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Food Quiz Questions (And Answers!)

Are you searching for some food quiz questions with answers?

Whether you are hosting a quiz, or you are testing your own general food knowledge, the following food quiz questions are just what you need!

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There are 3 rounds, with answers below each round.

Food Quiz Questions Round 1

Food Quiz Questions – Round 1

  1. What is the main ingredient found in sauerkraut?
  2. In the USA it is known as eggplant, what is it known as in the UK?
  3. A prune is a dried form of what fruit?
  4. What would you eat ‘sunny side up’?
  5. ‘The Holidays Are Coming’ is an advert by which soft drinks company?
  6. If you bit into a ‘Lady Alice’ what would you be eating?
  7. What is the main ingredient in hummus?
  8. Hickory trees produce what kind of nuts?
  9. What is Monterey Jack?
  10.  What nut is found in pesto? 

Food Quiz Answers Round 1

Food Quiz Answers – Round 1

  1. Cabbage
  2. Aubergine
  3. Plum
  4. Fried egg
  5. Coca Cola
  6. Apple
  7. Chickpeas
  8. Pecans
  9. A type of cheese
  10. Pine nuts 

Related: Green Pesto Recipe

Food Quiz Questions Round 2

Food Quiz Questions – Round 2

  1. Is a peanut a seed or nut?
  2. In what country would you eat poutine?
  3. What alcoholic drink would you find in a Pina Colada?
  4. What do you add to a croque monsieur to make it a croque madame?
  5. What nut would you find in a Waldorf Salad?
  6. What are the ‘spots’ in the popular British pudding, ‘Spotted Dick
  7. What were cocoa beans once used for by the Aztecs?
  8. What food is stolen the most in the world?
  9. What is ‘arachibutyrophobia’ the fear of?
  10. Where did French Fries originate?

Food Quiz Answers Round 2

Food Quiz Answers – Round 2

  1. A seed
  2. Canada
  3. Rum
  4. An egg
  5. Walnut
  6. The dried fruit
  7. Money
  8. Cheese
  9. Getting peanut butter stuck to the roof of your mouth
  10. Belgium

Food Quiz Questions Round 3

Food Quiz Questions – Round 3

  1. What fruit, if eaten daily, is said to ‘keep the doctor away’?
  2. What is Paddington Bear’s favourite food?
  3. In what country would you find sushi?
  4. What alcoholic drink is made from fermented rice?
  5. What is the official fruit of New York?
  6. What colour were carrots before their orange variety was created?
  7. What is the only fruit which has seeds on its outer skin?
  8. How many varieties of apples are there in the world? – a) 350, b) 2,234, or,  c) 7,500?
  9. What is the only human edible food that doesn’t go bad?
  10. What food is traditionally eaten on Burns Night? 

Food Quiz Answers Round 3

Food Quiz Answers – Round 3

  1. Apple
  2. Marmalade
  3. Sushi
  4. Sake
  5. Apple
  6. Purple
  7. Strawberries
  8. c) 7,500
  9. Honey 
  10. Haggis 

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Food Quiz Questions and Answers

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Andrew Lawton

Monday 21st of June 2021

Good quiz. One comment. Pine nuts are not technically a nut - they are a seed.

Liana Green

Thursday 24th of June 2021

Thanks for letting me know about the pine nuts Andrew!

Karin Scarlett

Friday 6th of November 2020

Your food quiz really cheered me up, though I only got almost 2/3 of answers correct, ha ha!

Liana Green

Saturday 7th of November 2020

Hi Karin - I'm really happy to hear the quiz cheered you up - and 2/3 correct isn't bad going at all!

Margaret

Friday 6th of November 2020

Loved the Quiz I love your soup maker recipies to thank you

Liana Green

Saturday 7th of November 2020

Hi Margaret - thanks for your comment. I'm glad you enjoyed the quiz too!