The Great British Baking Show by CoenM

Champion(s):

FryedBetaKappa
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Runner(s)-Up:

PFD


Quiz Description

Sit back with a cup of tea and a scone and release some of your election-driven anxiety with these questions about the BBC/PBS reality competition program(me).

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Questions:

While we know it as The Great British Baking Show, its UK title is The Great British Bake Off, which can't be used in the US due to what COMPANY's trademark on the term "bake off?"

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Pillsbury

Name EITHER OF THE SHOW'S PRESENTERS, who are best known for their work together on the daytime talk/comedy show Light Lunch and a self-named show that aired on ITV. First name will suffice.

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Sue Perkins or Mel Giedroyc

This JUDGE has published more than 75 books on cooking and baking, most notably 2009's Baking Bible.

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Mary Berry

The judge from question 3 was the lone member of the current UK judging and hosting panel to cross the pond for ABC's The Great Holiday Baking Show. Name EITHER HOST of this spin-off, one best known for the Big Fat Greek Wedding films, the other (her husband) for his roles on TV shows like The Drew Carey Show, Felicity, and Cougar Town.

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Nia Vardalos or Ian Gomez

One of the most controversial moments in the show's history came in series five, when Ian Watters threw out his attempt at making what ICE CREAM-BASED DESSERT, leaving him to present his trash can at judging in what fans of the show call "Bingate."

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Baked Alaska

At the end of each episode, one contestant is named what TWO WORD TITLE to recognize them as the top performing contestant that week?

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Star Baker

The last two series seen in the US were held at Belford Park, a stately home in what English COUNTY, which is also the name of a county and a mountain range in Massachusetts?

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Berkshire

The finale to series seven set a viewership record in the UK, becoming the most-watched episode of non-sporting TV since the 2010 finale of what REALITY SHOW won by Matt Cardle?

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The X-Factor

The popularity of the show has been cited as a reason for increased membership in what VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATION for females focused on improved education and skill-building opportunities? The leadership of the branch in Great Paxford is a central plot point of the ITV/PBS show Home Fires.

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Women's Institute (WI)

Of the technical challenges in series six, perhaps the hardest was the Spanische Windtorte, an Austrian dessert whose body is made from what EGG WHITE-BASED SUBSTANCE?

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merignue

Unlike hack bakers like myself, who just use granulated white sugar, bakers on the show most often use what TYPE OF REFINED SUGAR, known in the US as "superfine sugar," named for the type of sieve that its tiny crystals can fit through.

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caster (or castor)

Fans of the show were stunned when it was announced earlier in the year that the show would be moving from the BBC to Channel 4, only retaining this JUDGE, the lone professional baker (and male) among the show's regular hosts and judges.

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Paul Hollywood