40 Food and Drink Trivia Questions for Kids
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Easy Food and Drink Questions and Answers
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What does ABV mean on a drink label?
Alcohol by volume
ABV expresses the percentage of a beverage's volume that is pure alcohol, making it a standard way to compare drink strength.
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What does al dente literally mean in Italian cooking?
To the tooth
Al dente describes pasta that is cooked through but still offers a slight resistance when bitten. The phrase literally refers to the tooth because the texture is judged by eating it.
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Red Bull GmbH, the company behind the energy drink, was founded in which country?
Austria
Dietrich Mateschitz set the company up in Austria in 1984 with Chaleo Yoovidhya, after tasting the Thai tonic Krating Daeng on a business trip, and put the reworked, carbonated version on sale in 1987.
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In a BLT sandwich, what do the three letters stand for?
Bacon, lettuce and tomato
The BLT became a diner standard in the United States once year-round lettuce and tomatoes were widely available.
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What cooking process gives a traditional bagel its chewy crust?
Boiled before baking
Traditional bagels are boiled before baking, giving them their characteristic chewy crust.
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Creaming butter and sugar lightens a cake. What actually does the lifting?
Air beaten into the fat
Sugar crystals act like tiny blades, cutting thousands of small air pockets into the butter as the two are beaten together. Those pockets later expand in the oven as gases and steam form, giving the crumb its open, light structure instead of a dense one.
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What common kitchen ingredient is sodium bicarbonate?
Baking soda
Baking soda is the common kitchen name for sodium bicarbonate, a leavening ingredient.
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What type of food is biryani?
Rice dish
Biryani is a South Asian dish of long-grain rice layered with spiced meat or vegetables and steamed slowly in a sealed pot, usually with saffron and whole spices such as cardamom, cloves and bay.
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Which plant part is dried to make black peppercorns?
Unripe berries
Black pepper comes from unripe berries of the Piper nigrum vine, dried with their skins intact. The same fruit can produce white pepper when the outer layer is removed.
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What major processing difference distinguishes black tea from green tea?
Full oxidation
Black tea leaves are allowed to oxidize extensively before drying, producing their darker color and fuller flavor. Green tea is heated sooner to limit oxidation.
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What starch traditionally gives bubble tea pearls their chewy texture?
Tapioca starch
Tapioca starch comes from cassava and forms the chewy balls often called boba. The pearls are usually boiled and soaked in sugar syrup before being added to the drink.
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Which country is poutine traditionally associated with?
Canada
Poutine originated in Quebec and is traditionally associated with Canada.
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What three ingredients traditionally make up a cappuccino?
Espresso, steamed milk, and foam
A traditional cappuccino combines espresso, steamed milk, and a layer of milk foam. Its name comes from the Capuchin friars, whose brown robes resemble the drink’s color.
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Tomatoes, mozzarella and basil in the colours of the flag - this salad is named after which Italian island?
Capri
A caprese salad pairs tomatoes, mozzarella, basil, and olive oil in the colors of the Italian flag. Its name means it comes from Capri, an island in the Bay of Naples.
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Which part of the cardamom plant is commonly used as a spice?
Seed pods
Cardamom pods contain many small aromatic seeds. The pods may be used whole, but the seeds provide most of the characteristic flavor.
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The finest cinnamon has thin pale quills and a delicate sweetness, unlike the darker cassia sold as cinnamon. Which country is it traditionally from?
Sri Lanka
Known as Ceylon until 1972, Sri Lanka grows Cinnamomum verum, the species botanists call 'true cinnamon', with the bark peeled from young shoots and dried by hand into tight quills.
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Which compound is chiefly responsible for the heat of chili peppers?
Capsaicin
Capsaicin is the compound chiefly responsible for the heat of chili peppers. It triggers TRPV1 receptors that normally detect high temperatures, making the brain perceive a burning sensation.
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A duck air-dried, glazed and roasted until the skin crackles, then carved at the table. Which country's dish is that?
China
Peking is the old English spelling of Beijing, where the dish was developed for the imperial court. Cooks pump air between the skin and the meat before roasting so it blisters into a thin, crisp shell. It is then carved tableside into pancakes with scallion, cucumber and hoisin sauce.
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How is a churro traditionally cooked?
Deep-fried
Churro dough is piped through a star-shaped nozzle straight into hot oil, which gives the finished stick its ridges, its crisp shell and its soft centre. It is usually rolled in sugar and cinnamon and dunked in thick hot chocolate.
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Which part of a cinnamon tree is dried to make cinnamon sticks?
Bark
Cinnamon comes from the inner bark of several trees in the Cinnamomum genus. As the bark dries, it naturally curls into the familiar quills.
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Which spirit is used in a classic margarita?
Tequila
A classic margarita combines tequila with lime juice and orange liqueur. It is commonly served over ice or blended, often with a salted rim.
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Which spirit is used in a classic mojito?
Rum
A classic mojito combines rum with lime, mint, sugar, and soda water. White rum is the usual choice because it lets the fresh mint and citrus stand out.
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What plant ingredient is fermented and processed to produce chocolate?
Cacao beans
Chocolate is made from the seeds of the cacao tree, which are fermented in their pulp for several days, then dried, roasted and ground into a paste. Carob, often sold as a chocolate substitute, comes from a completely different tree and is never fermented.
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What grain product is traditionally used to make couscous?
Semolina
Traditional couscous consists of small steamed granules made from semolina, usually durum-wheat semolina.
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Which city in Burgundy is historically associated with a mustard style named after it?
Dijon
Dijon is the Burgundy city historically associated with Dijon mustard. Traditional Dijon mustard was made with verjuice, the juice of unripe grapes, instead of vinegar.
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How is dulce de leche made?
By slowly cooking sweetened milk until it browns and thickens
Dulce de leche is sweetened milk cooked low and slow for hours until its sugars and proteins brown into a thick, spreadable caramel. A tin of condensed milk simmered unopened in water is the classic shortcut. It is a fixture across Latin America and Spain, spooned into alfajores, pancakes and cakes.
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Which citrus fruit supplies the signature flavor of Earl Grey tea?
Bergamot
Earl Grey is black tea scented with oil from bergamot, a fragrant citrus fruit that resembles a small, rough-skinned orange.
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Mayonnaise belongs to what mixture class?
Emulsion
Mayonnaise is an emulsion, with tiny oil droplets dispersed throughout a water-based mixture. Egg yolk helps stabilize the blend so it stays smooth instead of separating.
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What kind of food is falafel?
Chickpea fritter
Falafel is a fritter traditionally made from ground chickpeas or fava beans and herbs.
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What two substances does yeast typically produce from sugar?
Alcohol and carbon dioxide
Yeast typically converts sugar into alcohol and carbon dioxide through fermentation. The carbon dioxide is what makes bread dough rise.
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Feta cheese is traditionally associated with which country?
Greece
Traditional Greek feta is a brined cheese commonly made from sheep's milk, sometimes blended with goat's milk.
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Gastronomy and gastroenterology come from the same Greek root for the stomach. What does gastronomy study?
Food and the culture around eating
Gastronomy is the study of food and culture: how dishes are made, why a region eats what it eats, and how meals are enjoyed. It joins the Greek gaster, stomach, with nomos, rules. Gastroenterology, from that same root, is the branch of medicine covering the digestive tract.
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Which country is ratatouille traditionally associated with?
France
Ratatouille is a traditional vegetable dish from Provence in France.
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Which botanical must provide gin's predominant characteristic flavor?
Juniper
Gin may contain many botanicals, but juniper is the defining one. Its berries give gin its piney, resinous aroma.
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What type of dish is Italian gnocchi?
Potato dumplings
A familiar Italian form of gnocchi is made as small potato dumplings, often served with sauce.
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Breakfast cereal takes its name from Ceres. What was she the Roman goddess of?
Grain and the harvest
Ceres was the Roman goddess of grain, agriculture and the harvest. The Latin adjective cerealis, 'of Ceres', described grain crops, and English took cereal from it.
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Which legume is the main ingredient in classic hummus?
Chickpeas
Classic hummus combines cooked chickpeas with tahini, lemon juice, garlic, and olive oil. The Arabic word hummus means chickpeas.
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Which country is goulash traditionally associated with?
Hungary
Goulash is Hungary's national dish. The name comes from gulyas, the word for a cattle herdsman, who simmered the beef in a kettle over an open fire; the paprika that gives it colour and heat reached Hungary during Ottoman rule.
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What does IPA stand for in the name of a beer style?
India Pale Ale
IPA means India Pale Ale. Modern IPAs are often recognized for prominent hop bitterness and aroma, although the style has many variations.
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Arthur Guinness signed the lease on the St James's Gate brewery in 1759 for how many years?
9,000
The rent was fixed at 45 pounds a year for the entire term. Guinness was only 34 when he signed the deal on New Year's Eve 1759, taking on roughly four acres of buildings, malthouses and stables at the gate in Dublin.
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