A kingdom for a pizza! (Napoli) Mystery Cache

A kingdom for a pizza! (Napoli)

Pizza

Pizza is a traditional Italian dish consisting of a yeasted flatbread typically topped with tomato sauce and cheese and baked in an oven. It can also be topped with additional vegetables, meats, and condiments, and can be made without cheese.

The history of pizza

The term pizza was first recorded in the 10th century, in a Latin manuscript from the Southern Italian town of Gaeta in Lazio, on the border with Campania. Modern pizza was invented in Naples, and the dish and its variants have since become popular and common in many areas of the world. In 2009, upon Italy's request, Neapolitan pizza was registered with the European Union as a Traditional Speciality Guaranteed dish. The Associazione Verace Pizza Napoletana (True Neapolitan Pizza Association), a non-profit organization founded in 1984 with headquarters in Naples, aims to "promote and protect... the true Neapolitan pizza".

The word "pizza" (Italian: [ˈpittsa]) first appeared in a Latin text from the central Italian town of Gaeta, then still part of the Byzantine Empire, in 997 AD; the text states that a tenant of certain property is to give the bishop of Gaeta duodecim pizze ("twelve pizzas") every Christmas Day, and another twelve every Easter Sunday".

Foods similar to pizza have been made since the neolithic age. Records of people adding other ingredients to bread to make it more flavorful can be found throughout ancient history. The ancient Greeks supplemented their bread with oils, herbs, and cheese, and in the 6th century BC, the Persian soldiers of Achaemenid Empire during the rule King Darius I baked flatbreads with cheese and dates on top of their battle shields. An early reference to a pizza-like food occurs in the Aeneid, when Celaeno, queen of the Harpies, foretells that the Trojans would not find peace until they are forced by hunger to eat their tables (Book III). In Book VII, Aeneas and his men are served a meal that includes round cakes (like pita bread) topped with cooked vegetables. When they eat the bread, they realize that these are the "tables" prophesied by Celaeno.

”Modern” pizza

Modern pizza evolved from similar flatbread dishes in Naples in the 18th or early 19th century. Prior to that time, flatbread was often topped with ingredients such as garlic, salt, lard, cheese, and basil. It is uncertain when tomatoes were first added and there are many conflicting claims. Until about 1830, pizza was sold from open-air stands and out of pizza bakeries, and pizzerias keep this old tradition alive today.

Pizza Marguerita

A popular contemporary legend holds that the archetypal pizza, pizza Margherita, was invented in 1889, when the Royal Palace of Capodimonte commissioned the Neapolitan pizzaiolo (pizza maker) Raffaele Esposito to create a pizza in honor of the visiting Queen Margherita. Of the three different pizzas he created, the Queen strongly preferred a pizza swathed in the colors of the Italian flag: red (tomato), green (basil), and white (mozzarella). Supposedly, this kind of pizza was then named after the Queen, although recent research casts doubt on this legend. An official letter of recognition from the Queen's "head of service" remains on display in Esposito's shop, now called the Pizzeria Brandi.

The cache

Napels is famous for it’s pizza. You can find a pizzeria on nearly every corner of the street. At some of them you will even have to draw a number before you can get a table. While standing in line for one of the many pizzarestaurants you can log this cache – or the other way around. Look for a small green waterproof cylinder. Put the cache back the way you found it (or better if it was visible).

Since is it usually very crowded close by, there are a lot of muggles around. So use stealth when needed… If you solve the puzzle, you will find spoilerpics in the checker below, to be sure that you can find the cache easily amongst the muggles.

The puzzle

But first you will have to solve the puzzle. Answer the following questions and find the cache at:

N 040 50.ABC

E 014 15.DEF

Question 1.

The word pizza dates back to

452 BC (A=7), 997 (A=9), 1012 (A=1) or 1492 (A=3).

Question 2.

The first recorded pizzalover was

Queen Margherita (B=1), Julia Roberts (B=3), King Darius I (B=5) or the bishop op Gaeta (B=7).

Question 3.

Which pizza does not have cheese ?

Pizza Margherita (C=5), Pizza Diavolo (C=3), Pizza Marinara (C=1) or pizza Tonno (C=9).

Question 4.

Which pizza does include pineapple ? Please do not order this pizza in Italy. You will be removed from the restaurant …

pizza Hollandesa (D=6), pizza Hawaï (D=8), pizza Americano (C=0) or pizza dei due grande cuppola di cathedrale di Milano (D=2).

Question 5.

”The Guide Michellin does include pizzarestaurants”.

No it doesn’t – pizza is fast food! (E=8), only if the dresscode is a tie (E=0), Ofcourse it does – pizza is great food and making the perfect pizza is an art! (E=2) only if the restaurant serves more then two types of pizza. (E=4).

Question 6.

In which movie Julia Roberts visits a pizzarestaurant in Naples ?

Notting Hill (F=8), My best friends Wedding (F=0), From Naples with love (F=2), Eat, Pray, Love (F=4)

Happy caching!

Marrakesj