How many tines does a standard dinner fork usually have?
AnswerFour
Most modern dinner forks have four tines.
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Fork facts & stats
7 fact-checked facts about forks, cutlery and dining history, each with the reason behind it. 5 more are in today's round and join this page after it closes.
The basics
What do you call a utensil that combines a spoon and a fork?
AnswerSpork
A spork is a spoon with short fork tines at the tip.
Going deeper
Forks for eating became common at the table in which European country earlier than most others?
AnswerItaly
Italians adopted table forks centuries before much of northern Europe.
What is a tuning fork used for?
AnswerProducing a pure musical pitch
Striking a tuning fork makes it vibrate at one steady frequency.
In software, what does forking a repository mean?
AnswerMaking your own copy to develop separately
A fork is an independent copy of a project that can evolve on its own.
Expert level
Which English traveler is credited with bringing the table fork habit to England from Italy around 1608?
AnswerThomas Coryat
Coryat described Italian fork use in his 1611 travel book, Coryat's Crudities.
The word fork comes from the Latin furca, which meant what?
AnswerPitchfork
Furca referred to a two-pronged farm fork.
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