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1.Plantain, Red, Latundan and Cavendish are varieties of what fruit?
 
Banana
2.What is the French culinary term for a bundle of herbs usually tied together with string and mainly used to prepare soup, stock, and various stews?
 
Bouquet garni
3.In France they are called Coquilles Saint Jacques. What is the English name for them?
 
Scallops
4.In French cuisine, what 'T' describes an earthenware dish in which pâté is often served?
 
Terrine (pâté en terrine)
5.What would you be eating if you ordered Rocky Mountain Oysters?
 
Testicles (bull calf)
6.In England, Stinking Bishop is a type of what?
 
Cheese
7.What 'L' describes this Australian cake made from squares of butter cake or sponge cake coated in an outer layer of chocolate sauce and rolled in desiccated coconut?
 
Lamington
8.What is a more common name for the central nervous system stimulant 1,3,7-Trimethylxanthine (C8H10N4O2)?
 
Caffeine
9.Translating into English as "little tongues", what 'L' is the Italian name for this variety of pasta?
 
Linguine
10.What name is given to the starch extracted from the root of the cassava plant?
 
Tapioca
11.What was the first European country to incorporate chocolate into its cuisine?
 
Spain (16th century)
12.What 'D' describes a cocktail traditionally made with white rum, lime juice and sugar?
 
Daiquiri
13.What nuts are used to make marzipan?
 
Almonds
14.In German cuisine, what is a Berliner?
 
Doughnut / Donut (more specifically, a filled doughnut)
15.What 'R' describes this fine blue cheese made in the south of France from ewe's milk?
 
Roquefort
16.Name any one of the three main spices used to give Sambuca its distinct flavour?
 
Anise (aniseed), Star Anise, Liquorice

17.Popular throughout Spain, Portugal and Latin America, what 'G' describes this cold soup made of raw, blended vegetables?
 
Gazpacho
18.What name for a small round piece of lamb comes from the French for 'hazelnut'?
 
Noisette
19.What product has the slogan "gives you wings"?
 
Red Bull
20.What sort of beverage is Lapsang souchong?
 
Tea ("Small plant from Lapu mountain")
21.In what country is the Langhorne Creek wine region?
 
Australia
22.Despite its unhappy origins as slave food, what country's national dish is ackee and saltfish?
 
Jamaica
23.What spirit is the base ingredient of the coffee liqueur Kahlúa?
 
Rum
24.What four-letter word is a colourless Greek aperitif flavoured with anise?
 
Ouzo
25.If you ordered "Pollo" in a Spanish restaurant, what meat would you be served?
 
Chicken
26.What chain of fast food restaurants scrapped its 40-year-old "Have It Your Way" slogan in 2014?
 
Burger King
27.What Scottish soup dish consists of leeks and peppered chicken stock, often thickened with oatmeal, rice, or pearl barley?
 
Cock-a-leekie
28.What member of the Brassica family is named after a European city?
 
Brussels sprout
29.What 'P' describes a family of still, semi-sparkling and sparkling white wines made with Glera grapes in northeastern Italy?
 
Prosecco
30.What fortified wine is named after a Portuguese archipelago in the North Atlantic Ocean?
 
Madeira
31.What type of nut is this?
 
Pistachio
32.A herb, a spice, and a vegetable, what is this?
 
Fennel (Florence fennel / finocchio)

33.What British company produced the world's first solid chocolate bar in 1847?
 
Fry's (J. S. Fry & Sons)
34.What well known brand name began life as "Brad's Drink" in New Bern, North Carolina, in 1893?
 
Pepsi
35.A natural, edible product, by what name is albumen more commonly known?
 
Egg white
36.Much smaller than an orange, what 'K' describes this fruit?
 
Kumquat
37.What country produces the wine Vinho Verde?
 
Portugal
38.What would you be eating if you ordered 'pamplemousse' in a French restaurant?
 
Grapefruit
39.What 'T' describes this Greek meze made from salted and cured fish roe mixed with olive oil and lemon juice, in a starchy base of bread, potatoes, or almonds?
 
Taramasalata
40."All American Food" is a trade name of what fast food restaurant chain, founded in 1923?
 
A&W
41.Gruyère is a hard yellow cheese that originated in what country?
 
Switzerland
42.What name is given to a chocolate-flavoured variant of a caffè latte or cappuccino?
 
Mocha / Café mocha / Mocaccino
43.What flavour is the liqueur Triple Sec?
 
Orange
44.Galia, or Sarda, is a variety of what fruit?
 
Melon
45.From what fruit is the French spirit Calvados made?
 
Apples / Pears (Calvados is an apple or pear brandy)
46.In Greek cuisine, what 'K' is a dish of lamb, marinated in garlic and lemon juice, then slow-baked on the bone?
 
Kleftiko
47.What 'D' describes a family of stuffed Mediterranean dishes, including stuffed vine leaves, stuffed tomato, stuffed pepper, and stuffed cabbage?
 
Dolma (plural dolmas or dolmades)
48.Common across the Indian subcontinent, what type of food is paneer?
 
Cheese
49.What would you be served if you ordered cuisses de grenouille in a French restaurant?
 
Frog's legs
50.Lapsang souchong is a variety of what?
 
Tea


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