WIN - National Lamb Day Quiz!

National Lamb Day is celebrated on the 15th of February to commemorate the day in 1882 when the first shipment of frozen sheep meat left for New Zealand aboard the Dunedin, captained by John Whitson and bound for London.

The shipment was organised by two entrepreneurs, William Davidson and Thomas Brydone and left New Zealand on February 15th from Port Chalmers, Otago.

William Davidson, was a British-based general manager of the New Zealand and Australian Land Company, whose landholdings in the two countries exceeded 1 million hectares. Davidson had taken an interest in refrigerated experiments, which had proved the concept, if not yet the economic viability, of shipping frozen meat around the globe. That historic journey of around 5,000 carcasses (only one of which needed to be condemned!) was the beginning of what is now a multi billion dollar industry. New Zealand farmers produce some of the best lamb and the rest of the world just can’t get enough.

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THE ANSWERS FROM THE QUIZ ARE AS FOLLOWS:

• Q: How many lamb carcasses were in the first shipment to London? A: 5000
• Q: How many lamb carcasses out of the first shipment had to be condemned? A: 1
• Q: What were the names of the men who organised the first shipment? A: William Davidson and Thomas Brydone
• Q: Which of these is not a cut of lamb? A: Darne
• Q: How much protein (roughly) is in 100g of lamb? A: 25g of protein
• Q: What is the name of ANZCO Foods' lamb brand? A: Maimoa
• Q: How many ANZCO Foods sites process lamb? A: 3
• Q: On which date did the Dunedin arrive in London with the first shipment of lamb? A: 24 May
• Q: How many countries does ANZCO Foods export beef and lamb to? A: 80
• Q: Which country exports the most lamb and sheepmeat? A: Australia