| Description | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| Mexican bread roll sandwich (Hint: 'tortilla' minus three letters) | Torta | 90%
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| Famous type of green chilli pepper | Jalapeño | 89%
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| Latin American 'three milks' cake | {Tres} {leches} cake | 87%
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| Tortilla chips typically covered in cheese and other ingredients | Nachos | 85%
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| Agave liquor | Mezcal | 79%
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| Cocoa product believed to have first been consumed as a drink in as early as 1900 BCE in Mesoamerica | Chocolate | 77%
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| Deep-fried burrito | Chimichanga | 73%
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| Spicy meat, tomato and pinto/kidney bean stew; translates from Spanish to 'chilli with meat' | Chile con carne | 68%
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| Strips of meat, peppers and onions usually served on a tortilla | Fajita | 68%
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| Green relative of the tomato that is a common ingredient in Mexican cuisine | Tomatillo | 65%
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| Beef tongue | Lengua | 60%
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| Brand of rolled tortilla chips whose most popular flavour is ‘Fuego’ (chilli and lime) | Takis | 60%
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| Mildly sweet fruit of a cactus | {Prickly} pear | 55%
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| Diced tomato, white onion and chilli salsa | Salsa mexicana | 53%
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| Popular Mexican soft drink brand of various fruit juice flavours | Jarritos | 52%
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| Toasted tortilla topped with ingredients; can be considered a flat version of a taco | Tostada | 52%
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| Grilled corn street food that is covered with various ingredients (e.g. mayonnaise, lime juice, chilli powder) | Elote | 48%
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| Stuffed green chillies often covered in egg batter before frying | Chiles rellenos | 45%
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| 'Huitlacoche' is corn intentionally infected with a type of ______ to provide a unique sweet and earthy flavour | Fungus | 34%
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| Traditional hominy and meat stew flavoured with garlic, lime and chilli | Pozole | 34%
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| Spicy Jalisco meat stew that is a common taco and quesadilla filling | Birria | 31%
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| Mexican-flavoured pork kebab often served in tacos | Al pastor | 29%
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| Native grinding vessel made from volcanic rock that is comparable to a mortar | Molcajete | 23%
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| Dried and roasted grasshoppers | Chapulines | 19%
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| Typically alcoholic yellow eggnog | Rompope | 11%
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| Spanish dough fritters that are sometimes circular, and can have both sweet and savoury variations | Buñuelo | 8%
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| Seeds used to make _______ oil, which has a smoky, peppery flavour and a yellow-orange colour | Annatto | 6%
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| Term for several chilli based cooking sauces/condiments which derives from the Spanish for 'marinade' | Adobo | 3%
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| Bread roll dipped in red guajillo pepper sauce. It is typically filled with potatoes, chorizo and cheese | Pambazo | 3%
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| Tomato sauce enchilada | Entomatada | 2%
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