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Cooking and Baking Quiz: 15 Questions
Cooking and baking quiz: 15 food trivia questions from easy to hard. How well do you know your kitchen? From pizza, spices and bread dough to croissants, tiramisu, ketchup and a giant ostrich egg, this general knowledge food quiz is packed with surprising cooking facts and baking facts. Play…
- 15 questions
- 4 min
- 6 Easy
- 5 Medium
- 4 Hard
Cooking and Baking Quiz: 15 Questions: questions and answers
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Which country gave us pizza? Greece · Italy · USA
Italy
Which spice comes from a flower? Saffron · Cinnamon · Pepper
Saffron – Saffron is the world's most expensive spice by weight!
Which gas makes bread dough rise? Oxygen · Nitrogen · Carbon dioxide
Carbon dioxide
Which nut is the base of marzipan? Hazelnut · Almond · Walnut
Almond
Which of these is actually a berry? Strawberry · Raspberry · Banana
Banana – Botanically, strawberries and raspberries aren't berries at all!
The croissant was inspired by a pastry from… Austria · Spain · Belgium
Austria
What does the chef's term 'mise en place' mean? Main course · Everything in place · Set the table
Everything in place
Sealed honey can stay edible for… 1 year · 10 years · Thousands of years
Thousands of years – Honey pots thousands of years old were found in Egyptian tombs!
Which cheese goes into a classic tiramisu? Mascarpone · Ricotta · Mozzarella
Mascarpone
What does 'al dente' mean in Italian? With butter · To the tooth · Very hot
To the tooth
In the 1830s, tomato ketchup was sold as… Perfume · Paint · Medicine
Medicine – Tomato pills promised to cure all your ills!
Which of these grows underground? Almond · Peanut · Walnut
Peanut – Peanuts aren't nuts: they're legumes, like peas and beans!
Baking soda is the common name for… Sodium chloride · Calcium carbonate · Sodium bicarbonate
Sodium bicarbonate
Cacao was first enjoyed by people as a… Drink · Medicine · Candy
Drink
One ostrich egg equals about how many chicken eggs? About 6 · About 12 · About 24
About 24