Food

Question 1

Which Japanese dish consists of cold cooked rice dressed with vinegar that is shaped into bite-sized pieces and topped with raw or cooked fish?

Answer 1

SUSHI

Question 2

The classic recipe of which sauce contains an emulsion of egg yolks vinegar and melted butter?

Answer 2

HOLLANDAISE

Question 3

Simnel cake is traditionally eaten during which festival and holiday?

Answer 3

EASTER

Question 4

Which cheese granted the status of a protected designation of origin by the European Commission can only be produced in the three counties of Derbyshire Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire?

Answer 4

STILTON

Question 5

Which apple which originated in Australia in 1868 is named after Maria Ann Smith?

Answer 5

GRANNY SMITH

Question 6

Carbonara is an Italian pasta dish made with eggs cheese black pepper and which meat product?

Answer 6

BACON

Question 7

Which Greek dish which usually has a pink colour is made from fish roe olive oil lemon juice grated onions and bread?

Answer 7

TARAMASALATA

Question 8

Meaning ‘mixed pieces’ in Chinese which dish consisting of meat cooked quickly with vegetables is believed to have been invented in America?

Answer 8

CHOP SUEY

Question 9

The top of a Dundee cake is typically decorated with concentric circles of which type of nut?

Answer 9

ALMOND

Question 10

The restaurant preparation of which dish (the Japanese word for ‘pufferfish’) is strictly controlled by law in Japan as it can be lethally poisonous?

Answer 10

FUGU

Question 11

Which North African Berber stew is named after the earthenware pot in which it is cooked?

Answer 11

TAJINE

Question 12

Named after the Austrian inventor which cake consists of a dense chocolate cake with a thin layer of apricot jam on top coated in dark chocolate icing on the top and sides?

Answer 12

SACHERTORTE

Question 13

Which cut of meat from the breast or lower chest of beef is tough as it contains a large amount of connective tissue?

Answer 13

BRISKET

Question 14

Mozzarella is a southern Italian cheese traditionally made from milk from which animals?

Answer 14

BUFFALOES

Question 15

What name is given to the thymus or pancreas glands of veal young beef lamb and pork which are often breaded and fried?

Answer 15

SWEETBREADS

Question 16

Often topped with tomatoes which antipasto consists of grilled bread rubbed with garlic and topped with olive oil and salt?

Answer 16

BRUSCHETTA

Question 17

Grown in Jamaica which large citrus fruit is a hybrid of the grapefruit the orange and the tangerine?

Answer 17

UGLI FRUIT

Question 18

What is the main ingredient of the North African dish couscous?

Answer 18

SEMOLINA

Question 19

Known as ‘Scotland’s National Soup’ which soup dish consists of leeks and peppered chicken stock often thickened with rice or barley?

Answer 19

COCK-A-LEEKIE

Question 20

Which curry dish takes its name from the Persian for ‘two onions’?

Answer 20

DOPIAZA

Question 21

The name of the pasta orecchiette comes from its shape which resembles which organ of the human body?

Answer 21

EAR

Question 22

Used as a skin ointment as well as for eating which expensive honey produced in Australia and New Zealand is named after the tree that produces the nectar which is fed on by European honey bees?

Answer 22

MANUKA

Question 23

Which unleavened flatbread that is part of Jewish cuisine forms an integral element of the Passover festival?

Answer 23

MATZO

Question 24

Sometimes known as ‘speckled bread’ which Welsh bread is traditionally flavoured with tea dried fruits and mixed spices?

Answer 24

BARA BRITH

Question 25

What name is given to a single-portion takeout or home-packed meal common in Japanese cuisine?

Answer 25

BENTO

Question 26

Sometimes known as ‘squashed fly biscuits’ which biscuits made with currants are named after an Italian leader?

Answer 26

GARIBALDI

Question 27

Which savoury dish is made of oysters wrapped with bacon?

Answer 27

ANGELS ON HORSEBACK

Question 28

Cornish Yarg cheese is wrapped in the leaves of which plant to form an edible rind before being left to mature?

Answer 28

NETTLE

Question 29

Which Greek fast food consists of small pieces of meat and sometimes vegetables grilled on a skewer?

Answer 29

SOUVLAKI

Question 30

Similar to the kipper and the bloater what name is given to a herring that is hot-smoked whole?

Answer 30

BUCKLING

Question 31

Which ingredient of Chinese cuisine commonly consists of star anise cloves Chinese cinnamon Sichuan pepper and fennel?

Answer 31

FIVE-SPICE POWDER

Question 32

Pho is a noodle soup and a popular street food in which Asian country?

Answer 32

VIETNAM

Question 33

Also known as Italian chicory which leaf vegetable with a bitter and spicy taste usually has white-veined red leaves?

Answer 33

RADICCHIO

Question 34

Which Indian vegetarian curry dish consists of peas and a soft white cheese in a tomato-based sauce?

Answer 34

MATTAR PANEER

Question 35

Paella is regarded as one of the identifying symbols of which Spanish city?

Answer 35

VALENCIA

Question 36

Created at the Savoy Hotel in London the omelette containing smoked haddock Parmesan cheese and cream is named after which Staffordshire-born novelist?

Answer 36

ARNOLD BENNETT

Question 37

What is the name of the Australian sponge cake cubes coated in a layer of traditionally chocolate icing and then rolled in desiccated coconut?

Answer 37

LAMINGTONS

Question 38

Several dishes in haute cuisine are named after which mistress of Louis XV most of which include the use of cauliflower?

Answer 38

MADAME DU BARRY

Question 39

What is the common North American term for the root vegetable known in Britain as a swede or turnip?

Answer 39

RUTABAGA

Question 40

Which Italian rice named after a town in the Po Valley is commonly used to make risotto?

Answer 40

ARBORIO

Question 41

A carpetbag steak is stuffed with which shellfish?

Answer 41

OYSTERS

Question 42

Which soup often made with a calf’s head was created in the 18th century as an imitation of another soup that was viewed as a delicacy?

Answer 42

MOCK TURTLE SOUP

Question 43

In the cuisine of the Indian Subcontinent what type of dish is kheer?

Answer 43

RICE PUDDING

Question 44

Named after the Minister of Food which pastry dish of vegetables was widely served in Britain during the Second World War due to meat rationing?

Answer 44

WOOLTON PIE

Question 45

Popular in the Ashkenazi Jewish community which dish is made from a poached mixture of ground deboned fish and is typically eaten as an appetizer?

Answer 45

GEFILTE FISH

Question 46

Bigos also known as hunter’s stew consists of meat stewed with sauerkraut and cabbage and originated in which European country?

Answer 46

POLAND

Question 47

A stargazy pie is filled with which fish which retain their heads and poke through the pastry top?

Answer 47

PILCHARDS (OR SARDINES)

Question 48

Potato cabbage and onion are the main ingredients of which traditional dish from the Scottish Borders which is similar to bubble and squeak?

Answer 48

RUMBLEDETHUMPS

Question 49

What is the name of the upside-down tart in which the fruit (usually apples) are caramelized in butter and sugar before the tart is baked and is named after the hotel in France where it was created accidentally by two sisters in the 1880s?

Answer 49

TARTE TATIN

Question 50

E numbers E200-E299 are used by which class of food additives?

Answer 50

PRESERVATIVES