| Question | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| Name the delicacy obtained mainly from the sturgeon (fish) | Caviar | 89%
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| What substance in certain foods was found to be effective in preventing and treating scurvy? | Vitamin C | 68%
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| Candy pop rocks burst in your mouth due to the release of which gas? | Carbon Dioxide | 61%
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| From which part of a pig is the cut known as "pork butt" in the USA obtained? | Shoulder | 48%
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| What does the pumpkin, olive and tomato have in common? | All are fruits | 34%
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| What is the Japanese name for the dish prepared from the extremely poisonous pufferfish? | Fugu | 23%
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| Name the enzyme obtained from calf stomachs and widely used in the dairy industry | Rennet | 23%
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| From what common vegetable can you become poisoned by solanine? | Potato | 21%
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| Name the handheld kitchen utensil which shares a name with a creepy crawly creature | Spider | 21%
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| A pilchard differs from a sardine in what generally accepted regard? | Size, it's bigger | 20%
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| What food ingredient is mainly obtained by boiling pigs skins and cow bones? | Gelatine | 16%
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| What is bacalao? | Salted Cod | 9%
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| What is uncooked ham known as? | Gammon | 7%
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| What word describes attaching a fattier meat to a leaner cut while cooking so as to prevent dryness? | Barding | 4%
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| What common food-related process was invented by Nicolas Appert in 1809? | Canning | 4%
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| Give another name for head cheese | Brawn | 2%
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| Give another name for a passion fruit | Granadilla | 2%
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| What ingredient used when curing meats is also a ingredient in black powder (gunpowder)? | Saltpetre | 2%
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| What was the name of the flat bread on which food was served in medieval times? | Trencher | 2%
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| What is also known as pink slime? | Mechanically Deboned Meat | 0%
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