Food trivia questions

Thirty food trivia questions with the answers right under each one, from easy enough for kids to hard enough for the person who watches every cooking show. Read them out, or put a food game on the TV when the questions run out.

1. Bluff Buffet2-12 · TV

   Trivia's cousin. Real dishes with names nobody knows, and everyone makes up what they are.

2. Impasta3-10 · Pack

   For after the quiz: everyone gets a food, one person's is slightly off.

Easy

1. What fruit is guacamole made from?Avocado
2. Which country does sushi come from?Japan
3. What is the main ingredient in hummus?Chickpeas
4. Marzipan is made from which nut?Almonds
5. Pickles are usually made from which vegetable?Cucumbers
6. What is tofu made from?Soybeans
7. What grain is risotto made with?Rice
8. Which spice gives curry its yellow color?Turmeric
9. Pizza Margherita is named for a queen and comes from which Italian city?Naples
10. Which fruit has its seeds on the outside?Strawberry

Medium

1. Which country grows the most coffee?Brazil
2. What is the most expensive spice by weight?Saffron
3. Eclairs are made from what kind of pastry?Choux pastry
4. Kimchi is a staple of which country's cooking?Korea
5. Which soft cheese goes into tiramisu?Mascarpone
6. Feta cheese comes from which country?Greece
7. What does al dente mean?To the tooth: pasta cooked so it's still a little firm
8. Classic basil pesto is made with which nut?Pine nuts
9. What is sake brewed from?Rice
10. Ghee is a clarified form of what?Butter

Hard

1. What is cullen skink?A Scottish soup of smoked haddock, potatoes and onions
2. What scale measures how hot a chili pepper is?The Scoville scale
3. Hawaiian poi is made from which root?Taro
4. Poutine comes from which country?Canada (Quebec)
5. In Mexican cooking, what is mole?A rich sauce made with chiles, often with chocolate
6. Kalamata is a kind of what?Olive
7. Which spice is the dried flower bud of a tree?Cloves
8. The croissant's ancestor, the kipferl, came from which country?Austria
9. Japanese miso is made mostly from what?Fermented soybeans
10. A tangelo is a cross between a tangerine and what?A pomelo or grapefruit

Running it at a party

Split into teams of two to four, read each question twice, and give 20 seconds before answers. One point each, and a bonus point for the hard round.

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Questions

Are these questions free to use?

Yes. Use them for a party, a classroom or a quiz night.

How many questions are there?

Thirty: ten easy, ten medium and ten hard.

Is there a food game like trivia?

Bluff Buffet plays like a mix of trivia and bluffing: the TV shows a real dish, everyone writes a fake description, and you guess which one is real.