Food and Drink Quiz
QUESTIONS
1. What type of alcohol is used in a traditional Beef bourguignon to make the sauce?
2. What is the main fruit filling in an Eccles Cake?
3. Hamantaschen are triangular fruity biscuits made for a religious holiday in which faith?
4. In which decade of the 20th century was Ciabatta bread first introduced to the world by baker, Arnaldo Cavallari?
5. Which celebrity chef famously had trials with Rangers F.C. before turning to the kitchen for full time work?
6. What is the heat scale of a chilli measured in?
7. What is the main ingredient in a Junket?
8. What hearty French salad is made with lettuce, tomatoes, potatoes, olives, boiled eggs and tuna as a minimum?
9. What is regarded as the ‘king’ of herbs?
10. Who are the two judges in ‘The Great British Bake Off’?
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ANSWERS
1. What type of alcohol is used in a traditional Beef bourguignon to make the sauce?
RED WINE (Extra point if you said Burgundy)
2. What is the main fruit filling in an Eccles Cake?
CURRANTS
3. Hamantaschen are triangular fruity biscuits made for a religious holiday in which faith?
JEWISH (For the Purim holiday)
4. In which decade of the 20th century was Ciabatta bread first introduced to the world by baker, Arnaldo Cavallari?
THE 1980s (1982 to be exact)
5. Which celebrity chef famously had trials with Rangers F.C. before turning to the kitchen for full time work?
GORDON RAMSEY
6. What is the heat scale of a chilli measured in?
SCOVILLE
7. What is the main ingredient in a Junket?
MILK
8. What hearty French salad is made with lettuce, tomatoes, potatoes, olives, boiled eggs and tuna as a minimum?
SALAD NICOISE – or – SALAD NICOSIA
9. What is regarded as the ‘king’ of herbs?
BASIL
10. Who are the two judges in ‘The Great British Bake Off’?
PRUE LEITH and PAUL HOLLYWOOD - Mary Berry also accepted as she was an ex-judge!
(Only one point for both names)