated by an electric heating element and pressed against the fabric to smooth out wrinkles. Iron is plugged in heat up to the desired temperature. The soleplate is then pressed against the fabric, and the user moves the iron back and forth over the wrinkled area until the wrinkles are removed.
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How does an air fryer cook food?
How does an air fryer cook food?
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Air fryers don't actually fry. Instead, the food goes into a perforated basket, and the machine cooks it by blowing hot air around it. The force of the air produces a convection effect that cooks and browns the exterior of the food in the basket. As long as the air temperature reaches more than 320 F, breaded foods like frozen chicken tenders or unbreaded starchy items like french fries or tater tots will, in fact, turn brown.
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Which of these is a room where people commonly wash their clothes?
Which of these is a room where people commonly wash their clothes?
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A laundry room is a room where clothes are washed and dried. In a modern home, a laundry room would be equipped with an automatic washing machine and clothes dryer, and often a large basin, called a laundry tub, for hand-washing delicate articles of clothing such as sweaters, and an ironing board. A typical laundry room is located in the basement of older homes, but in many modern homes, the laundry room might be found on the main floor near the kitchen or upstairs near the bedrooms.
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Which of these is an espresso?
Which of these is an espresso?
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Espresso is a coffee-brewing method in which a small amount of nearly boiling water is forced under pressure through finely-ground coffee beans. Espresso can be made with a wide variety of coffee beans and roast degrees, and numerous espresso-based drinks exist, often blending in milk. It is one of the world's most popular coffee-brewing methods.
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9/20
Roomba is a popular model of which kind of appliance?
Roomba is a popular model of which kind of appliance?
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iRobot makes all sorts of household small appliances, but the company is best known for its Roomba robot vacuums. iRobot first announced its now-popular Roomba line back in 2002. Since then, brands like Neato and Dyson have swooped in with autonomous cleaners able to snatch up competitive amounts of the rice, sand, and pet hair we toss on our test floors.
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10/20
Before refrigerators, what was used to keep food cold?
Before refrigerators, what was used to keep food cold?
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A century ago, cupboards, cabinets, or closets were used to store everyday items. They were known as cold pantries or larders. Food items such as bread, butter, cheese, and eggs, as well as fruits and vegetables, were brought up from the root cellar in small amounts to the kitchen. A root cellar is a storage area that uses the natural cooling properties of the earth. Cold pantries were made of metal or wood grates to draw up cold air from below the house. The main difference between a root cellar and a cold pantry is humidity. While a cold pantry keeps food dry, a root cellar allows some moisture to help preserve the produce stored there.
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11/20
What process do microwaves use to heat food?
What process do microwaves use to heat food?
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A microwave oven (commonly referred to as a microwave) is an electric oven that heats and cooks food by exposing it to electromagnetic radiation in the microwave frequency range. This induces polar molecules in the food to rotate and produce thermal energy in a process known as dielectric heating. American engineer Percy Spencer is generally credited with inventing the modern microwave oven after World War II from radar technology developed during the war.
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12/20
Whirlpool started off making which domestic appliances?
Whirlpool started off making which domestic appliances?
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The Whirlpool Corporation is an American multinational manufacturer and marketer of home appliances, headquartered in Benton Charter Township, Michigan, United States. On November 11, 1911, Louis Upton and his uncle, Emory Upton, founded the Upton Machine Company. Lou acquired a patent for manual washing machines. He approached Emory to determine if he could add an electric motor to the design. Their first customer, the Federal Electric division of Commonwealth Edison, ordered 100 machines. The increasing volume of sales led Upton to merge with the Nineteen Hundred Washer Company of Binghamton, New York in 1929, adopting the name Nineteen Hundred Corporation. In 1949, The Nineteen Hundred Corporation was renamed the Whirlpool Corporation.
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Which of these is a pot used for coffee brewing by cycling the brew?
Which of these is a pot used for coffee brewing by cycling the brew?
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A coffee percolator is a type of pot used for the brewing of coffee by continually cycling the boiling or nearly boiling brew through the grounds using gravity until the required strength is reached. The grounds are held in a perforated metal filter basket. Coffee percolators once enjoyed great popularity but were supplanted in the early 1970s by automatic drip-brew coffeemakers.
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Which of these companies dominated the electric vacuum cleaner industry?
Which of these companies dominated the electric vacuum cleaner industry?
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The Hoover Company is a home appliance company founded in Ohio, United States, in 1915. It also established a major base in the United Kingdom; and, mostly in the 20th century, it dominated the electric vacuum cleaner industry, to the point where the Hoover brand name became synonymous with vacuum cleaners and vacuuming in the United Kingdom and Ireland.
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In which U.S. state is the world's largest operational frying pan?
In which U.S. state is the world's largest operational frying pan?
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In 1964, the Ramsey Feed Company of Rose Hill created the ultimate tribute to the area’s poultry industry by building the world’s largest frying pan. This 15-foot-wide behemoth can be found a short drive off Interstate 40. On most afternoons, this destination is little more than a novelty, and the pan itself isn’t well displayed because it is covered to protect it from the elements. Perhaps the best time to see the pan in action each year is at the North Carolina Poultry Jubilee held each fall, which includes a food festival featuring chicken cooked in the pan.
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The coffee system "Keurig" is named after a Dutch word that means what?
The coffee system "Keurig" is named after a Dutch word that means what?
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Tired of drinking weak and stale office coffee, John Sylvan and Peter Dragone began experimenting with creating a single-serve machine that could simply and consistently deliver the perfect cup of coffee. They named their brewing system and their company “Keurig”, a word derived from the Dutch word for excellence, and designated each single-serve coffee capsule as a “K-Cup® pod.” After a few years of exclusively targeting sales to offices, Keurig, Inc. executives decided to make this revolutionary brewing system available on kitchen counters. Keurig worked to develop a home model of the brewer that could successfully compete with other single-serve coffee systems offered by competitors. In 2003, Keurig® brewers and K-Cup® pods were made available in high-end department stores, targeting consumers looking for a no-mess approach to brewing coffee, one that could be done from the comfort of their own homes with just one touch of a button.
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Which U.S. state hosts a museum about refrigerator history?
Which U.S. state hosts a museum about refrigerator history?
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The “Refrigeration Research Museum”, located in Brighton, Michigan, has a large private collection of artifacts tracing the history of commercial and residential refrigeration from the late 19th century to 1960. There are several museums dedicated to refrigeration in the United States: one in Pennsylvania has just added a 1936 refrigerated wagon to its collection.
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Which of these American brands manufactured ice boxes and refrigerators?
Which of these American brands manufactured ice boxes and refrigerators?
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Kelvinator was an American home appliance manufacturer and a line of domestic refrigerators that was the namesake of the company. Although as a company it is now defunct, the name still exists as a brand name owned by Electrolux AB. It takes its name from William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, who developed the concept of absolute zero and for whom the Kelvin temperature scale is named. The name was thought appropriate for a company that manufactured ice boxes and refrigerators. Kelvinator was founded on September 18, 1914, in Detroit, Michigan, United States, by engineer Nathaniel B. Wales who introduced his idea for a practical electric refrigeration unit for the home to Edmund Copeland and Arnold Goss.
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The air conditioner was first used in what type of industry?
The air conditioner was first used in what type of industry?
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Air conditioning’s first application was in the print industry, for a company in Brooklyn, NY, called Sackett-Wilhelms Lithographing and Printing Company. As the humidity in their facilities fluctuated, the paper they used would expand and contract, making the printing process less precise, more difficult, and much slower. Enter a man named Willis Carrier. Carrier began experimenting with electrical air conditioning as a method of preventing some of the problems that came along with summertime humidity and high temperatures for printing companies. Essentially, he found that blowing air over a set of coils, which are filled with coolant, would pull much of the moisture out of the air. This reduction in humidity was a success for the printing company, but the full application of "air conditioning" was yet to be seen.
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In which U.S. state was the inventor of the modern air conditioner born?
In which U.S. state was the inventor of the modern air conditioner born?
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Willis Haviland Carrier was an American engineer, best known for inventing modern air conditioning. Carrier invented the first electrical air conditioning unit in 1902. Carrier was born on November 26, 1876, in Angola, New York, the son of Duane Williams Carrier and Elizabeth R. Haviland. He graduated from Angola Academy in 1894 and from Buffalo High School in 1897.
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