Food And Drink Trivia Quiz VIII

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If you go to a New Delhi deli and get dhuli dal, what country are you in?

       a. India
       b. China
       c. Thailand
       d. Lebanon


As the story goes, what vodka-and-orange cocktail was named by oil workers for the tool they used as a swizzle stick?

       a. Black Russian
       b. Hammer
       c. Screwdriver
       d. Cosmopolitan


What peach-flavored whiskey liqueur was created by bartender MW Heron at McCauley's Tavern, just off Bourbon Street in New Orleans?

       a. Tia Maria
       b. Southern Comfort
       c. Jack Daniel's
       d. Bacardi


What breakfast food gets its name from the Roman goddess of grain and farming?

       a. Toast
       b. Bacon
       c. Cereal
       d. Hash browns


In "The Godfather", Richard Castellano's Peter Clemenza character suggests leaving the gun, but taking what deep-fried pastry tube filled with ricotta cheese?

       a. Zabaglione
       b. Tiramisu
       c. Cannoli
       d. Calzone


Italians slice it thinly for scallopini and saltimbocca. Germans bread it for Wiener schnitzel. What is it?

       a. Pork
       b. Chicken
       c. Veal
       d. Salmon


What calzone-like stuffed pastry, of probable Argentine origin, is a staple of Latin American cuisine?

       a. Gordita
       b. Chimichanga
       c. Empanada
       d. Mole


A blondie is just like a brownie, with the exception that it is made without which ingredient?

       a. Chocolate
       b. Milk
       c. Nuts
       d. Eggs


What city's 1904 international exposition is credited with giving the world the hot dog, the ice cream cone, iced tea and the hamburger?

       a. Chicago
       b. Seattle
       c. St Louis
       d. Knoxville


What cow-herding tribe from Kenya drink a brew of cow's blood and cow's milk?

       a. Yoruba
       b. Zulu
       c. Masai
       d. Ashanti


On what island found in the North Atlantic do the locals eat hakarl, which is shark meat that has been fermenting underground for four to five months?

       a. Baffin Island
       b. Iceland
       c. Scotland
       d. Canary Island


Given the same amount, which of these fruits would add the greatest antioxidant properties to your muffin?

       a. Banana
       b. Apple
       c. Blueberry
       d. Cranberry


What food may have been invented in 1922 in Tucson, when a local cook named Monica Flin at El Charro Cake dropped a burrito in the deep fryer?

       a. Chimichanga
       b. Chalupa
       c. Enchilada
       d. Gordita


Kani aisu is flavored with crab, sanma aisu with fish, unagi aisu with eel and taco aisu with octopus. What is aisu?

       a. Ice cream
       b. Vodka
       c. Mustard
       d. Bread


In the 1980s, Seattle retiree Gay Mullins led a campaign that forced what company to bring back the original formula for its flagship product?

       a. Coca-Cola
       b. McDonald's
       c. Planters
       d. Ben and Jerry's




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