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What was a sop, and which hard biscuit thickened the first chowder? These multiple choice trivia questions about soup fill four rounds, and chowder has one to itself.
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Four rounds, from suppare to pipi chowder
The word and the first soups starts with bread soaked in broth. A world of soups goes from miso soup in Japan to widow's soup in Malta. Clear, thick, cold and canned has pocket soup and a factory that made six cans an hour. Chowder sails from a ship's galley to New England.
Soup trivia questions and answers, ten at a time
Each question shows four answers. Tap one and the card marks it, gives a sentence of reason and links the article. A set is ten questions; a finished set prints as a question sheet, with the answer key on its own.
Questions and answers
What is the difference between stock and broth?
Many cooks use the two words for the same thing. Where a line is drawn, one version is that stock is made mainly from bones and so holds more gelatin; another is that broth is seasoned and can be eaten alone.
Where does the word chowder come from?
Its origin is obscure. One candidate is the French chaudron, a cauldron. Another is chaudière, Quebec French for a bucket. A third is chaudrée, a thick fish soup from the Atlantic coast of France.
What were the first soups made of?
Grains and herbs. Legumes, other vegetables, meat and fish were added later. Some writers date soup making back to the Upper Paleolithic, and one study suggests that Neanderthals boiled animal bones and drank the broth.
How were the answers checked?
Each was read on October 3, 2026 in the English Wikipedia article linked under it: Soup, Broth or Chowder. Soup companies and their brands, films and shows with soup in the title, and health claims for any soup are left out.