Thursday 2nd November 2023
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    Fray Bentos (Quiz #349)

    Questions by Nick Gough

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    The Fray Bentos food brand is a perennial student favourite, originally associated with corned beef and, later, meat pies.

    1. The meat packing plant that made the corned beef sold under the Fray Bentos name in the UK was originally located in Fray Bentos, a port city in which country?

    2. Fray Bentos's peak was during World War II. As a supplier of meat to the Allies, Fray Bentos shipped over 16 milion cans of corned beef to Europe in 1943 alone. How many cows an hour were being processed at that peak?

    3. Who did David Brent confuse with Fray Bentos in The Office quiz episode?

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