Food Records & Origins

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1.Which pastry filled with frangipane is eaten on Twelfth Night in France?
- A. croissant
- B. tarte tatin
- C. galette des rois
- D. éclair
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galette des rois
Did you know? A hidden charm crowns the finder king for the day.
2.Which capital city hosts Botín, listed as the world's oldest restaurant?
- A. Paris
- B. London
- C. Madrid
- D. Rome
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Madrid
Did you know? Madrid's Botín has served since 1725.
3.Which cooking fat is rendered from pork?
- A. tallow
- B. lard
- C. butter
- D. ghee
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lard
Did you know? Lard makes famously flaky pastry crusts.
4.Which country eats the most pizza per capita?
- A. Norway
- B. Germany
- C. United States
- D. Italy
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Norway
Did you know? Norway tops per-capita pizza consumption, ahead of Italy.
5.Which country is the birthplace of Arabica coffee?
- A. Yemen
- B. Ethiopia
- C. Colombia
- D. Brazil
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Ethiopia
Did you know? Ethiopian highlands are the wild home of Coffea arabica.
6.Which country drinks the most coffee per capita?
- A. United States
- B. Brazil
- C. Italy
- D. Finland
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Finland
Did you know? Finland has led global per-capita coffee consumption for decades.
7.Which country produces the most olive oil?
- A. Turkey
- B. Greece
- C. Spain
- D. Italy
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Spain
Did you know? Spain supplies roughly half of the world's olive oil.
8.Which Italian city is home to the first Eataly store?
- A. Milan
- B. Turin
- C. Genoa
- D. Naples
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Turin
Did you know? Eataly opened its first store in Turin in 2007.
9.Which nut is the main ingredient of marzipan?
- A. cashew
- B. almond
- C. walnut
- D. hazelnut
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almond
Did you know? Marzipan is a paste of almonds and sugar.
10.Which country gave the world tempura through Portuguese missionaries?
- A. Portugal
- B. Thailand
- C. Japan
- D. China
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Japan
Did you know? Tempura grew from Portuguese missionaries' fritura tradition in Nagasaki.
11.Which Japanese city is famous for the Tsukiji market and its Toyosu successor?
- A. Seoul
- B. Kyoto
- C. Tokyo
- D. Osaka
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Tokyo
Did you know? Toyosu now hosts the famous tuna auctions.
12.Which festival pairs giant pretzels with beer in Munich?
- A. Carnival
- B. Coachella
- C. Oktoberfest
- D. La Tomatina
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Oktoberfest
Did you know? Oktoberfest servers carry many beer steins at once.
13.Which dried fruit is a heat-dried grape?
- A. raisin
- B. prune
- C. fig
- D. date
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raisin
Did you know? Golden raisins are treated with sulfur dioxide.
14.Which tropical root is the base of poi in Hawaii?
- A. ginger
- B. cassava
- C. yam
- D. taro
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taro
Did you know? Poi is made by pounding steamed taro root.
15.Which country produces the most maple syrup?
- A. Switzerland
- B. United States
- C. Norway
- D. Canada
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Canada
Did you know? Québec alone makes about three-quarters of the world's maple syrup.
16.Which tire company publishes the famous restaurant star guide?
- A. Michelin
- B. Pirelli
- C. Goodyear
- D. Bridgestone
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Michelin
Did you know? The Michelin Guide began in 1900 to sell more car tires.
17.Which mineral compound gives Himalayan pink salt its color?
- A. copper
- B. iron oxide
- C. iodine
- D. magnesium
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iron oxide
Did you know? Trace iron oxide tints the salt pink.
18.Which country invented the kipferl, ancestor of the croissant?
- A. France
- B. Austria
- C. Belgium
- D. Hungary
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Austria
Did you know? Vienna's kipferl traveled to France, where it became the croissant.
19.Which country consumes the most tea per capita?
- A. United Kingdom
- B. China
- C. Turkey
- D. India
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Turkey
Did you know? Turkish tea culture keeps Turkey first in per-capita tea drinking.
20.Iftar is the meal that breaks the daily fast of which month?
- A. Ramadan
- B. Lent
- C. Advent
- D. Passover
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Ramadan
Did you know? Dates traditionally break the Ramadan fast at iftar.
21.Which white fish is salted and dried in the Portuguese culinary tradition?
- A. haddock
- B. pollock
- C. sole
- D. cod
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cod
Did you know? Dried salt cod keeps for months without refrigeration.
22.Which American city is the birthplace of deep-dish pizza?
- A. Boston
- B. Chicago
- C. New York
- D. Detroit
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Chicago
Did you know? Chicago's deep-dish pizza was first served in 1943.
23.Which bean is fermented to make Japanese natto?
- A. soybeans
- B. black beans
- C. chickpeas
- D. lentils
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soybeans
Did you know? Natto fermentation uses the bacterium Bacillus subtilis.
24.Which fermented soybean paste is the base of Japanese miso soup?
- A. tofu
- B. miso
- C. natto
- D. tamari
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miso
Did you know? Miso paste is aged from soybeans, salt and koji.
25.Which plant family unites onions, garlic and chives?
- A. legumes
- B. brassicas
- C. nightshades
- D. Alliums
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Alliums
Did you know? The Allium genus also includes leeks and shallots.
26.Which chili flakes give kimchi its red color?
- A. sriracha
- B. harissa
- C. shichimi
- D. gochugaru
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gochugaru
Did you know? Gochugaru is a mild, fruity Korean chili powder.
27.Which rice variety is traditional for risotto?
- A. brown rice
- B. Arborio rice
- C. jasmine rice
- D. basmati rice
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Arborio rice
Did you know? Arborio's starch releases creaminess as it cooks.
28.Which kernel is the original traditional flavoring of amaretti cookies?
- A. peach kernels
- B. apricot kernels
- C. almond
- D. pistachio
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apricot kernels
Did you know? Amaretti were long flavored with bitter apricot kernels.
29.Which vitamin are citrus fruits famous for supplying?
- A. Vitamin C
- B. Vitamin A
- C. Vitamin K
- D. Vitamin D
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Vitamin C
Did you know? British sailors once carried limes to prevent scurvy.
30.Which dairy product is churned to make butter?
- A. cheese
- B. yogurt
- C. cream
- D. milk
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cream
Did you know? Churning cream separates butterfat from buttermilk.
31.Which fruit flavors the French liqueur cassis?
- A. plum
- B. cherry
- C. blackberry
- D. blackcurrant
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blackcurrant
Did you know? Crème de cassis stars in the kir cocktail.
32.What is gelatin made from?
- A. collagen
- B. pectin
- C. keratin
- D. starch
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collagen
Did you know? Gelatin is extracted from animal collagen in skin and bones.

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