48 Food and Drink Trivia Questions and Answers
Food and drink trivia for a quiz night or a dinner table: dishes and where they come from, wine, beer, coffee and tea, and the words on a menu that people are never quite sure about. Answers are printed with each question, so you can read them out as a round.
There are 48 questions on this page. They are free to use for quiz nights, classrooms and pub quizzes, and each one links to its own page.
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1.The name for which European food specialty comes from the French word meaning "melted"?
Answer: FONDUE
Open this question2.Which of these drinks arrived in Europe first: coffee or tea?
Answer: TEA
Open this question3.Which fast-food chain lost more than $29 million after their hamburgers were linked to deadly bacterial outbreaks in 1993?
Answer: JACK IN THE BOX
Open this question4.Which vegetable grows best in Idaho, Washington, Maine, and Wisconsin?
Answer: POTATO
Open this question5.What do we call the food item consisting of toast, ham, poached eggs, and hollandaise sauce?
Answer: EGGS BENEDICT
Open this question6.In three words, describe: what is Liebfraumilch?
Answer: GERMAN WHITE WINE
Open this question7.If, in a French restaurant, you asked for a "serviette", what, in English, would you be requesting?
Answer: NAPKIN
Open this question8.What is the heavenly name for the almond-flavored sponge cake made from flour, sugar, and egg whites?
Answer: ANGEL FOOD CAKE
Open this question9.What is the name for the long crisp bread loaf which French people buy and carry home under their arms?
Answer: BAGUETTE
Open this question10.Around 1915, this fur trader witnessed Canadian Eskimos spread their freshly caught fish on the frozen snow, then store the frozen fish for months before thawing and cooking them. This gave him the idea for a frozen-food business which made his name a household word. Who was he?
Answer: CLARENCE BIRDSEYE
Open this question11.This nutritious substance secreted by worker bees serves as the only food for the larvae that eventually develop into queen bees. What is it?
Answer: ROYAL JELLY
Open this question12.What is a two-word name for the spicy middle-eastern food dish consisting of meat and vegetables roasted on skewers?
Answer: SHISH KEBAB
Open this question13.True or false: White wine is made from white grapes, while red wine is made from red grapes.
Answer: FALSE: Red wine is made by including the skin of the red grapes. White wine can come from grapes of any color.
Open this question14.These plants, native to hot, dry regions of the U.S. and Mexico, are grown for ornament, fiber, and food, but more famously, as the main ingredient of tequila. What are they?
Answer: AGAVE
Open this question15.What is the classic Spanish food dish made from rice, poultry, and seafood?
Answer: PAELLA
Open this question16.What is the name for the French dish of thin pancakes filled with sweet or spicy fillings?
Answer: CREPES
Open this question17.This Hebrew word means "proper" or "fit", and specifically refers to food prepared according to the orthodox dietary and religious laws. What is the word?
Answer: KOSHER
Open this question18.In the world of wines, what is the name for the aroma or perfume given off by wine?
Answer: BOUQUET
Open this question19.Around what year was coffee first consumed as a beverage? Was it around 1000 B.C., 1000 A.D., or the 16th century?
Answer: 1000 A.D.
Open this question20.This country is one of the largest wine-producing countries of the world, where wine is grown in every region of the country. Which country is this?
Answer: ITALY
Open this question21.Which 5-letter word can refer to a spicy Latin dance or a spicy Latin sauce?
Answer: SALSA
Open this question22.One of the most important foods eaten by the American colonists was succotash, a dish composed of what two ingredients?
Answer: sweet CORN and BEANS word comes from an indian name
Open this question23.Can you identify a rich, creamy sauce of butter, egg yolks and lemon juice that is named after a European country?
Answer: HOLLANDAISE
Open this question24.On January 24, 1996, the Food and Drug Administration approved human consumption of a synthetic, calorie free fat substitute called what?
Answer: OLESTRA
Open this question25.What word can refer to a soft, creamy European cheese, or to the fundamental units of matter, smaller than an electrons (as surmised by scientists).
Answer: QUARK
Open this question26.Within 4 years, in which year was Coca Cola invented?
Answer: 1886
Open this question27.What food is made from vegetable oil, egg yolks, and lemon juice, and is possibly named after a town in Spain?
Answer: MAYONNAISE
Open this question28.In China these noodle-dough dumplings are filled with meat and boiled in soup, and are called what?
Answer: WON TON
Open this question29.What does it mean: To 86 someone?
Answer: REFUSE TO SERVE AT A BAR OR RESTAURANT / THROW OUT, EJECT, DISCARD
Open this question30.The seeds of what tropical tree are the main ingredient of chocolate?
Answer: CACAO
Open this question31.This 18th Century British politician loved to gamble so much that he refused to leave the gambling tables to eat, and subsequently invented a type of meal which bears his name. What was it?
Answer: earl of SANDWICH
Open this question32.The symbol of the Anheuser-Busch brewing company is the image of draft horses pulling the beer wagons. These horses originated in Scotland. What kind of horses are they?
Answer: CLYDESDALES
Open this question33.Osso Buco is an Italian dish consisting primarily of what ingredient?
Answer: braised VEAL in white wine
Open this question34.What Colorado town with a precious name is home of Coors Beer?
Answer: GOLDEN, COLORADO
Open this question35.What revolving food tray is named for a lethargic woman?
Answer: LAZY SUSAN
Open this question36.Imported into Europe for the first time by Dutch traders around 1610, what beverage was sold commercially for the first time in Britain around 1660?
Answer: TEA
Open this question37.This vegetable is called, in French, pomme-de-terre, and in German, Erdapfel, both of which mean "earth apple." What is the English name for this vegetable?
Answer: POTATO
Open this question38.If you go to a restaurant and order sweetbreads, what kind of food would you be ordering? Be specific !
Answer: THYMUS GLAND (or pancreas) of a calf or lamb
Open this question39.Pizza pies originated in what country?
Answer: ITALY
Open this question40.The whiskey called bourbon is distilled from a fermented mash composed at least 51% of what grain?
Answer: CORN / Indian word Maize
Open this question41.Name the primary ingredient of each of these foods with a geographical name: a. Welsh rabbit b. Bombay duck
Answer: a. CHEESE b. FISH
Open this question42.When the Ottoman Turks besieged this European city in 1529, one item they brought along was coffee. Ever since then, this city has been famous for its cafés and the type of coffee served there. Which city is it?
Answer: VIENNA
Open this question43.Which food additive is named after the capital of French Guyana? Give a two-word answer
Answer: CAYENNE pepper
Open this question44.Roquefort cheese is a pungent French cheese made from the milk of what animal?
Answer: SHEEP
Open this question45.Which food item is named for a major port of northern Germany?
Answer: HAMBURGER after Hamburg, Germany
Open this question46.What is the Japanese dish of deep fried vegetables and seafood?
Answer: TEMPURA
Open this question47.What is the main food product for about half the people of the world?
Answer: RICE
Open this question48.What vegetable in the mustard family is named for a European capital city?
Answer: BRUSSELS SPROUTS
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