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Free Food quiz: 119 trivia questions and answers — dishes, desserts & world specialities. Easy to hard, with explained answers. No sign-up.
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From Ethiopian injera to Spanish paella, by way of Vietnamese banh mi, this quiz explores emblematic dishes and their origins around the world. A fun way to travel through your tastebuds.
This quiz currently has 119 questions, ranging from easy to hard, available in French, English and Spanish when the Spanish translation is available.
Warm up before the quiz with these 20 trivia questions and their explained answers: click a question to reveal the answer.
Answer: Zucchini. Ratatouille is a traditional Provençal dish made with Mediterranean vegetables such as zucchini, eggplant, bell peppers, and tomatoes.
Answer: Avocado. Guacamole is a puree made mainly from avocado, often with tomatoes, onions, chili, and cilantro.
Answer: Mille-feuille. The mille-feuille is a French dessert made of layers of puff pastry and pastry cream or mousseline cream.
Answer: Tiramisu. Tiramisu is an Italian dessert made of layers of coffee-soaked biscuits, mascarpone, and cocoa.
Answer: Chili con carne. Chili con carne is a Tex-Mex dish (Texan, with Mexican roots) made with minced meat, beans, tomatoes and spices, often served with tortillas or rice.
Answer: Mozzarella di bufala. A traditional pizza Margherita uses mozzarella (buffalo or fior di latte), tomato, and basil.
Answer: Fish (not a meat). Fish and Chips is an iconic British dish made of battered fried fish and chips.
Answer: Garlic and parsley butter. Burgundy snails are cooked in their shells with a fragrant garlic and parsley butter.
Answer: Queen Margherita of Savoy. According to tradition, a Neapolitan pizza maker made the queen a pizza with tomato, mozzarella and basil: red, white, green. The story may be embellished, but the pizza conquered the world.
Answer: Horseradish dyed green. Real wasabi, a plant that is hard to grow, is rare and expensive. Most pastes sold outside Japan are made from horseradish and mustard, with green colouring.
Answer: Soba. Soba noodles are thin Japanese noodles made from buckwheat flour, often served cold or hot.
Answer: Pad Thai. Pad Thai is a Thai stir-fried noodle dish, often made with shrimp, tofu, eggs, bean sprouts, and peanuts.
Answer: Edam. Edam is a traditional Dutch cheese, often recognizable by its round shape and red or yellow rind.
Answer: Manchego. Manchego is a Spanish sheep's milk cheese from the La Mancha region, often aged in olive oil.
Answer: Rétes. Rétes is a Hungarian specialty similar to strudel, often filled with poppy seeds, apples, or cottage cheese.
Answer: Limbourg. Limburger is a Belgian soft, washed-rind cheese famous for its intense smell.
Answer: All of the above. Crumble is a very versatile dessert that can be made with many fruits, although apple is the most traditional.
Answer: Ceviche. Ceviche is an emblematic Peruvian dish made with raw fish marinated in lime juice, red onions, chilies, and cilantro.
Answer: Saffron. Saffron, the world's most expensive spice, flavors and colors biryani rice with its characteristic golden hue.
Answer: Austria. The croissant was inspired by the Viennese kipferl and reached Paris in the 19th century, notably through a Viennese bakery opened by August Zang. The legend linking it to the 1683 siege of Vienna is unproven.
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