Breads & Grains

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1.Which bread is the rich butter-and-egg French bread?
- A. pita
- B. injera
- C. brioche
- D. naan
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brioche
Did you know? Brioche dough uses more butter than most cakes.
2.Which bread is the boiled-then-baked ring bread of New York?
- A. baguette
- B. pita
- C. bagel
- D. pretzel
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bagel
Did you know? Bagels are boiled before baking for a chewy crust.
3.Which bread is the tall Italian Christmas sweet bread?
- A. injera
- B. panettone
- C. pumpernickel
- D. sourdough
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panettone
Did you know? Panettone rises for days before baking.
4.Which grain is the Andean seed grain of complete protein?
- A. freekeh
- B. quinoa
- C. barley
- D. oat
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quinoa
Did you know? Quinoa is technically a pseudocereal, not a grass.
5.Which grain is the drought-proof grain of gluten-free flours?
- A. farro
- B. oat
- C. rye
- D. sorghum
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sorghum
Did you know? Sorghum is a staple across the African Sahel.
6.Which grain is the tiny Ethiopian grain of injera?
- A. rye
- B. sorghum
- C. barley
- D. teff
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teff
Did you know? Teff grains are smaller than poppy seeds.
7.Which bread is the slipper-shaped Italian bread?
- A. pita
- B. ciabatta
- C. baguette
- D. pumpernickel
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ciabatta
Did you know? Ciabatta was invented only in 1982.
8.Which bread is the American cornmeal bread of Southern tables?
- A. ciabatta
- B. cornbread
- C. challah
- D. pretzel
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cornbread
Did you know? Cornbread divides North and South over sugar.
9.Which bread is the Irish Halloween fruit loaf with hidden charms?
- A. barmbrack
- B. pita
- C. brioche
- D. naan
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barmbrack
Did you know? Finding the ring in barmbrack predicts marriage.
10.Which grain is the grain of soba noodles and galettes?
- A. oat
- B. buckwheat
- C. quinoa
- D. teff
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buckwheat
Did you know? Buckwheat is related to rhubarb, not wheat.
11.Which grain is the ancient Italian wheat of Tuscan soups?
- A. rice
- B. farro
- C. quinoa
- D. rye
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farro
Did you know? Farro is an ancient ancestor of modern wheat.
12.Which grain is the Aztec pseudocereal high in lysine?
- A. amaranth
- B. bulgur
- C. teff
- D. sorghum
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amaranth
Did you know? Amaranth was a sacred Aztec crop.
13.Which bread is the round flatbread that pockets when baked?
- A. barmbrack
- B. naan
- C. baguette
- D. pita
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pita
Did you know? Steam puffs the pita into a hollow pocket.
14.Which bread is the dense dark German rye bread?
- A. panettone
- B. barmbrack
- C. challah
- D. pumpernickel
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pumpernickel
Did you know? Pumpernickel bakes for many hours at low heat.
15.Which bread is the spongy Ethiopian sourdough flatbread?
- A. baguette
- B. injera
- C. panettone
- D. pretzel
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injera
Did you know? Injera doubles as utensil and plate in Ethiopia.
16.Which grain is the grain ground into flour for bread?
- A. spelt
- B. amaranth
- C. wheat
- D. teff
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wheat
Did you know? Wheat is the most widely grown cereal by area.
17.Which grain is the small round grain of African porridges?
- A. farro
- B. teff
- C. quinoa
- D. millet
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millet
Did you know? Millet grows in drought-prone regions.
18.Which grain is the roasted green wheat of Levantine pilafs?
- A. quinoa
- B. wheat
- C. spelt
- D. freekeh
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freekeh
Did you know? Freekeh is harvested young and fire-roasted.
19.Which bread is the leavened flatbread baked in a tandoor?
- A. baguette
- B. naan
- C. barmbrack
- D. ciabatta
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naan
Did you know? Naan is slapped onto the clay oven wall.
20.Which bread is the knotted bread dipped in lye?
- A. challah
- B. pretzel
- C. naan
- D. injera
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pretzel
Did you know? The lye dip gives pretzels their dark crust.
21.Which grain is the hardy grain of dense northern breads?
- A. bulgur
- B. millet
- C. quinoa
- D. rye
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rye
Did you know? Rye grows where wheat struggles in cold.
22.Which grain is the old European wheat of rustic breads?
- A. oat
- B. spelt
- C. amaranth
- D. buckwheat
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spelt
Did you know? Spelt has a nuttier flavor than common wheat.
23.Which bread is the long thin French loaf?
- A. bagel
- B. panettone
- C. baguette
- D. cornbread
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baguette
Did you know? French law limits baguette ingredients to four.
24.Which bread is the olive-oil dimpled Italian flatbread?
- A. pita
- B. focaccia
- C. brioche
- D. cornbread
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focaccia
Did you know? Focaccia toppings range from rosemary to grapes.
25.Which grain is the staple grain feeding half the world?
- A. buckwheat
- B. barley
- C. rice
- D. millet
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rice
Did you know? Rice is grown on every continent except Antarctica.
26.Which grain is the cracked parboiled wheat of tabbouleh?
- A. bulgur
- B. buckwheat
- C. spelt
- D. oat
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bulgur
Did you know? Bulgur cooks quickly because it is pre-steamed.
27.Which bread is the wild-yeast bread with a tangy crumb?
- A. cornbread
- B. sourdough
- C. focaccia
- D. naan
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sourdough
Did you know? Sourdough starters can live for over a century.
28.Which bread is the braided egg bread of Jewish Shabbat?
- A. pumpernickel
- B. barmbrack
- C. challah
- D. injera
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challah
Did you know? Challah braids carry symbolic meanings.
29.Which grain is the grain of beer and soups?
- A. barley
- B. buckwheat
- C. freekeh
- D. rye
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barley
Did you know? Barley was one of the first domesticated grains.
30.Which grain is the grain rolled into breakfast porridge?
- A. amaranth
- B. oat
- C. millet
- D. rye
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oat
Did you know? Oats tolerate cool, wet climates well.

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