One thing that brings people together is food. You know – that juicy Texas Barbecue, the sweet apple pie, delicious pudding you never knew about, or the turkey for Thanksgiving. That’s why we try to learn every day new recipes for preparing new foods. And what better way to understand what goes into your stomach than engaging in trivia questions?
That’s right!
Our food trivia questions will definitely make you more knowledgeable about what we put in our mouths – whether it’s Thanksgiving, Christmas, or any other day.
Below, we have prepared “mouth-watering” trivia questions for your kids, your friends, or your family. We believe you’ll love them! Let’s see how familiar you are with the foods that adults and kids eat on a daily basis by answering the numerous questions that we have prepared for you.
Food and Drink Trivia Questions in 2023
What’s the most ordered food in America? Who invented Coca-Cola? These food trivia questions look simple, right? Well, try them and challenge your mind and see whether you are as good as you thought.
Food Trivia for Fun Games in 2023
What beans are used to make baked beans? What are the health benefits of consuming baked beans? What is the national dish of Germany? Think you know the answers to these medical, health and other food trivia questions? Why don’t you try them even with your friends and jog your mind?
Let’s get into it right away!
Food trivia quiz questions
Durum
Wheat
Pomegranate
Matt Lucas
Zero
Dave Myers and Si King
Vodka
Beans
Gordon Ramsay
Bread
Greggs
Orchid
Vodka Martini – shaken not stirred
Beef (sautéed with peas and onions)
Gluten
Mayonnaise, ketchup and Worcestershire sauce
Gregg Wallace
In 1991, a court ruled that Jaffa Cakes were a cake and not a biscuit (which meant that a lower rate of VAT applied to them)
Sweetbreads
Bangkok Thailand
Allen ad Wright
Cassava
True
Xavier steak, Xocolatl, Xylocarp cakes
Lopadotemachoselachogaleokranioleipsanodrimhypotrimmatosilphiokarabomelitokatakechymenokichlepikossyphophattoperisteralektryonoptekephalliokigklopeleiolagoiosiraiobaphetraganopterygon
Beer
Turkey
Chicken
Flambe
Most African countries
The city of Naples
True
Chilled ants, wormy cheese, sea urchins, breathing fish, termites.
True
Raw fish and rice
Bourbon whiskey
Sparkling wines are wines with a higher level of carbon dioxide that makes them fizzy with bubbles.
Halal means permitted or lawful
Hamburgers and potatoes
Chili con carne
Boiled Peanuts
Greece
Mashed Potato
Apple
Gumbo
Steamed cheeseburger
Venezuela
Spain
Borscht
La marraqueta
McDonalds
Salisbury steak
Yerba mate
Northern Brazil
Ceviche and fried guinea pig
3
Boston cream pie
Baked Alaska
Margherita
Wisconsin
Moon Pies
Ham
Fry bread
Coffee Milk
Buttered Noodles
Cherries
Hungary
Grits
France
Raki also known as Lion’s Milk
cochinita pibi
Gouda
Lombardi’s Pizza
Jeri Quizno
Twinkies
Cobb Salad
Tater Tot
Vernor’s Ginger Ale
Red licorice
Gravlax
Key lime pie
Iowa
Indiana
Downey, California
Cottage pie
Zingers
Tomato Ketchup
Doctor
Richard Blechynden
Pilgrim (Puritan
Turkey
John Pemberton
Canadian Oil
Thanksgiving
Gail Borden, Jr.
November 3
Raffaele Esposito from Naples
Ragu Alla Bolognese and Pizza
Ice cream
Deep-dish Pizza
Peach Pie
Negroni
Irn-Bru
Dried fruit
Philly Cheesesteak
Watermelon
Georgia
(Tarts)
Pepsi cola
Rookworst
Chicken Tikka Masala
Colorado
Arkansas
Bourbon
Lane Cake
Chickpeas
Sucralose
Cheese
White Castle
Cherry
Lemon
Kiwi
Plantain
Scotland
Broccoli
Spain
United Kingdom
Crisps
Baskin-Robbins
Calzone
Capsaicin in chilli peppers and peperine in black pepper
Mandarin orange
United States
Chinese
Switzerland
Italian pasta
Mango
Lard
Hinduism
China
Tomato sauce
Shellac
Kennett Square, Pennsylvania
German Sausage
Aubergine
Allicin
Italy
Pizza Hut
Daniel Peter
Brazil
Arabic
Honeydew melon
Hungry Jack’s
Four calories
A bundt cake
Okra
Potato
Bacon, lettuce, and tomato sandwich
Vegan
Coconut
Spinach
They float
Sushi
Sugar
Peanut Butter and Jelly
Apple
Domestic Pig
Calcium carbonate
Carbohydrate
Pescatarian
Stem
Flower
Iron
Raisins, sultanas, currants
Guava
Harland David Sanders, commonly known as Colonel of Kentucky
Casein
Usually around 4% to 6% alcohol by volume (ABV), although it may vary between 0.5% and 20%, with some breweries creating examples of 40% ABV and above.
A sharp, pungent taste.
A meat preservative as salt promotes water excretion
Preserving the food longer
Alkali metal ions such as sodium and potassium.
Acids, such as vinegar in alcoholic beverages.
300
Calories
A type of simple sugar such as glucose or fructose, or disaccharides such as sucrose.
$496 billion
Anaphylactic shock, hypotension (low blood pressure), and loss of consciousness.
Usually within half an hour of ingesting the allergen.
Symptoms such as diarrhea, rashes, bloating, vomiting, and regurgitation.
Gluten, corn, shellfish (mollusks), peanuts, and soy.
Lethal reactions in extremely sensitive individuals.
8%
Organic food is food produced by methods that comply with the standards of organic farming.
Crickets, waxworms, mealworms, mice and others.
A natural preservative and stabilizing agent
Honey
Monosodium glutamate
An Ostrich’s Egg
Shrimp
Six
Peas
The coconut
Tuna salad with mayo
Freeze-drying
Baking soda
Pork
Olestra
Sugar
Mushrooms
Corn starch
Milk Chocolate
Iceberg lettuce
Water and tea
Campbell’s
Chicken
Onion
A tree – it is part of the inner bark
Vanilla Seeds
France
Aniseed
The root
Nutmeg
Paprika
Bovinophobia
Lipophobia
Ichthyophobia
Lachanophobia
Alliumphobia
Mycophobia
Alektorophobia
Cibophobia
Potted – boiled and stored in seasoned butter
Red and orange
Japan
Chocolate
January (8th)
Japanese food, especially Sushi
Hulling
The maturation of cheese
Made by small-scale producers with traditional methods
Sticks of rock
Pistachio
They are stuffed with salt and stored in brine or water
Root
Lentils
The stomach, usually of a cow
Fortnum and Mason
Greece
Aubergines
Beer
Russia, fish pie
Dragees
Egg yolks and butter
Haddock
Seaweed
Beer and garlic
Italy
Cake
Apple. celery and walnuts
Semolina
Tube-shaped
Smoked haddock
Blood
Bacon
Spinach
Vermicelli
Tayberry
Ewe’s milk
Potatoes and cabbage
None, they are made from cheese
Apple
Red wine
Anchovy
Tomato juice
It’s served raw
Veal
Choux pastry
Clockwise
Peacock
KFC
Mac & Cheese
Gravy
40 million
Biscuit
Cambodia
Hamburg
Omega 3
Lactic acid
An Apple
0.9
Stilton
Peanut butter
Dried salted fish
5
Vitamin C
They bounce like rubber balls
It is a kind of cured ham found in Spain and Portugal.
The Kopi Luwak coffee costing around $700 per kg
It means a fattened liver
Oysters
Florentine
It costs a whopping $113,630 per kilo.
The Filet mignon
The European White Truffle
Pigs
Pad Thai
Beef
Fondue
Tea
There is an annual fest called La Tomatina held in Spain each year, where people throw tomatoes at each other.
Nikkei food is a combination of Japanese and Peruvian cooking.
Mexico
45 billion pairs of chopsticks
Rice
Scotch eggs
Tandoori cooking
Yogurt
Vada-Pav
Bebinca, made during Christmas and Easter by Goan Catholics.
India
Sweet (madhura), salty (lavana), sour (amala), pungent (katu), bitter (tikta), and astringent (kasya).
Glasgow, Scotland
Eggs
Extra virgin olive oil
Vitamin D
Nuts
38g for men and 25g for women
Frozen vegetables
Broccoli contains almost twice the amount of vitamin C than an orange.
The ‘BROW’ grains
Anything that contains alcohol cannot be described as refreshing.
Margaritas
Jerry Thomas
It was a drink created to mourn the death of Queen Victoria’s husband, Prince Albert in 1861.
It originated from Persian Oil workers and as they didn’t have any spoon to stir the drink, they used their screwdrivers and hence the name.
In Utah
The world’s largest cocktail consisted of 250 gallons of brandy along with 125 gallons of Malaga wine, 1400 pounds of sugar, 2500 fresh lemons, 20 gallons of lime juice, and 5 pounds of nutmeg.
A cocktail that contains an actual severed human toe.
Mead
England
Bacchus
It is believed to be invented by the mother of Winston Churchill.
Nevada
Coca Cola
They use a fork.
A traditional Italian pre-dinner drink that is served with snacks.
Canadians
In Italy, you cannot cut your spaghetti pasta into smaller pieces before eating.
Antica Pizzeria Port’Alba located in Naples
In Italy, latte means milk.
Walking while eating is considered a discourtesy in Italy.
The Italians consider lunch as the head meal of the day.
February 13th
Twenty-five years
“Pick me up”
They appeared in an insurance commercial ad for Geico.
McDonald’s
McDonald’s
Subway
In the early 1990s, a Pizza Hut commercial featured Mikail Gorbachev. In 2012, ‘Thrillist’ named it to the 6th worst endorsements of all time.
It implied providing a new set of value meals to its customers.
The Double Six dollar burger from Carl’s Jr
KFC
Wendy’s
The one in Pushkin Square, Moscow, Russia.
Avocado
Applesauce
Bread
Mozzarella Cheese
Honey
Belgium
Bananas
The Netherlands. An average person here consumes about 2.5 cups of coffee each day
India
It costs a whopping $12.000! It takes 72 hours to make and is topped with three types of caviar, buffalo mozzarella, Norweigan lobster, and Australian pink salt.
Yeast
Saffron
Haricot beans
A foodie
Pizza
Tomato
Thomas Jefferson
Diamond
Nuts
Meringue
Burrito
Olympic Games
Marseille
Lancashire
Tomato
France
South Africa
New Orleans
Vanilla
Popeye
A blueberry
Coca Cola
1971
Seven
Lime juice
Spain
A sweet wine
Chiffonade
Pearle Wait
Kansas City Strip
Proctor and Gamble
Rice
Garlic
Mushroom
UK
Saffron
More than 300000
Purple
Almond
Shredded Wheat
Coffee
On Skewers
The McDLT
Oatmeal
Salmon
Chocolate
Cocoa
Munich
Sanka
Japan
Mexico
Nabisco
Kyle Orton
Purple And Black
Rainbow Trout
Sturgeon
Eggs
Apples
Life Savers
Ben & Jerry’s
Coriander
Ruth Wakefield
I Love To Eat
Cabbage Family
Denny’s
Hershey, Pennsylvania
August Escoffier
Nabisco
1954
Kitchen Confidential
Fritos
China
A Chinese Dish Of Seafood And Chicken
Hard Drinks Have Alcohol
Plums
Kroger Co.
Massachusetts
Sonic
The Galloping Gourmet
Margaret Rudkin
Water
Brooklyn, NY
Milton the Toaster
California
1985
7UP
Potatoes
Liver
Grain
Miller
Winn Dixie
Israel
McDonald’s
Brandy Alexander
White Castle
Unagi
Sugar Frosted Flakes
Candy Cane
Ricotta
Cornelius
Coddling
Vinegar
North America
Hamburgers
Michael Jacobson
Pepsico
Nestle
Asian
Skittles
Rice Cooked In Coconut Milk
Sugar
Big-Horned Sheep
When You Are Making A Pasta Salad
Flour
Common In U.S. Navy In Early 1900’s
A Crab That Has Discarded Its Shell
Shrubs
Frosted Mini Wheats
Cyclamates
Honey
Rex Grossman
Twizzlers
French Fries
Mushroom
The Essence Of Emeril
Ring Pop
Anthony Bourdain
Mise En Place
Rich Woods
Japanese Pepper
Halloween
Chen Kenichi
Delmonico Steak
Wheaties
Papa John’s
Bread
Fried Meat
A Cow
M&M’s
128 Ounces
Yum-O
Rabbit
Bamboo shoots
Bubble Gum
Potatoes And Onions
To Sprinkle Flour Or Sugar Lightly
Covered With Browned Breadcrumbs
Filet Steak
64
Tropicana
Mexican
Prime
Applebee’s
Yeast Extract
10
Alligator pears
Durian
Cabbage
Carambola
Apple
France
Carpel
90%
Europe
Apple
Eggplant
The Carolina Reaper
500
Arils
Nectarines
Kiwi
200
10 lbs
Root vegetables
Potato
Yam
Gelatin
Vitamin C
Clarence Birdseye
Yeast
A roux
Vegemite
California
Squid
China
Japan
Chop Suey
165 degrees Fahrenheit
9 calories
13
Honey
Vitamin C
USA
Cheese
Bread
Bean
Benedict’s Solution
Comal
Its flesh is poisonous
Wrigley’s Juicy Fruit gum
Medicine
China with the Mudanjiang City Mega Farm taking up almost 23 million acres
Cooking
Baked beans
Peking duck
A la Carte
Massachusetts
A float
Snickers
Frank Epperson
68%
Coconut macaroon
Ricotta cheese
Eggs, milk, cream, and sugar
Linzer Torte
Mousse
Baklava
Coffee
Dentist
Caramel, chocolate, and pecans
Sponge cake, meringue, and ice cream
Bourbon
Germany
Whipping cream and melted chocolate
Cream cheese
Tennessee
Vodka, triple sec, and lime juice
Smirnoff
Gatorade
1929
The Maxwell Hotel
Fuzzy Navel
Cheerwine
Clydesdale horses
Orange juice and vodka
Hawaii
Mountain Dew
Peach
IBC Root Beer
Dr. Pepper
Georgia
KFC
Blizzard
31
America runs on Dunkin’
Denny’s
Three
Subway
KFC
French Fries
Nachos
Arby’s
Quiznos
Chinese Takeout Box
Subway
Chicken Crispies
Jared Fogle
El Pollo Loco
11
Fortune Cookies
Beetles
Pizza
Sake
Frankfurter
Oreos
Pineapples
Nestlé
Potatoes
For Color
Proper
Cassava
Granola
Little water
12
Sudan
Mitchell Obama
Fruit
Cheese
Amazon
Bagel
Deep Frying
Seaweed
Guinea Pigs
Pizzaiolo
10
Chicle
Palm Oil
Bill Cosby
Pancakes
Sausage
Zuo Zongtang
Avgolemono
Hostess
Blood Plasma
So it would stay good longer
Banana
Garlic
Cassava
Black Panther
1977
Grain, hops, yeast, and water
Lemon
No, they lose their flavor.
Pepper
Macadamia
Ham
Tangerine, Grapefruit, Orange
Cardamom
Africa
Pita Bread
Blowfish
Ahi
Polenta
Granddaughter of Original Owners
Modena
Snap, Crackle and Pop
Powdered Sugar
Swiss
Paella
Groundnut
Philadelphia
Chiffon
Chickpeas
To the Teeth
Kiwi
Mimosa
Chickpeas
England
Ethiopia
Lima Beans
Crocus
Paddy
Sauerkraut
Rendering
Garlic
Peel It
Spit
Zucchini
France
Miso
Sturgeon
Pez
Salmon
Papa John’s
Smothered
Snickers
No
97 percent
90 percent
Pepper is the top seller; mustard is second.
Shell
Pine cones
Crab
Spumoni
Flower buds
Basil
The various shapes with their wrinkles and ridges work for different sauces.
Trattorias
Tomatoes
Thomas Jefferson
From Queen Margherita
Little tongues
Traditionally, no
No, it is American.
Milky coffee, like cappuccino and caffelatte
It originated in the United States in the late 19th century.
The mid-day meal – “il pranzo” in Italian
More than 300
At least once a day
By boiling
A couple of days in the refrigerator
Two years in ideal conditions
Dried and fresh
The shapes for which they are named, for example penne, maccheroni, spaghetti, linguine, fusilli, lasagna
Pasta
Olive oil
Tomatoes only entered common usage in Italian food in the late 18th century.
A traditional Italian rice dish made from a short-grained, starchy variety of rice called Arborio rice.
Italian food is noted for its simplicity, with many dishes having only two to four main ingredients.
Small or little
Water, wine, and bread
More than 600
No, it was invented in Mexico.
Fifty-one pounds
Italians do not put meatballs on spaghetti.
Corn
Fancy cakes and sweets (A pasteleria is a bakery).
Fried pork skins
Caramel sauce
Pumpkin seed
Corn or banana leaves
Comida chatarra
Raw fish or shrimps marinated in lime sauce
Corn (hominy)
Camotes
As much as 95%
Fried eggs on corn tortillas covered with salsa
Huevos estrellados
Plátano
Flan
Dairy products
Eggs and potatoes
Nieve (snow)
Rice and chicken
Garlic
Tripe (cow stomach) soup
Chocolate
Torta
Norway
Appetizers
Smoked jalapeño chiles
Canela
The flesh (not the seeds)
Alligator pear
Cactus leaves
Up to two pounds
Chili peppers
A yellow squash or a pumpkin cooked with brown sugar and cinnamon
Pork neck and purslane stew
Pork with red chiles
A savory mixture of chopped up tomato, onion, cilantro, peppers, and spices
Corn
Calcium
Fructose
Two times
Vitamin A
Fiber
Carbohydrates
Avocado
Omnivore
Venison
Papaya
Garlic
Paprika
Kefir
Turmeric
Goiter
Probiotics
Soybean
Quinoa
Strawberry
Tomato
1/2
The label says 100 percent fruit juice
Breakfast
Calcium
Vegetables in the cabbage family such as cabbage, bok choy, and cauliflower
Protein
Pepperoni
Big Mac
MSG
Dave Thomas (Wendy’s)
White Castle
Truett Cathy
Panera Bread
Carl’s Jr
Wendy’s
Munich, Germany
The McDLT
Kentucky Fried Chicken
Arby’s
Denny’s
Applebee’s
1962
Carl’s Jr
Kentucky Fried Chicken
Arby’s
Quinoas
Arby’se
To eliminate the unhealthy connotation of “fried” from its name
11
Subway
Burger King
Taco Bell
Wichita, Kansas
1963
The Big Mac
In-N-Out Burger was founded in 1948
Wendy’s
Haggis
Tofu
Roti
Ghee
Yes
Coffee
Almonds
Pea
Orange
Pork
Rice
Germany
Patata
Georgia
Albumen
China
Subway
Ship
Fat
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