Food Trivia Quiz

Test your knowledge of food facts.
The answers, as always, are below.

1) What vegetable of the marrow family takes its name from a medieval French word meaning "cooked by the sun."
2) In April, 2001, Italian astronaut Umberto Guidoni and Canadian Astronaut Chris Hadfield brought some luxury food items with them to the International Space Station. Can you name these luxury foods?
3) The fruit from this tree is called 'monkey bread' and is eaten as is or used to make a drink, its flesh is dried and ground into flour, and the leaves are dried and crushed for flavoring. Even the pulp of the tree is sometimes eaten. What is the name of this tree?
4) What is the name of the yeast-raised dinner roll created accidently by the baker at a Boston Hotel in the 1870s?
5) This dish takes its name from the pan it is cooked in, which in turn comes from the Latin word for 'pan' or 'dish.' It originated in the Valencia region, traditionally cooked outdoors and eaten right from the pan. What is the name of this Spanish dish, AND the two ingredients common in all variations of it?
6) This traditional dish of a central European country can trace its origins back to the ninth century Magyar shepherds. Originally it consisted of chunks of meat and onions, slowly cooked until all the liquid was boiled away, and then dried in the sun. The meat could then be used to prepare a stew by boiling it in water. What is considered the key ingredient was added to the recipe in the 18th-century. What is the name of this dish, the country of origin and the key ingredient?
7) This 'fruit' will not ripen on the tree. They must be picked from the tree to initiate ripening because the leaves supply a substance that prevents ripening. The best way to store them is to leave them on the tree; they will store for 7 months or more when left on the tree. What is the name of this 'fruit'?
8) This sweetest of all fruits has a 55% sugar content. The tree has no blossoms because the flower is inside the fruit. What is this physically unusual fruit?
9) Native to the Mediterranean areas and the Middle East, this vegetable was used as a flavoring by the ancient Greeks and Romans and as a medicine by the ancient Chinese. It was first cultivated in Europe for medicinal purposes. Cultivation of the plant for food was first recorded in France in 1623, and was probably developed there or in Italy. By the early part of the 18th century, there had been improvement of the wild type previously transported to Italy, France, and England, and as early as 1726, the plant was being used in England to flavor soup and stews. The modern variety we all now know, was first cultivated in Kalamazoo Michigan, in 1874. Name this common vegetable.
10) First made at the beginning of the 20th century, this candy was named after a race horse of the time. Name the candy and the racehorse.


Answers
1) Pumpkin, from the medieval French 'pompom', ultimately, probably from the Greek 'pepon.'
2) Regiano Parmesan cheese and Canadian salmon.
3) The Baobab Tree.
4) Parker House Rolls, created at Boston's Parker House Hotel.
5) Paella, rice, and saffron.
6) Hungarian goulash (gulas) is the traditional stew of Hungary and Paprika was added in the 18th century.
7) Avocado.
8) Figs are the sweetest of all fruits, with a 55% sugar content. The flower of the fig is inside the fruit, so there are no blossoms on fig trees. Sort of like an inside out strawberry.
9) Celery, and the common modern variety is Pascal celery.
10) The candy is lollipop, the race horse was Lolly Pop.