Welcome to Food & Drink Quiz #10…

1. ‘Scrag end’ is an inexpensive cut of meat from what part of a lamb?

2. Which root vegetable is the main ingredient of borscht?

3. Invented in the 1920s in honour of the Rudolph Valentino film of the same name, the ‘Blood & Sand’ cocktail contains equal measures of sweet vermouth, Cherry Heering (the “blood”), orange juice (the “sand”) and what other alcoholic ingredient?

4. ‘Lady Finger’ is a variety of which fruit?

5. The traditional Glamorgan sausage has what prime ingredient?

6. Finish the slogan “And because the lady loves…”?

7. Mushrooms are high in which vitamin? 

8. Which Cypriot cheese is traditionally served fried or grilled?

9. How many calories are in one gram of fat? 1, 9 or 15?

10. What title does the ‘Carolina Reaper’ currently hold?

Welcome to Food & Drink Quiz #9…

1. In what country is Cheese Fondue a traditional dish?

2. Which alcohol is the main ingredient of the New York Sour cocktail?

3. What is a Vitamin D deficiency called?

4. Which country is the largest producer of bananas?

5. What is the most consumed manufactured drink in the World?

6. Which TV Celebrity Chef who died n 2019 fronted shows including Masterchef and Hell’s Kitchen?

7. What is the minimum age a Scotch Whiskey has to be before it can be sold in the UK?

8. In what country does Jerk Chicken originate from?

9. Which Mexican dish translates as “Cheese Tortilla” ?

10. ‘Pure and Superior Grated Horseraddish’ was the first product created by whom in 1869?

Welcome to Food & Drink Quiz #8…

1. What is Germany’s most popular fruit loaf?

2. Which cocktail would you traditionally add Worcester sauce to?

3. What type of food is basmati?

4. In which country was gin invented?

5. Which nut is marzipan derived from?

6. What does Kosher mean in Hebrew?

7. What is tofu made from?

8. Ancient Olmecs, native to Mexico are known to have been the first consumers of what luxury as far back as 1900BC?

9. Colonel Sanders founded which fast food chain?

10. What would happen if you put a rotten egg in water?

Welcome to Food & Drink Quiz #7…

1. ‘Hendrick’s’, ‘Plymouth’ and ‘Tanqueray’ are some of the best-selling brands of which spirit?

2. Which Swedish word is a term for a buffet style meal including a selection of hot and cold dishes?

3. From which sea-creature is ‘tomalley’ obtained?

4. Where did Rick Stein open his first restaurant outside Padstow?

5. Claret is a dry red wine produced in which region of France?

6. What kitchen instrument is used for slicing vegetables?

7. Gouda cheese originates from which country?

8. What is another name for Chinese white cabbage?

9. What type of pastry is used to make a Cornish pasty?

10. ‘Jambalaya’ is a dish which originates in which US state?

Welcome to Food & Drink Quiz #6…

1. In which European country is the chocolate bar ‘Toblerone’ produced?

2. What are the 2 ingredients found in a Screwdriver cocktail?

3. Arachibutyrophobia is the fear of what being stuck to the top of your mouth?

4. Which TV Chef had to change his name by deed poll to Sheffield after he lost a challenge on Keith Lemon’s ‘Celebrity Juice’?

5. Originally known as the Chinese Gooseberry, what was it rebranded in 1959?

6. What does the abbreviation IPA stand for?

7. What ingredient is included in a dish if it is made Florentine style?

8. What is Tofu made from?

9. Which nuts are used in marzipan?

10. Which celebrity Chef presented ‘The Naked Chef’?

Welcome to Food & Drink Quiz #5…

1. How is a thick fish or seafood soup more commonly known?

2. The Yarra Valley in a wine producing region in which country?

3. Brothers ‘Bruno & Sergio’ opened a coffee shop in London in 1978, what was their surname?

4. What name is given to the Spanish sausage seasoned with paprika?

5. From which country did the bagel originate?

6. Who pioneered the ‘Death In The Afternoon’ cocktail? A mix of absinthe and champagne.

7. What type of oranges are used to make marmalade?

8. What type of food is a ‘Rollmop’?

9. Pesto contains which type of nut?

10. A bunch of banana’s is called what?

Welcome to Food & Drink Quiz #4…

1. What is ‘Sauerkraut’?

2. Which spice is worth more than gold?

3. ‘Bobotie’ is the national dish of which country?

4. Which fatty acid found in most fish, is considered to be a major health benefit?

5. Which US State produces the most wine?

6. From what animal would you obtain ‘Veal’?

7. Baked Beans are made from which type of bean?

8. What is courgette known as in the US?

9. What is the main ingredient in a ‘Meringue’?

10. What does ‘en Croute’ mean?

Welcome to Food & Drink Quiz #3…

1. What type of fruit is a ‘Damson’?

2. What is the main ingredient of ‘Tarka Dahl’?

3. What is the alcoholic base of a ‘Tom Collins’ cocktail?

4. Gazpacho is a type of what?

5. Kobe meat, hails from which country?

6. Which ingredient would you find in both ‘humous’ and ‘halva’?

7. What is the most expensive type of bottled Brandy?

8. What is a ‘Roux’?

9. What type of food is ‘Dorset Blue Vinney’?

10. What does CAMRA stand for?

Welcome to Food & Drink Quiz #2…

1. What is ‘Pumpernickel’?

2. What would you add to Ginger Beer and Lime Juice to make a ‘Moscow Mule’?

3. Chives belong to which family of vegetables?

4. Grenadine is obtained from which fruit?

5. Which sauce was first produced in 1868 and is named after a state in Mexico?

6. How is steak tartare cooked?

7. A Waldorf salad contains what type of nut?

8. Which fruit is a cross between a raspberry and a blackberry?

9. On a bottle of wine, what is ‘the punt’?

10. Pernod is flavoured by which herb?

Welcome to Food & Drink Quiz #1…

1. What is the main ingredient in ‘Baba Ganoush’?

2. Which type of tea, originally from the Chinese province Fujian gains its distinctive flavour from being smoke dried over pine wood fires?

3. The name of what food group comes from carbon, hydrogen and oxygen?

4. Cilantro is another name for which herb?

5. Bathtub is a variety of what spirit?

6. What hot beverage was first cultivated commercially in Yemen?

7. Which type of flower does a vanilla pod come from?

8. Which Greek dip is made mainly from yogurt, garlic, cucumber and olive oil?

9. Black Trim, Green Zebra and Yellow Pear are all varieties of what?

10. After a classification challenge in 1991 for the purpose of VAT, did the courts decide that a Jaffa cake was indeed a Cake or a Biscuit?