a) Old hearth toasters were often pivoted around with the foot, specifically the toe...originating the term "toe stir" which eventually became toaster.
b) In olden times, a person who raised a toast to another often had bread in his drink and he was the "toaster."
c) It comes from the Latin root of "torrere, tostum," meaning to scorch or burn.
d) It was originally a trademarked term of Simplex Electric Heating Appliance Co. - and eventually came into common use much like Kleenex or Jello did.

a) The Farenheit 451 Reaction
b) The Maillard Reaction
c) Carbonization
d) Exothermic Chemical Reaction

a) George Westinghouse
b) Ed "Nichrome" Thomas
c) William Hoskins
d) Orville Reddenbacher

a) Albert Marsh
b) Ed "Nichrome" Thomas
c) Thomas Edison
d) Sir Isaac Newton

a) The Roly Toaster
b) El Tosto
c) Travl-Toast
d) Bread Buster

a) It predicts the increased use of streamlining as a design element
b) It was the cause of The Great Chicago Fire.
c) It was the first automatic pop-up toaster sold for home use.
d) It was designed to store illegal alcohol during prohibition.

a) Michael Graves
b) Greg Jackson
c) Maya Lin
d) Philip Johnson

a) The Roly Toaster
b) Toastmaster Deluxe
c) The Toast-O-Lator
d) The Toast-Thru

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b) England
c) France
d) China

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