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Trivia Quiz Questions about food and drink topics like olives, roe, nuts, angelica, plantain, orchids, Birdseye, spinach, and more.

 


 

 




 

 

 

Food and Beverage Trivia questions

What gives green pasta its color?
A: Spinach.

What is the salted roe of a sturgeon called?
A: Caviar.

Which young French wine is released annually on the third Thursday in November?
A: Beaujolais nouveau.

What is made from chicle, the milky-white fluid made into a popular American confection?
A: Chewing gum / bubble gum.

Which opera singer is immortalized the name of a fruit and ice cream dessert?
A: Nellie Melba.

What part of a cola tree is used to flavor beverages?
A: Nuts.

Which plant of the carrot family has stems that are crystallized and used in baking and cake decoration?
A: Angelica.

What does the abbreviation UHT stand for?
A: Ultra heat treated.

Which vegetable is a green variety of banana, used as a staple food in the tropics?
A: Plantain.

What type of flowers produce vanilla pods?
A: Orchids.

Where were the first European coffee houses opened?
A: Vienna.

Who was the fur trader who pioneered frozen food in the USA?
A: Clarence Birdseye.

Which drink did Dom Perigonon invent?
A: Champagne.

Of what fish are skipjack and bonito varieties?
A: Tuna.

What is the purple fruit of the eggplant which is used as a vegetable?
A: Aubergine.

Which variety of hard green-skinned apple is named after an Australian woman who died in 1870?
A: Granny (Maria Ann) Smith.

What two words guarantee the origin of French wine?
A: Appellation controlee.

Which bean is the richest natural vegetable food?
A: Soya.

What is the process that rids food, especially milk, of bacteria?
A: Pasteurization.

Which controversial process was introduced in the 1980s to prolong the life of foodstuffs?
A: Irradiation.

What sort of high-gluten flour is used for making pasta?
A: Durum flour.

Which milk pudding is made from starch extracted fro the pith of a palm tree?
A: Sago.

For which edible fungus is Perigord, France famous?
A: Truffles.

Which Italian region is the source of Marsala?
A: Sicily.

What are dried plums called?
A: Prunes.

What is the name for a person who will eat no food of animal origin?
A: A vegan.

What is a third name for a ground nut or monkey nut?
A: Peanut.

What cocktail consists of Tia Maria, vodka and coke?
A: Black Russian.

What is another name for the dietary fiber which provides food bulk to aid digestion?
A: Roughage.

Which edible bulb of the onion family is composed of small segments called cloves?
A: Garlic.

In which century was tea first brought to Europe?
A: 17th century.

What is the German word for 'store' and is the name we give to a light beer?
A: Lager.

What are the black fruits that produce monounsaturated oil when pressed?
A: Olives.

What is the secondary covering of a nutmeg?
A: Mace.

Which cereal is used to make 'black' breads?
A: Rye.

What plant-sucking insect caused huge disruption to the wine industry of Europe in the 19th century?
A: Phylloxera.

Which member of the ginger family is used to color curries?
A: Turmeric.

Which spirit is fermented and distilled form sugar cane?
A: Rum.

What is the only cereal grown standing in water?
A: Rice.

Which traditional dish is made fro a sheep's heart, liver and lungs, minced with oatmeal and seasoning, and boiled in the sheep's stomach?
A: Haggis.

What is eaten traditionally in the UK on the day before Ash Wednesday?
A: Pancakes.

Who reputedly introduced the potato to England in the 16th century?
A: Sir Walter Raleigh.

For which shellfish are Whitstable and Colchester famous?
A: Oysters.

Which strong cheese, made from ewe's milk and stored in caves, is named after a village in France?
A: Roquefort.

Which berries are used to give gin is flavor?
A: Juniper.

Which cheese is traditionally made around Melton Mowbray, and gets its name from the village where the cheeses were taken for transporting to London?
A: Stilton.

What is the name for food permissible under Moslem dietary laws?
A: Halal food.

Who was the Roman god of wine?
A: Bacchus.

Which tree of the laurel family produces a pear-shaped fruit used as a vegetable and usually eaten raw?
A: Avocado.

Which alcoh9olic drink is made form ho9ney and yeast?
A: Mead.

Who wrote Cakes and "Ale?
A: Somerset Maugham.

What is the salt solution used for curing meat and canning vegetables?
A: Brine.

Which grain is said to be the staple food of more than one-third of the world's population?
A: Rice.

For what are thaumatin, aspartame and manitol used as substitutes?
A: Sugar.

What are the dried stigmas of crocus flowers, used as a flavoring and coloring?
A: Saffron.

Which is the largest species of flat fish?
A: Halibut.

Henry I of England is reputed to have died through eating a surfeit of this eel-like fish. What is it?
A: Lamprey.

What do fennel leaves taste of?
A: Aniseed.

 

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