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| 1. | What Italian city is widely credited with inventing the modern pizza? |
| 2. | What popular herb is called tulasi (तुलसी) in Hindi and kaphrao (กระเพา) in Thai? |
| 3. | What alcoholic drink is produced in the Douro Valley in western Europe? |
| 4. | What 'P' describes a family of hard Italian cheeses made from sheep's milk? |
| 5. | A common food additive, what does the abbreviation MSG stand for? |
| 6. | What name is given to a chocolate-flavoured variant of a caffè latte or cappuccino? |
| 7. | What two toppings define a croque-monsieur grilled sandwich? |
| 8. | What 'P' describes this heavy, slightly sweet rye bread originating from Germany? |
| 9. | If a distilled drink is 80 proof by U.S. standards and 70 proof by Imperial standards, what is its percentage alcohol by volume? |
| 10. | Originating in Scotland, what 'B' describes this variety of flat quick bread? |
| 11. | In the UK, what brewer produces London Pride and Chiswick Bitter? |
| 12. | Chablis, the famous French dry white wine, is made from what variety of grape? |
| 13. | What spirit is the base ingredient of the coffee liqueur Kahlúa? |
| 14. | Its tree's deep root system reaches down to soil with high levels of radium, causing what nuts to contain 1000 times more radiation than most other foods? |
| 15. | What cocktail of gin, lemon juice, sugar, and carbonated water is thought to have been named after a head waiter at Limmer's Old House Hotel in Mayfair, London at the turn of the 19th century? |
| 16. | In Southern, Central and Western Asian cooking, what is a tandoor? |
| 17. | What 'P' is used to describe French anise-flavoured spirits and apéritifs such as Ricard and Pernod? |
| 18. | What French culinary term translates literally as "in pastry"?
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| 19. | What is the main spirit ingredient of Pimm's No. 1 Cup? |
| 20. | What name is given to this dip, spread, or savoury dish made from cooked, mashed chickpeas blended with tahini, lemon juice, and garlic? |
| 21. | In French cuisine, what is added to butter to make a beurre manié? |
| 22. | What orange flavoured liqueur is named after an island off the coast of Venezuela? |
| 23. | Widely believed to have been invented in America, what well known Chinese dish translates to English as "assorted pieces"? |
| 24. | What does 'Sekt' mean on a bottle of German wine? |
| 25. | What 'J' is the name given to a champagne bottle containing the equivalent of 4 standard bottles? |
| 26. | What 'M' describes this soft Italian acid-set cream cheese? |
| 27. | In what month does the annual Beaujolais Nouveau Day take place? |
| 28. | A species of hickory native to northern Mexico and the southern United States, what type of nut is this? |
| 29. | What name is given to the lining from the stomachs of cows or other ruminants when used as food? |
| 30. | Grappa is a type of brandy distilled from grape skins. From what country does it originate? |
| 31. | Most commonly used in milk production, what does UHT stand for? |
| 32. | What name is given to a mix, typically, of Chinese cinnamon, fennel seeds, star anise, Sichuan peppercorn and cloves? |
| 33. | What name is given to this traditional Welsh vegetarian sausage for which the main ingredients are cheese (usually Caerphilly), leeks and breadcrumbs? |
| 34. | If you ordered un sandwich au jambon in France, what would you get? |
| 35. | What 'A' is a distinctive kind of brandy produced in Gascony, south-west France? |
| 36. | What brand of Wrigley's gum is this? |
| 37. | For what is St. James's Gate in Dublin most famous? |
| 38. | From the dried stigma of what flower is the rich spice saffron obtained? |
| 39. | What 'A' describes the Italian short-grain rice often used to make risotto? |
| 40. | What is the main ingredient of the Nordic dish Gravlax? |
| 41. | What vegetable is the principal ingredient of Rösti? |
| 42. | What Scottish soup dish consists of leeks and peppered chicken stock, often thickened with oatmeal, rice, or pearl barley? |
| 43. | What 'H' describes a Chinese dipping sauce that translates from Cantonese as 'seafood sauce'? |
| 44. | Urdu for "skewer", what 'S' describes a South Asian kebab of spiced, minced meat grilled on a skewer? |
| 45. | What name is given to a wine bottle twice the size of a Standard bottle? |
| 46. | What key ingredient is combined with strained yogurt, garlic, salt, and olive oil to make the Greek dip tzatziki? |
| 47. | What 'R' describes this fine blue cheese made in the south of France from ewe's milk? |
| 48. | What 'K' is a cocktail of equal parts vodka, triple sec and lime juice? |
| 49. | What was the first European country to incorporate chocolate into its cuisine? |
| 50. | A traditional Welsh delicacy, what 'S' is the key ingredient of laverbread? |
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