Food & Drink50 randomly selected Food & Drink questions for quizmasters. New random selection made weekly. Next update: Monday 22nd June 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 Some questions and answers may be outdated.)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 type of nut is this? |
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Hazelnut (also cobnut or filbert nut) | |
| 2. | What main ingredient is cooked with onions in white wine to make a Moules Marinière? |
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Mussels | |
| 3. | What province in China gives its name to a style of bold flavoured, spicy cuisine? |
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Szechwan / Sichuan / Szechuan (Chinese: 四川) | |
| 4. | What common name for a foodstuff is also the name of a character in Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh, the scarecrow in Bob the Builder, and a bird in the Australian comic strip Beyond the Black Stump? |
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Spud | |
| 5. | Grappa is a type of brandy distilled from grape skins. From what country does it originate? |
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Italy | |
| 6. | Breede River Valley is a wine-producing region in what country? |
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South Africa | |
| 7. | Popular in Canada and the United States, what Christmas drink is traditionally made with milk, cream, sugar, whipped eggs, plus spirits such as brandy, rum or bourbon, and a sprinkling of ground cinnamon or nutmeg? |
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Eggnog | |
| 8. | In what country would you find the wine growing regions of Eden Valley, Hunter Valley and Swan Valley? |
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Australia | |
| 9. | What type of nut is in the centre of a Ferrero Rocher? |
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Hazelnut | |
| 10. | What is mixed with dark chocolate to make a Ganache? |
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Cream | |
| 11. | In Southern, Central and Western Asian cooking, what is a tandoor? |
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Oven (cylindrical clay oven) | |
| 12. | What fermented vegetable is the base ingredient of sauerkraut? |
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Cabbage | |
| 13. | French for 'stewed fruit', what 'C' is a dessert made of fruit cooked in water with sugar and spices? |
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Compôte | |
| 14. | Amarone is a dry, full-bodied red wine from what country? |
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Italy (Amarone della Valpolicella) | |
| 15. | Camellia sinensis is a species of evergreen shrub used to produce what? |
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Tea | |
| 16. | Originating in Vienna, Austria, what 'S' describes this rich chocolate cake? |
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Sachertorte | |
| 17. | What is the key alcoholic ingredient of any Daiquiri cocktail? |
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Rum (normally white rum) | |
| 18. | "All American Food" is a trade name of what fast food restaurant chain, founded in 1923? |
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A&W | |
| 19. | What name for a small round piece of lamb comes from the French for 'hazelnut'? |
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Noisette | |
| 20. | What fast food franchise has the largest number of restaurants in the world? |
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Subway | |
| 21. | What name is given to a Japanese cooking technique in which foods are broiled or grilled with a glaze of soy sauce, mirin, and sugar? |
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Teriyaki (Kanji: 照り焼き ) | |
| 22. | A tribute to John Lennon, who launched a product in 2008 called "Imagine Whirled Peace"? |
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Ben & Jerry's | |
| 23. | In Mediterranean cuisine, what key ingredient is mixed with olive oil and egg yolk to make an aioli sauce? |
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Garlic | |
| 24. | Aloo is the South Asian term for what vegetable? |
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Potato | |
| 25. | What type of alcoholic drink is Manzanilla? |
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Sherry (Pale Dry) | |
| 26. | What 'I' is a substance obtained from the dried swim bladders of fish, used mainly for the clarification of wine and beer? |
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Isinglass | |
| 27. | Vanilla pods are dried fruit from the Vanilla genus of what family of plant? |
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Orchid (Vanilla planifolia) | |
| 28. | A type of rice wine similar to sake, but with a lower alcohol content and higher sugar content, what 'M' describes this Japanese condiment? |
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Mirin | |
| 29. | The name of what well known alcoholic brand translates into English as Aunt Mary? |
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Tia Maria | |
| 30. | In the Northern Hemisphere they are more likely to spoil in the warmer months of May, June, July, and August. Therefore what, is it traditionally told, should only be eaten in months with the letter 'r' in their names? |
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Oysters | |
| 31. | Greek feta cheese is traditionally made from the milk of what animal? |
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Sheep / Goat | |
| 32. | What type of food are Angel Hair and Bridegrooms? |
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Pasta (Capelli d'angelo and Ziti) | |
| 33. | Reportedly the "world's most expensive cheese", what 'P' describes a cheese made from the milk of Balkan donkeys from Serbia? |
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Pule | |
| 34. | Originating in Sicily and popular among Italian immigrants in New Orleans, Louisiana, what type of food is muffuletta? |
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Bread / Sandwich (a round Sicilian sesame bread, also a popular sandwich made from the bread) | |
| 35. | What nuts are used to make marzipan? |
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Almonds | |
| 36. | Côte de Beaune, Mâconnais, and Beaujolais are sub-regions of what French wine growing region? |
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Burgundy | |
| 37. | A relative of the plum, what 'S' is a common name for the fruit of the blackthorn bush (Prunus spinosa)? |
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Sloe | |
| 38. | 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 | |
| 39. | 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) | |
| 40. | In Indian and Pakistani cuisine, what vegetable ingredient is "chana"? |
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Chickpeas (Hindi: चने) | |
| 41. | What is "drowned" with a shot of hot espresso to make an Affogato? |
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Gelato / Ice cream (usually vanilla flavoured) | |
| 42. | What is the English name for the traditional Spanish dish tortilla española? |
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Spanish omelette | |
| 43. | What 'P' describes a Canadian dish, originating in Quebec, made with french fries and cheese curds topped with a light brown gravy? |
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Poutine | |
| 44. | 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.) | |
| 45. | What 'H' describes a Chinese dipping sauce that translates from Cantonese as 'seafood sauce'? |
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Hoisin / Haixian | |
| 46. | What 'P' describes a type of naan bread with a filling of nuts and raisins? |
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Peshwari | |
| 47. | 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) | |
| 48. | What 7-letter word describes a sweet substance made by boiling nuts in sugar, often ground to a paste and used as a filling for chocolates? |
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Praline | |
| 49. | A herb, a spice, and a vegetable, what is this? |
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Fennel (Florence fennel / finocchio) | |
| 50. | If you ordered un sandwich au jambon in France, what would you get? |
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Ham sandwich | |
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