Food & Drink50 randomly selected Food & Drink questions for quizmasters. New random selection made weekly. Next update: Monday 3rd August 2026 (Please note: Questions are taken from our database of previous quizzes. Some questions and answers may be outdated.) |
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| 1. | What name is given to the sugar that occurs naturally in milk? |
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Lactose (from lac, the Latin word for milk, plus the suffix -ose used to name sugars) | |
| 2. | Served cold, what 'D' is a dish of hard-boiled egg yolks mashed with cream or mayonnaise, mustard and seasoning, mounded or piped into the white of the boiled egg? |
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Deviled egg | |
| 3. | What is a "Scotch bonnet"? |
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Chili pepper (named for its resemblance to a tam o' shanter hat) | |
| 4. | What year appears on the label of Kronenbourg beer? |
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1664 | |
| 5. | What fruit is the key ingredient of grenadine syrup? |
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Pomegranate (from the French word grenade which means pomegranate) | |
| 6. | What variety of black tea, originally from the Chinese province of Fujian, gets its distinct flavour from being smoke-dried over pinewood fires? |
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Lapsang Souchong ( Chinese: 正山小種) | |
| 7. | A herb, a spice, and a vegetable, what is this? |
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Fennel (Florence fennel / finocchio) | |
| 8. | Calamari is a culinary name for what? |
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Squid | |
| 9. | What is added to whisky to make a Whisky Mac? |
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Ginger wine (preferably Scotch whisky and green ginger wine) | |
| 10. | A popular Italian pizza, Quattro Stagioni translates literally into English as four ____ what? |
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Seasons | |
| 11. | A popular spice whose fruits are informally called "seeds", what 'C' is also known as meridian fennel and Persian cumin? |
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Caraway | |
| 12. | What name is given to a French sauce consisting of egg yolk and liquid butter, usually seasoned with lemon juice, salt, and a little white pepper or cayenne pepper? |
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Hollandaise | |
| 13. | Alligator pear is another name for what fruit? |
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Avocado | |
| 14. | First produced in Barbados in the 18th century, what popular fruit is a hybrid of the Jamaican sweet orange and the Indonesian pomelo? |
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Grapefruit | |
| 15. | What 'J' is the name given to a champagne bottle containing the equivalent of 4 standard bottles? |
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Jeroboam (a.k.a. Double Magnum) | |
| 16. | What popular appetizer translates from French to English as "flight in the wind"? |
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Vol-au-vent | |
| 17. | What 'P' describes an Italian cold cut of salt cured pork belly? |
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Pancetta | |
| 18. | Tuna is sometimes used in modern variants, but what fish is traditionally included in a salade niçoise? |
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Anchovies | |
| 19. | Pan de muerto is a traditional sweet bread, baked annually in what country? |
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Mexico (for the Día de Muertos (Day of the Dead) on November 2nd) | |
| 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? |
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Jerk (Jamaican jerk spice) | |
| 21. | With a smoky character derived from peat, on what Scottish island are Ardbeg, Lagavulin, and Laphroaig whiskies produced? |
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Islay | |
| 22. | What 'P' is a one-word description for an alcoholic beverage made from fermented pears? |
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Perry (pear cider) | |
| 23. | What 'L' describes this type of pasta, about 4mm wide, similar to fettuccine and trenette but elliptical in section rather than flat? |
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Linguine | |
| 24. | What 'F' is a member of the pea family whose seeds are commonly used for flavouring in curry powder? |
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Fenugreek | |
| 25. | In Italian cuisine, what type of food is Zampone? |
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Sausage | |
| 26. | Baba ghanoush is a Levantine dish made primarily from what vegetable? |
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Eggplant / Aubergine | |
| 27. | In what country is the Valpolicella wine growing region? |
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Italy (Verona Province) | |
| 28. | Tuborg is a brewing company founded in 1873 in what country? |
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Denmark (Part of the Carlsberg Group since 1970) | |
| 29. | Since adopted by many countries around the world, the chequered pattern of high-visibility markings developed in the UK in the 1990s is named after the cross-section of what British cake? |
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Battenberg (Battenberg markings) | |
| 30. | What 'S' describes a type of Scandinavian meal, originating in Sweden, served buffet-style with multiple hot and cold dishes of various foods on a table? |
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Smörgåsbord (Swedish: smörgås (sandwich, usually open-faced) and bord (table)) | |
| 31. | First produced in Dublin in 1994, what is the name of this uniquely bottled coffee liqueur? |
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Sheridan's | |
| 32. | A common fish in Japanese cooking, what is the English name for unagi (ウナギ)? |
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Eel (Freshwater eel) | |
| 33. | Avgolemono (Greek: αυγολέμονο) is a family of Mediterranean sauces and soups made with what two key ingredients? |
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Egg, Lemon | |
| 34. | Among the top selling beers in the world, from what country does Snow beer originate? |
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China | |
| 35. | What animal's meat, called Gaegogi (개고기), is used to make a Korean tonic soup called Bosintang (보신탕)? |
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Dog | |
| 36. | Pomodoro is a popular name for Italian restaurants worldwide. To what single word does it translate in English? |
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Tomato | |
| 37. | "All American Food" is a trade name of what fast food restaurant chain, founded in 1923? |
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A&W | |
| 38. | What is the main vegetable ingredient of moussaka? |
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Aubergine / Eggplant | |
| 39. | What 'S' describes a sweet dish in Cornish cuisine, made by curdling sweet cream or milk with an acid like wine or cider? |
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Syllabub | |
| 40. | What is the name of the salad dressing based on mayonnaise, with red chilli sauce, minced green onions and minced green chilli peppers, normally an accompaniment to crab or shrimp? |
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Louis dressing | |
| 41. | Traditionally harvested by South Island Māori in New Zealand and Chilote people in Chile, what type of food is karengo in the Māori language and luche in the Spanish language? |
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Seaweed (Pyropia columbina) | |
| 42. | Known for its greenish-blue marbling, what 'G' describes this cheese from Italy? |
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Gorgonzola | |
| 43. | What 'S' is a Russian dish of sautéed pieces of meat (usually beef) in a sauce of mustard and sour cream? |
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Stroganoff / Stroganov | |
| 44. | What is the key alcoholic ingredient of any Daiquiri cocktail? |
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Rum (normally white rum) | |
| 45. | Carolina Reaper, Komodo Dragon, Trinidad Moruga Scorpion, Naga Viper and Naga Jolokia are all varieties of what? |
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Chili peppers (all rated at more than 1 million Scoville heat units) | |
| 46. | Greek feta cheese is traditionally made from the milk of what animal? |
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Sheep / Goat | |
| 47. | What type of food are Macadamias? |
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Nuts | |
| 48. | 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? |
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Brazil nuts | |
| 49. | What 'F' is the Japanese name for this pufferfish, a delicacy with deadly consequences if prepared incorrectly? |
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Fugu (Japanese: フグ) | |
| 50. | How many standard bottles of wine are in a Methuselah? |
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8 (6 litres) | |
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