Food & Drink50 randomly selected Food & Drink questions for quizmasters. New random selection made weekly. Next update: Monday 8th September 2025 (Please note: Questions are taken from our database of previous quizzes. Some questions and answers may be outdated.) |
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| 1. | Tapas in Spain. Banchan in Korea. Dim Sum in China. What 'M' is the equivalent in Greece? |
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Mezé / Mezés / Mezee (A selection of small dishes) | |
| 2. | Originating in the French Quarter of New Orleans, what 'J' describes this popular dish of West African, French, and Spanish influence, consisting mainly of meat and vegetables mixed with rice? |
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Jambalaya | |
| 3. | What fruit is double distilled to make the clear, colourless fruit brandy Kirsch? |
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Cherries (Traditionally morello cherries) | |
| 4. | What type of food are Swedish Peanut and Russian Banana? |
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Potato (Fingerling potatoes) | |
| 5. | What 'P' describes this Italian sweet bread loaf, traditionally prepared and enjoyed over Christmas and New Year? |
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Panettone | |
| 6. | 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? |
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Bouquet garni | |
| 7. | What is the main vegetable ingredient of a Chicken Divan? |
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Broccoli (usually served with broccoli, almonds, and Mornay sauce) | |
| 8. | What ginger-like rhizome is commonly associated with Thai and Lao cuisine? |
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Galangal | |
| 9. | Since overtaking Italian dressing in 1992, what is the best-selling salad dressing in the United States? |
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Ranch dressing | |
| 10. | What 'C' describes a North African staple dish made by steaming granules of ground durum wheat? |
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Couscous | |
| 11. | What type of nut is this? |
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Hazelnut | |
| 12. | What is primarily produced and sold at a French 'boulangerie'? |
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Bread | |
| 13. | In Italian cuisine, what type of food is Zampone? |
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Sausage | |
| 14. | Adobo is a national dish of what Southeast Asian country? |
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Philippines | |
| 15. | Galia, or Sarda, is a variety of what fruit? |
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Melon | |
| 16. | What 'C' describes a French sauce typically made of mushrooms, shallots, white wine and herbs? |
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Chasseur | |
| 17. | What is fermented to produce the Japanese wine saké (酒)? |
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Rice | |
| 18. | What vegetable is the principal ingredient of Rösti? |
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Potato | |
| 19. | With its characteristic flip-top bottle, from what country does Grolsch originate? |
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Netherlands (Koninklijke Grolsch N.V.) | |
| 20. | In Japanese cuisine, what 'W' describes this edible seaweed? |
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Wakame (Japanese: ワカメ) | |
| 21. | An oenologist (enologist) specialises in the scientific process of making what? |
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Wine (from the Greek word oinos (οἶνος) "wine" and the suffix -logia (-λογία) the "study of") | |
| 22. | In the USA, if a dish is served à la mode (in fashion), what is it served with? |
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Ice cream | |
| 23. | Eaten whole in its pod while still unripe, what 'S' describes this variety of thin, flat pea? |
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Snow pea (Pisum sativum var. saccharatum) | |
| 24. | In French cuisine, what type of foodstuff are boudin blanc and boudin noir? |
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Sausage | |
| 25. | Caesar salad was invented in 1924, named after a hotel, and its owner, in what country? |
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Mexico (Caesar Hotel, Tijuana, Baha California) | |
| 26. | Vietnam's national dish, what 'P' describes this noodle soup? |
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Phở / Pho (also called pot-au-pho) | |
| 27. | What 'M' describes a type of partially refined to unrefined brown sugar with a strong molasses content and flavour? |
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Muscovado | |
| 28. | Typically made from black peppercorns, mace, cinnamon, cloves, brown cardamom, nutmeg, and green cardamom; what South Asian spice blend gets its name from the Hindi for "hot spice mix"? |
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Garam Masala (Hindi: गरम मसाला) | |
| 29. | What is the name of this traditional New Zealand biscuit made from flour, butter, cornflakes, sugar and cocoa powder, topped with chocolate icing and a half walnut? |
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Afghan | |
| 30. | What sauce is a mixture of egg yolk, melted butter, and lemon juice, usually seasoned with salt, and either white pepper or cayenne pepper? |
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Hollandaise (also called Dutch sauce) | |
| 31. | What two alcoholic drinks make up a "Rusty Nail"? |
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Drambuie & Scotch whisky | |
| 32. | What type of food are wood ear, straw and portobello? |
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Mushrooms | |
| 33. | What 'C' describes an apple brandy from the French region of Lower Normandy? |
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Calvados | |
| 34. | Originated in Venice, Italy, a Bellini is a cocktail made with Prosecco and a purée of what fruit? |
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Peach | |
| 35. | If a distilled drink is 80 proof by U.S. standards and 70 proof by Imperial standards, what is its percentage alcohol by volume? |
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40% | |
| 36. | One of the most expensive in the world, what is the name of the Indonesian coffee that includes part-digested coffee cherries eaten and defecated by the Asian palm civet? |
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Kopi Luwak (Kopi is the Indonesian word for coffee. Luwak is the Sumatran name for the Asian Palm Civet.) | |
| 37. | In American English, they're often called snap peas or snow peas. What French term is their more common name in British English? |
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Mange tout (French for "eat all") | |
| 38. | French for "under vacuum", what name is given to a method of cooking in which food is vacuum-sealed in a plastic pouch or glass jar and then placed in a water bath or steam environment for longer than normal cooking times? |
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Sous-vide | |
| 39. | The world's most traded spice, from what country did black pepper originate? |
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India (Malabar Coast) | |
| 40. | What 'M' describes this soft Italian acid-set cream cheese? |
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Mascarpone | |
| 41. | What vegetable is known in German as Kartoffel? |
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Potato | |
| 42. | What company did franchisor Ray Kroc purchase outright in 1961, later expanding it to a global franchise? |
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McDonald's | |
| 43. | What is the key ingredient of a traditional satay sauce? |
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Peanuts | |
| 44. | In what decade was Diet Coke first introduced in the United States? |
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The 1980s (8th July 1982. From 1963 to 1982, Tab was Coca Cola's leading diet brand.) | |
| 45. | What cheese is traditionally used in the Italian dessert Tiramisu? |
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Mascarpone | |
| 46. | What is name of the French stew made with tomatoes, courgettes (zucchini), aubergines (eggplant), bell peppers, onion, garlic and herbs? |
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Ratatouille | |
| 47. | What 'F' is the Italian word for flour? |
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Farina | |
| 48. | If a Spanish or Mexican dish is served con queso, with what is it served? |
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Cheese | |
| 49. | 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 | |
| 50. | What name is given to a wine bottle twice the size of a Standard bottle? |
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Magnum (1.5 litres) | |
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