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FOODQUIZ
20
curious
questions
BYQUIZ-MEISTER
HUGHTHOMPSONCurl up
with a
puzzle
1
What cut of beef is
traditionally used to
make Cornish pasties?
a) Chuck
b) Skirt
c) Rump2
What’s the dominant herb
in a Lincolnshire sausage?3
Which well-known bread
brand comes from the
Latin for ‘strength of man’?4
Which is said to be the
best type of caviar?
a) Beluga
b) Osetra
c) Sevruga5
Which one of these does
not count as an oily fish?
a) Tr out
b) Mackerel
c) Tuna
d) Salmon6
Cooked pasta compared to
cooked rice has roughly...
a) The same calories
b) More calories
c) Fewer calories13
What was illegally
added to some Austrian
wines in 1985 to give them
sweetness and body?
a) Corn syrup
b) Antifreeze
c) Weedkiller14
The Boulevardier
cocktail is a mix
of Campari, vermouth
and what other spirit?
a) Bourbon
b) Vodka
c) Rum
d) Te quil a15
What did the Chinese
grow on their ships
to ward off scurvy from as
early as the fifth century?
a) Mandarins
b) Root ginger
c) Garlic16
Crottin is a French
term used to describe
a small, round type of goat’s
cheese. What does it mean?
a) Hockey puck
b) Snail shell
c) Horse dung7
Coconut water is a good
alternative for blood
plasma: true or false?8
Which cathedral city in the
East Midlands has a biscuit
named after it?9
Which of these was home
to the Huntley & Palmers,
Jacob’s and McVitie’s factories,
giving it the name biscuit town?
a) Bath
b) Cheltenham
c) Reading10
Hobnobs were first
introduced by McVitie’s
in what year?
a) 1985
b) 1987
c) 198911
What is notable about a
Scottish lorne sausage?12
Laško beer comes
from which country
originally?
a) Slovakia
b) Slovenia
c) Czech RepublicWe thought you’d want an excuse to
snuggle for longer this month, so the
quiz is extra long. Just add tea and
cake to feed the little grey cells