Food and Cooking Quiz
Try out this Food and Cooking quiz to test your knowledge. Food and Cooking trivia spans centuries of culinary history, from early methods of preserving and preparing food to the global exchange of ingredients that transformed regional cuisines.
15 questions
~3 min to finish
Easy to hard difficulty
510 pts max score
Question 1 · Hard · 40 pts
Who wrote the 1889 'The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book'?
Question 2 · Hard · 40 pts
Which inventor created the pressure cooker in the 17th century?
Question 3 · Hard · 40 pts
Noma is located in which capital city?
Question 4 · Hard · 40 pts
Dashi is often made with which two ingredients?
Question 5 · Hard · 40 pts
Nixtamalization is the alkaline processing of what grain?
Question 6 · Hard · 40 pts
The Maillard reaction involves amino acids reacting with what kind of sugars?
Question 7 · Hard · 40 pts
Béchamel is classically thickened with what type of roux?
Question 8 · Hard · 40 pts
Bresaola is what kind of Italian preserved meat?
Question 9 · Hard · 40 pts
Katsuobushi is made from what fish?
Question 10 · Hard · 40 pts
Sauternes comes from which French wine region?
Question 11 · Hard · 40 pts
Marsala is produced on which island?
Question 12 · Hard · 40 pts
Ras el hanout is associated with what broad region?
Question 13 · Easy · 10 pts
What fruit is the main ingredient in guacamole?
Question 14 · Easy · 10 pts
Hummus is typically made from which two key ingredients?
Question 15 · Easy · 10 pts
Champagne gets its name from what region?