Food And Drink Trivia Quiz VI

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Head chef George Crum didn't take criticism lightly. What food did he angrily invent after a customer complained his French fries were not thin enough?

       a. Potato chips
       b. Mashed potatoes
       c. Potato pancakes
       d. Baked potatoes


What cocktail, made from vodka and cranberry juice and popular with women in the 1990s, shares its name with a magazine also popular with women in the 1990s?

       a. Mirabella
       b. Mademoiselle
       c. Cosmopolitan
       d. Redbook


What Aztec "food of the gods" is full of phenyl ethylamine, which the brain seems to pump out when you're in love?

       a. Tequila
       b. Coffee
       c. Chocolate
       d. Mushrooms


What Bloody Mary ingredient do you replace with tequila to make a Bloody Maria?

       a. Vodka
       b. Gin
       c. Rum
       d. Tia Maria


Made from pasted almonds, what treat gets its name from the Italian word for the little boxes of coins used in church?

       a. Marzipan
       b. Truffles
       c. Fudge
       d. Praline


Which of these popular ice cream flavors does not normally come from a bean?

       a. Strawberry
       b. Chocolate
       c. Vanilla
       d. Coffee


If you baked Poppin' Fresh, the Pillsbury Doughboy, decapitated him and reused the head the next day, what would you call the bread?

       a. Sourdough
       b. Semolina
       c. Brioche
       d. Pita


Kobe Bryant was named for a meat acquired from pampered animals that have been fed beer and massaged. What animal?

       a. Cow
       b. Chicken
       c. Pig
       d. Horse


If Seinfeld's Soup Nazi had been a Soup Communist, he'd probably serve a lot of borscht. What red root vegetable is the main ingredient in borscht?

       a. Beet
       b. Pepper
       c. Leek
       d. Tomato


In Nix v Hedden, the US Supreme Court decided in 1893 that what fruit is in fact a vegetable for tariff purposes?

       a. Tomato
       b. Sweet pepper
       c. Potato
       d. Pumpkin


If, as punishment, Benedict Arnold were served a la eggs benedict, he'd be covered in hollandaise sauce and cooked. How?

       a. Scrambled
       b. Over easy
       c. Poached
       d. Hard boiled


Polyphenols prevent the oxidation of "bad" LDL cholesterol. Which of these foods does not contain these cholesterol-killing chemicals?

       a. Green tea
       b. French fries
       c. Dark chocolate
       d. Red wine


In Greece, only the king could cut this herb. Some people share a name with this herb, including a TV hotelier. What is it?

       a. Laurel
       b. Rosemary
       c. Basil
       d. Bay


Sufferin' succotash! What usually goes into succotash?

       a. Carrots and kidney beans
       b. Peas and pinto beans
       c. Corn and lima beans
       d. Chickpeas and garbanzo beans


In 2003, what did the US Congress rename the French fries served in its restaurant?

       a. Freedom fries
       b. Belgium fries
       c. Potato sticks
       d. Hydrogenated starchy tuber tubes




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