Trivia Questions by Food

Pick a food; its pack asks about nothing else.

Each pack here keeps to one food or one drink and splits it into rounds: where it came from, what its name means, how it is made, and the forms it takes around the world. A host can run a whole evening on chocolate, or lift the pizza round into a mixed quiz.

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Every question has four answers to pick from. Tapping one shows the right answer, a sentence of reason, and the Wikipedia article the fact was read in. No pack names a brand, a restaurant chain or a product, and none asks about beer, wine or spirits. Nutrition figures, harvest rankings and records are left out too, because they change from year to year. Nothing here is cooking, diet or food-safety advice.

Sweets and desserts 4

Chocolate, ice cream, pie and the other things that end a meal.

Chocolate Trivia Questions

48 multiple-choice questions in four rounds: the word and the tree; cacao drink to chocolate bar; bean to bar; kinds, coatings and keeping.

For example The earliest English record of the word chocolate dates from which year? · Pick an answer…
Dessert Trivia Questions and Answers

48 multiple-choice questions in four rounds: the word and the dessert course; sweets, custards and frozen things; cheesecake; puddings and jellies.

For example The Greek historian Herodotus wrote that the meals of which people featured many desserts? ·…
Ice Cream Trivia Questions and Answers

48 multiple-choice questions in four rounds: snow, ice and legends; Paris cafés and London penny ices; America's presidents, sundaes and cones; what ice cream is.

For example According to some sources, the history of ice cream begins around 550 BC in which ancient…
Pie Trivia Questions and Answers

48 multiple-choice questions in four rounds: the word and the oldest pies; from Tudor tables to the frontier; apple pie; pumpkin pie.

For example The first written reference to a Roman pie is a rye dough filled with honey and which cheese?…

Coffee and tea 2

The bean and the leaf, from the first cup to the names on a cafe board.

Tea Trivia Questions

60 multiple-choice questions in five rounds: the leaf and the word; China; Europe and the British table; plucking, pots and customs; bricks, bags and caravans.

For example The word chai traveled west along the Silk Road and picked up its ending, yi, in which…
Coffee Trivia Questions

48 multiple-choice questions in four rounds: the word, the legends and the nicknames; coffeehouses, ships and kings; the plant and the roast; grinding, brewing and the cup.

For example In 1583 the German physician Leonhard Rauwolf described coffee as "a beverage as black as"…

Dishes and meals 4

One dish to a pack: tacos, sandwiches, hot dogs, pizza and more.

Taco Trivia Questions

48 multiple-choice questions in four rounds: the word and the first tacos; kinds of taco; tortillas, corn and flour; salsa, chips and tostadas.

For example One theory traces the food name taco to Mexican silver miners. What did the word mean to them?…
Sandwich Trivia Questions and Answers

44 multiple-choice questions in four rounds: the earl and the first sandwiches; what counts and what it is called; subs, hoagies, heroes and grinders; peanut butter and jelly.

For example What is the Dutch open-faced sandwich called? · Pick an answer, then press Check answer. Then…
Hot Dog Trivia Questions and Answers

48 multiple-choice questions in four rounds: Frankfurt, Vienna and Coney Island; casings, condiments and the bun; hot dogs from place to place; sausages of the world.

For example In German-speaking countries hot dog sausages are called Wiener Würstchen. What does Würstchen…
Pizza Trivia Questions

48 multiple-choice questions in four rounds: the word and the ancient flatbreads; Naples, the Margherita and the tomato; the true Neapolitan pizza and the oven; pizza around the world.

For example The word pizza is first recorded in AD 997, in a Latin document from which town of southern…

Fruit and vegetables 2

What grows: fruit, berries, citrus, roots and leaves, and what a botanist calls each.

Vegetable Trivia Questions

48 multiple-choice questions in four rounds: the word and the ancient garden; carrots; tomatoes from the Andes to Italy; in the garden and the kitchen.

For example Which of these vegetables was eaten in ancient Egypt? · Pick an answer, then press Check…
Fruit Trivia Questions

48 multiple-choice questions in four rounds: what a botanist calls a fruit; berries, true and false; lemons, limes and other citrus; strawberries.

For example Which fruit can float for some time in the ocean and so spread its seeds? · Pick an answer…

Cooking and baking 3

Ovens, methods, recipes, and the herbs and spices on the shelf.

Baking Trivia Questions and Answers

48 multiple-choice questions in four rounds: ovens and methods; bakers of Egypt, Rome and London; pastry doughs; baking powder and what came before.

For example Food baked "en croûte" is cooked inside a pastry case. What does the French phrase mean? ·…
Cooking Trivia Questions and Answers

48 multiple-choice questions in four rounds: fire, hearths and foods that crossed the ocean; cooking terms and methods; chefs and kitchens; recipes and cookbooks.

For example Which of these foods crossed the Atlantic from the Old World to the New? · Pick an answer…
Spice Trivia Questions

48 multiple-choice questions in four rounds: herbs and spices, which is which; the spice trade; black pepper, the vine and the peppercorn; pepper as black gold.

For example Which plant is used both as an herb, for its leaves, and as a spice, for its seed? · Pick an…

Cheese and other staples 1

The foods a kitchen is built on, such as cheese.

Cheese Trivia Questions

48 multiple-choice questions in four rounds: origins, legends and the word; curds, whey and ripening; cheddar; mozzarella and cheese abroad.

For example Pliny the Elder wrote that the best cheeses came from villages near which town, though they…

Cuisines 1

The cooking of one country or region in a pack of its own.

Mexican Food Trivia Questions and Answers

48 multiple-choice questions in four rounds: corn, chiles and the daily table; before and after the Spanish; from Oaxaca to Yucatán and the north; tortillas and tamales.

For example The ability to cook well is called "sazón" in Mexico. What does the word literally mean? ·…