T109 FOOD FOR THOUGHT QUIZ
Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 8:17 pm1 The Italian town of Pontedassia is home to a museum dedicated to which foodstuff?
SPAGHETTI
2 Which food created by French monks was designed to resemble a small child’s arms in prayer?
PRETZEL
3 Which foodstuff with a five letter name derives from the German for stirrup?
BAGEL
4 What is the more common name for the granadilla?
PASSIONFRUIT
5 On which TV show has Lloyd Grossman often said, “We’ve deliberated, cogitated and digested”?
MASTERCHEF
6 What is the tasty name of the central character in the John Osbourne play The Entertainer?
ARCHIE RICE
7 Which food of the Greek gods was said to bestow immortality?
AMBROSIA
8 What fruit is depicted on the badge of Worcestershire County Cricket Club?
THE PEAR
9 What were Rowntree’s Chocolate Beans renamed in 1937?
SMARTIES
10 In 2000 which politician had custard pie thrown in her face during a book signing in Oxford?
ANNE WIDDECOMBE
11 On which Mediterranean island did the sweet pea originate?
SICILY
12 What brand of bread has been advertised on TV with an excerpt from the New World Symphony?
HOVIS
13 A tangelo is a cross between a tangerine and which other fruit?
GRAPEFRUIT
14 In which city was Walker’s Crisps founded?
LEICESTER
15 Which politician mocked for his public inability to spell potato?
DAN QUAYLE
16 Which word meaning, a ludicrous failure derives from the Italian word for flask?
FIASCO
17 Which foodstuff is nicknamed black diamonds?
TRUFFLES
18 Which chocolate bar was first marketed under the name of, Rowntree’s Chocolate Crisp?
KIT KAT
19 Who said, “You can tell a lot about a fella’s character by his way of eating jelly beans”?
RONALD REAGAN
20 Which fruit originating in China has a name that means golden orange?
KUMQUAT
21 Which musical features the song, The Night They Invented Champagne?
GIGI
22 What is added to whisky to make a Rusty Nail?
DRAMBUIE
23 What has been advertised on TV with the slogan, “Central heating for kids”?
READY BREAK
24 What do the letters LBV signify on a bottle of port?
LATE BOTTLED VINTAGE
25 Which number one hit contains the line, “No chocolate covered candy hearts to give away”?
I JUST CALLED TO SAY I LOVE YOU
SPAGHETTI
2 Which food created by French monks was designed to resemble a small child’s arms in prayer?
PRETZEL
3 Which foodstuff with a five letter name derives from the German for stirrup?
BAGEL
4 What is the more common name for the granadilla?
PASSIONFRUIT
5 On which TV show has Lloyd Grossman often said, “We’ve deliberated, cogitated and digested”?
MASTERCHEF
6 What is the tasty name of the central character in the John Osbourne play The Entertainer?
ARCHIE RICE
7 Which food of the Greek gods was said to bestow immortality?
AMBROSIA
8 What fruit is depicted on the badge of Worcestershire County Cricket Club?
THE PEAR
9 What were Rowntree’s Chocolate Beans renamed in 1937?
SMARTIES
10 In 2000 which politician had custard pie thrown in her face during a book signing in Oxford?
ANNE WIDDECOMBE
11 On which Mediterranean island did the sweet pea originate?
SICILY
12 What brand of bread has been advertised on TV with an excerpt from the New World Symphony?
HOVIS
13 A tangelo is a cross between a tangerine and which other fruit?
GRAPEFRUIT
14 In which city was Walker’s Crisps founded?
LEICESTER
15 Which politician mocked for his public inability to spell potato?
DAN QUAYLE
16 Which word meaning, a ludicrous failure derives from the Italian word for flask?
FIASCO
17 Which foodstuff is nicknamed black diamonds?
TRUFFLES
18 Which chocolate bar was first marketed under the name of, Rowntree’s Chocolate Crisp?
KIT KAT
19 Who said, “You can tell a lot about a fella’s character by his way of eating jelly beans”?
RONALD REAGAN
20 Which fruit originating in China has a name that means golden orange?
KUMQUAT
21 Which musical features the song, The Night They Invented Champagne?
GIGI
22 What is added to whisky to make a Rusty Nail?
DRAMBUIE
23 What has been advertised on TV with the slogan, “Central heating for kids”?
READY BREAK
24 What do the letters LBV signify on a bottle of port?
LATE BOTTLED VINTAGE
25 Which number one hit contains the line, “No chocolate covered candy hearts to give away”?
I JUST CALLED TO SAY I LOVE YOU
