How well do you know popcorn?

WSUCougar · 11-04-2005, 03:25 PM

We recently had a trivia night as a fundraiser (to help out a sick kid), and there was a bunch of food donated from various places. One place donated these huge bags of "movie style" popped popcorn.

Anyway, here's the thing. The amount of popcorn was listed in two forms, ounces and cubic inches. Keep in mind this is a BIG BAG. It said 48 ounces, and _____ cubic inches.

So the question of the day is: How many cubic inches of popped popcorn weighs 48 ounces?

SackAttack · 11-04-2005, 03:26 PM

I'll go with 48.

Pumpy Tudors · 11-04-2005, 03:29 PM

I'm going with 8000 on this one.

WSUCougar · 11-04-2005, 03:41 PM

Too low, and too high.

Pumpy Tudors · 11-04-2005, 03:44 PM

Buzzbee · 11-04-2005, 03:49 PM

WSUCougar · 11-04-2005, 03:49 PM

High and high

Masked · 11-04-2005, 03:50 PM

QuikSand · 11-04-2005, 03:50 PM

Warhammer · 11-04-2005, 03:51 PM

I'll go with 24 cubic inches.

WSUCougar · 11-04-2005, 03:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Masked

2596

Close enough! 2592

Just seemed like an unusual way of measuring food. So there ya go.

Masked · 11-04-2005, 03:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WSUCougar

Close enough! 2592

Just seemed like an unusual way of measuring food. So there ya go.

Ha, that is what my answer should have been, I just screwed up the math. I figured the bag was about 2ft tall and had a cylindrical base that had a 1ft diameter. To do the calculation (incorrectly) I just approximated pi to be 3.

dawgfan · 11-04-2005, 04:13 PM

In a (very loosely) related note - I pissed-off a buddy of mine recently when we went to a first-showing last Sunday and told him about how, when I worked at a theater the summer before my first year of college, we would bag-up the popcorn at the end of the night and use that to fill the popcorn bin the next morning, since we wouldn't have enough time to pop-up enough fresh popcorn to fill the first popcorn orders of the day.

Didn't stop him from buying popcorn though...

wishbone · 11-04-2005, 05:03 PM

Isn't that kind of disappointing? I was thinking wow, 3 lbs of popcorn!! I bet that would fill a room! But it only fills a 1.5 cubic foot box.

http://www.popcorn.org/encyclopedia/industry_facts.cfm
Processors consider the minimum expansion ratio for good popcorn to be 35 to 38 to one. However, some of today's improved hybrids will expand over 40 times

QuikSand · 11-04-2005, 09:30 PM

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Originally Posted by wishbone

Processors consider the minimum expansion ratio for good popcorn to be 35 to 38 to one. However, some of today's improved hybrids will expand over 40 times

Ahhh... my venerable ancestors of the pre-micro age. Some good work they did back in their day.

Passacaglia · 11-05-2005, 08:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wishbone

Isn't that kind of disappointing? I was thinking wow, 3 lbs of popcorn!! I bet that would fill a room! But it only fills a 1.5 cubic foot box.

http://www.popcorn.org/encyclopedia/industry_facts.cfm
Processors consider the minimum expansion ratio for good popcorn to be 35 to 38 to one. However, some of today's improved hybrids will expand over 40 times

I initially read that as professors. I wish I could be a popcorn professor.

WSUCougar · 11-05-2005, 08:10 PM

Is this thread still alive? DIE, THREAD, DIE!!!

Dutch · 11-05-2005, 08:50 PM

I need to buy me some Jiffy Pop. I loved making that when I was a kid.

Loren · 11-05-2005, 09:02 PM

well i know that my ass just kinda exploded and it's all cuz off movie popcorn

Karlifornia · 11-05-2005, 09:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Loren

well i know that my ass just kinda exploded and it's all cuz off movie popcorn

.................

MikeVic · 11-05-2005, 09:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Loren

well i know that my ass just kinda exploded and it's all cuz off movie popcorn

Mmmm exploding ass.

11-04-2005, 03:29 PM	#3
Pumpy Tudors Bounty Hunter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Pittsburgh, PA	I'm going with 8000 on this one. __________________ No, I am not Batman, and I will not repair your food processor.

11-04-2005, 03:41 PM	#4
WSUCougar Rider Of Rohan Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Port Angeles, WA or Helm's Deep	Too low, and too high. __________________ It's not the years...it's the mileage.

11-04-2005, 03:44 PM	#5
Pumpy Tudors Bounty Hunter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Pittsburgh, PA	5682 __________________ No, I am not Batman, and I will not repair your food processor.

11-04-2005, 03:49 PM	#6
Buzzbee College Starter Join Date: Jun 2002	6900 __________________ Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it. - Lou Holtz

11-04-2005, 03:49 PM	#7
WSUCougar Rider Of Rohan Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Port Angeles, WA or Helm's Deep	High and high __________________ It's not the years...it's the mileage.

11-04-2005, 03:26 PM	#2
SackAttack Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Green Bay, WI	I'll go with 48.

11-04-2005, 03:50 PM	#8
Masked College Starter Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Bay Area	2596

11-04-2005, 03:50 PM	#9
QuikSand lolzcat Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Annapolis, Md	3200

11-04-2005, 03:51 PM	#10
Warhammer Pro Starter Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Dayton, OH	I'll go with 24 cubic inches.

11-04-2005, 04:13 PM	#13
dawgfan Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Seattle	In a (very loosely) related note - I pissed-off a buddy of mine recently when we went to a first-showing last Sunday and told him about how, when I worked at a theater the summer before my first year of college, we would bag-up the popcorn at the end of the night and use that to fill the popcorn bin the next morning, since we wouldn't have enough time to pop-up enough fresh popcorn to fill the first popcorn orders of the day. Didn't stop him from buying popcorn though...

11-04-2005, 05:03 PM	#14
wishbone High School JV Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Hillsboro OR	Isn't that kind of disappointing? I was thinking wow, 3 lbs of popcorn!! I bet that would fill a room! But it only fills a 1.5 cubic foot box. http://www.popcorn.org/encyclopedia/industry_facts.cfm Processors consider the minimum expansion ratio for good popcorn to be 35 to 38 to one. However, some of today's improved hybrids will expand over 40 times

11-05-2005, 08:10 PM	#17
WSUCougar Rider Of Rohan Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Port Angeles, WA or Helm's Deep	Is this thread still alive? DIE, THREAD, DIE!!! __________________ It's not the years...it's the mileage.

11-05-2005, 08:50 PM	#18
Dutch "Dutch" Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Tampa, FL	I need to buy me some Jiffy Pop. I loved making that when I was a kid.

11-05-2005, 09:02 PM	#19
Loren High School JV Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: i live in tx	well i know that my ass just kinda exploded and it's all cuz off movie popcorn __________________ Lorennnn...

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