Food quizzes always sound easy until somebody asks a question about fancy cheese, random cake facts, or what exactly goes into marzipan.
Suddenly, the entire table starts confidently shouting different answers while nobody actually has a clue what they are talking about anymore. This quiz jumps between snacks, drinks, restaurants, fruit, and strange food facts that feel oddly familiar right until your brain completely freezes halfway through. If you consider yourself a bit of a foodie, see how high your score is here.
1. In food and drink, what steak name literally means between the ribs in French?
French cooking terms sound fancy until you discover some of them are actually very literal descriptions.
a) Chateaubriand
b) Entrecote
c) Brisket
d) Escalope
2. What was Colonel Sanders’ first name?
Most people know the white suit, beard, and fried chicken bucket instantly, but fewer remember his actual first name.
a) Howard
b) Harland
c) Henry
d) Harold
3. The village of Stilton is located in which English county?
This question catches people out because the cheese itself is protected and produced elsewhere.
a) Derbyshire
b) Leicestershire
c) Cambridgeshire
d) Nottinghamshire
4. What spirit is traditionally used in Irish coffee?
This famous drink became popular because it combines caffeine with something a little stronger.
a) Rum
b) Brandy
c) Irish whiskey
d) Vodka
5. How does Double Gloucester cheese differ from Single Gloucester?
People often assume this question has a complicated answer when it is actually surprisingly simple.
a) It is aged longer
b) It uses different milk
c) It is twice as big
d) It contains extra cream
6. What type of flavour does fennel have?
This vegetable completely divides opinion because some people love the taste while others absolutely hate it.
a) Minty
b) Peppery
c) Aniseed
d) Nutty
7. Which vegetable is used to make saag in Indian cooking?
This dish appears on loads of takeaway menus, but many people never stop to think what it is actually made from.
a) Cabbage
b) Spinach
c) Kale
d) Peas
8. Which fruit is traditionally used in Eve’s Pudding?
Old-fashioned puddings always sound slightly mysterious until somebody explains what is actually inside them.
a) Pears
b) Apples
c) Plums
d) Cherries
9. What was the first American soft drink legally sold in Russia?
Cold War food history somehow always sounds stranger than fiction.
a) Coca-Cola
b) Dr Pepper
c) Pepsi-Cola
d) Sprite
10. Which Mexican food translates into English as little donkey?
This is one of those facts people hear once and somehow never forget afterwards.
a) Taco
b) Quesadilla
c) Burrito
d) Nacho
11. What edible food comes from the tree Castanea sativa?
This food becomes especially popular around Christmas markets and winter street stalls.
a) Walnuts
b) Chestnuts
c) Pecans
d) Hazelnuts
12. In which Asian country did Red Bull originate?
Many people wrongly assume this energy drink first appeared in Europe or America.
a) Japan
b) China
c) Thailand
d) South Korea
13. In which country would you find Mirazur, voted the world’s best restaurant in 2019?
Fine dining questions suddenly make pub quizzes feel much more expensive.
a) Italy
b) Spain
c) France
d) Switzerland
14. What type of nuts are used to make marzipan?
This sweet treat appears on cakes constantly, especially around Christmas.
a) Cashews
b) Walnuts
c) Almonds
d) Pistachios
15. Which beer used the slogan “reassuringly expensive”?
This became one of the most famous beer advertising slogans in Britain.
a) Heineken
b) Stella Artois
c) Carlsberg
d) Becks
16. What fruit is a cross between a blackberry and a raspberry?
Fruit questions become surprisingly difficult once hybrid fruits start appearing.
a) Loganberry
b) Boysenberry
c) Tayberry
d) Mulberry
17. Seville and Jaffa are types of which fruit?
One of these is famous for marmalade while the other often appears in lunchboxes.
a) Lemons
b) Apples
c) Oranges
d) Peaches
18. What does the Scandinavian festive cake name Kransekage mean in English?
This traditional cake often appears during Christmas and New Year celebrations.
a) Christmas cake
b) Carrot cake
c) Wreath cake
d) Festive cake
19. Which fruit is often stored with Christmas cake to help keep it moist?
This old baking trick still gets used in many kitchens today.
a) Banana
b) Orange
c) Apple
d) Tomato
20. If you were offered menyn in a Welsh restaurant, what would you receive?
Language questions in pub quizzes can become surprisingly stressful very quickly.
a) Bread
b) Butter
c) Soup
d) Cheese
The answers
1. Entrecote
2. Harland
3. Cambridgeshire
4. Irish whiskey
5. It is twice as big
6. Aniseed
7. Spinach
8. Apples
9. Pepsi-Cola
10. Burrito
11. Chestnuts
12. Thailand
13. France
14. Almonds
15. Stella Artois
16. Tayberry
17. Oranges
18. Wreath cake
19. Apple
20. Butter
If you smashed this quiz without getting hungry halfway through, your pub quiz team probably loves seeing food and drink rounds appear. If some of these completely threw you, don’t worry too much because food trivia somehow manages to mix useful knowledge with completely random nonsense in the strangest possible way.
