Food & Drink50 randomly selected Food & Drink questions for quizmasters. New random selection made weekly. Next update: Monday 27th October 2025 (Please note: Questions are taken from our database of previous quizzes. Some questions and answers may be outdated.) |
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| 1. | Locked in a box, in a vault, in a museum in Atlanta, Georgia is the original 1886 formula for what? |
| 2. | Napoléon is one of several grade levels designated to what spirit? |
| 3. | What 'I' is a substance obtained from the dried swim bladders of fish, used mainly for the clarification of wine and beer? |
| 4. | 'Ail' in French, 'Ajo' in Spanish, and 'Knoblauch' in German. What is it in English? |
| 5. | What did the Earl John Montague invent so that he could eat with one hand while playing cards with the other? |
| 6. | What 'P' is used to describe the large, heart-shaped sweet chili pepper used to make the familiar red filling found in Spanish stuffed green olives? |
| 7. | What brand of Tex-Mex-style foods is this? |
| 8. | Matzo, an unleavened flatbread, is traditionally eaten during which Jewish holiday? |
| 9. | In Italian cuisine, what is distinctive about meat or fish served "Carpaccio"? |
| 10. | Chablis, the famous French dry white wine, is made from what variety of grape? |
| 11. | In an Italian restaurant, if you ordered a dish "di vitello", what meat would you be served? |
| 12. | Originating in Scotland, what 'B' describes this variety of flat quick bread? |
| 13. | What is primarily produced and sold at a French 'boulangerie'? |
| 14. | What 'C' describes a rooster or cockerel that has been castrated to improve the quality of its flesh for food? |
| 15. | What two alcoholic drinks make up a "Rusty Nail"? |
| 16. | What 'C' describes a variety of pasta shaped as seashells? |
| 17. | What is the English word for something that can be prepared as crème anglaise, crème moulée, or crème pâtissière? |
| 18. | What name is given to this layered cocktail of almond or coffee liqueur, Irish cream liqueur, and whipped cream? |
| 19. | 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? |
| 20. | What 'J' describes a style of cooking native to Jamaica in which meat is dry-rubbed or wet marinated with a very hot spice mixture of the same name? |
| 21. | What type of food are Macadamias? |
| 22. | Widely referred to in Southeast Asia as the "King of Fruits", what fruit is this? |
| 23. | What 'M' is a type of partially refined to unrefined sugar with a strong molasses content and flavour, and dark brown in colour? |
| 24. | What 'M' describes this soft Italian acid-set cream cheese? |
| 25. | What two-word French term describes a very thin pancake topped with a sauce of caramelised sugar and butter, tangerine or orange juice, zest, and orange liqueur? |
| 26. | What is the name of the traditional English dish made of shallow-fried leftover potatoes and other vegetables? |
| 27. | In Spain and Latin America, what 'E' is used to describe a baked or fried stuffed bread or pastry? |
| 28. | What 'R' is a chemical compound also known as vitamin B2? |
| 29. | What is the key ingredient of the Italian rice dish Riso con i Porcini? |
| 30. | What does the term "Trocken" mean on a German wine label? |
| 31. | Since overtaking Italian dressing in 1992, what is the best-selling salad dressing in the United States? |
| 32. | In an Italian pizzeria, what would you be ordering if you asked for an extra topping of cipolle? |
| 33. | What name is given to this thick Scottish soup made of smoked haddock (finnan haddie,) potatoes and onions? |
| 34. | What is name of the French stew made with tomatoes, courgettes (zucchini), aubergines (eggplant), bell peppers, onion, garlic and herbs? |
| 35. | What 'P' is a one-word description for an alcoholic beverage made from fermented pears? |
| 36. | On the Indian subcontinent, what is the word for minced meat? |
| 37. | What nuts are used to make marzipan? |
| 38. | What type of pastry gets its name from the Greek word for 'leaf'? |
| 39. | First introduced in 1842, from what country does Pilsner Urquell originate? |
| 40. | With what third main ingredient is filet steak coated before being wrapped in puff pastry to make a Beef Wellington? |
| 41. | What two vegetables comprise the key ingredients of the Indian dish Aloo Gobi? |
| 42. | What 'T' describes this Greek appetiser of fish roe mixed with bread crumbs or mashed potato, lemon juice, vinegar and olive oil? |
| 43. | A stable emulsion of oil, egg yolk and either vinegar or lemon juice is the basic recipe for what? |
| 44. | What 'K' is a cocktail of equal parts vodka, triple sec and lime juice? |
| 45. | The world's largest brewer of cask ale, what UK brewery produces Pedigree and Owd Rodger? |
| 46. | What is the main spice traditionally used to flavour the Greek aperitif Ouzo? |
| 47. | Named after the two dispensing chemists who first produced it in 1837, what brand of Worcestershire Sauce has been produced in the same factory in Worcester since 1897? |
| 48. | Mozzarella cheese is traditionally made from the milk of what animal? |
| 49. | If a distilled drink is 80 proof by U.S. standards and 70 proof by Imperial standards, what is its percentage alcohol by volume? |
| 50. | What would you be eating if you ordered Rocky Mountain Oysters? |
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