Pizza has a long history. The ancient Greeks first had the idea of putting vegetables on large flat pieces of bread, and ‘pizza ovens’ have been found in the ruins of Roman cities. But for centuries one vital ingredient was missing - the first tomatoes were not brought to Europe until the sixteenth century, from South America. It was the nineteenth century before Rafaele Esposito, a baker from Naples, began to sell the first modern pizzas. He was asked to bake a special pizza for a visit by the Italian King and Queen in 1889, and so the first pizza Margarita was created, named after the Queen.
Pizza became a favourite dish in Italy, but it was after the Second World War, when thousands of American soldiers went home from Europe, that pizza really became an international dish. Soon there were pizzerias all over the USA, and American chains like Pizza Hut spread the idea around the world. Today the average American eats over ten kilogrammes of pizza a year, and the world's largest pizza (measuring thirty metres across) was baked not in Italy, but in Havana, Cuba!
1 Where were the first pizzas made? Answer
a) Pizza Hut
B. Ancient Greece
C. Roman cities
2 When did the first tomatoes arrive in Europe? Answer
A. from South America
B. in the 19th century
C. in the 16th century
3 Who created the first Pizza Margarita? Answer
A. Rafaele Esposito
B. Queen Margarita of Italy
C. the King of Italy
4 When did pizza become an international dish? Answer
A. when the Kings of Italy started eating pizza.
B. after the Second World War
C. when the world’s largest pizza was made in Havana, Cuba
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