How about science as our category today? In fact, let's make it food science.
Chocolate is enjoyable for humans and toxic to some animals like dogs. The chemical responsible for this toxicity is an alkaloid similar in structure to caffeine. What is this compound, with a name that comes from the Greek words for food of the gods?
Congrats to Itchy who was only off by a letter in remembering that it is theobromine.
July 24, 2007
Trivial Tuesday
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How about Theobroma Cacao?
CB,
You're quite close. Theobroma cacao is the name of the plant, but I'm specifically looking for the name of that magical compound.
I'll probably spell this wrong since I'm not going to google it. Theobromide?
I'm gonna be upset if I'm not even close. Now I'm tempted to google....but I will not give in!
The chemical in chocolate?
Hmm...
Is it delicio yumyum-oxide?
Perhaps crackus cocainate?
I thought cheese was food of the gods. The original ambrosia!
Ok, Itchy is off by one letter, so I think we'll consider her correct. It is thoebromine (as opposed to -mide). It comes from the greek Theo meaning god and broma meaning food (which is also where the plant itself gets the name mentioned above by CB).
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