T225 FOOD AND DRINK QUIZ
Posted: Sat May 02, 2009 12:22 pm1 Which drink has a name that means “water of life”?
WHISKEY
2 What is the main spirit base for a Singapore Sling cocktail?
GIN
3 What E word is the alternative name for chicory?
ENDIVE
4 The culinary term en Brochette is French for what?
ON A SKEWER
5 Who wrote the poem Ode to a Haggis?
ROBERT BURNS
6 Which Indian cooking instruction means to braise?
KORMA
7 Gillyflower, Discovery, Gladstone’s, Northern Spy and Rome Beauty are all varieties of what?
APPLE
8 What does a cucumber become when it is pickled?
GHERKIN
9 Which tasty group had a 1997 hit with Love Rollercoaster?
RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS
10 What dessert is made from the starch extracted from the pith of a palm tree?
SAGO
WINE WISDOM
11 In which country is the wine growing area of Barossa Valley?
AUSTRALIA
12 What is the four-letter name of the valley that stands north of San Francisco and is an important grape growing area of the USA?
NAPA
13 What does the word spumante signify on a wine bottle?
SPARKLING
14 In which village did Jesus turn water into wine?
CANA
15 In which European country did Bull’s Blood wine originate?
HUNGARY
16 Who is the Roman god of wine?
BACCUS
17 What seven-letter word is defined as, “the aroma given off by a wine”?
BOUQUET
18 Who had a No 1 hit in 1983 with the song Red, Red Wine?
UB40
19 Which author of the novel The Old Man and the Sea was once quoted as saying, “Wine is the most civilised thing in the world”?
ERNEST HEMINGWAY
20 Which chart topping singer released the first bottle of his Vida Nova wine from his Portuguese vineyard in 2002?
CLIFF RICHARD
WHISKEY
2 What is the main spirit base for a Singapore Sling cocktail?
GIN
3 What E word is the alternative name for chicory?
ENDIVE
4 The culinary term en Brochette is French for what?
ON A SKEWER
5 Who wrote the poem Ode to a Haggis?
ROBERT BURNS
6 Which Indian cooking instruction means to braise?
KORMA
7 Gillyflower, Discovery, Gladstone’s, Northern Spy and Rome Beauty are all varieties of what?
APPLE
8 What does a cucumber become when it is pickled?
GHERKIN
9 Which tasty group had a 1997 hit with Love Rollercoaster?
RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS
10 What dessert is made from the starch extracted from the pith of a palm tree?
SAGO
WINE WISDOM
11 In which country is the wine growing area of Barossa Valley?
AUSTRALIA
12 What is the four-letter name of the valley that stands north of San Francisco and is an important grape growing area of the USA?
NAPA
13 What does the word spumante signify on a wine bottle?
SPARKLING
14 In which village did Jesus turn water into wine?
CANA
15 In which European country did Bull’s Blood wine originate?
HUNGARY
16 Who is the Roman god of wine?
BACCUS
17 What seven-letter word is defined as, “the aroma given off by a wine”?
BOUQUET
18 Who had a No 1 hit in 1983 with the song Red, Red Wine?
UB40
19 Which author of the novel The Old Man and the Sea was once quoted as saying, “Wine is the most civilised thing in the world”?
ERNEST HEMINGWAY
20 Which chart topping singer released the first bottle of his Vida Nova wine from his Portuguese vineyard in 2002?
CLIFF RICHARD
