Food and Drink trivia (2)

What is the captains reply in the song Hotel California to the wine request?

"We haven't had that spirit here since 1969".

Name the dessert named after a Derbyshire town?

Bakewell tart

With which flavour is the liqueur Cr?me de Cassis associated?

Black currant

What are the main ingredients of a Horse?s Neck?

Brandy and ginger

Which village in County Antrim gives its name to a brand of Irish whiskey produced there and at a companion distillery in Coleraine?

Bushmills

What name is given to the aniseed flavoured spirit drunk in Turkey?

Raki

Which Food Has A Name, Which Literally Means On A Skewer?

kebab

What pricey type of Japanese beef is produced from black Wagyu bulls?

kobe beef

Which Type Of Prepared Bread Is Named After An Opera Singer?

melba toast

The dessert Pavlova is made from fresh fruit, cream and which other ingredient?

meringue

Which drink was advertised with the slogan "There's a Humphrey about??

milk

What are you doing if you are shucking an oyster?

opening it

What is the fruit flavour of a traditional crepe suzette?

orange

What delicatessen dish is highly seasoned beef prepared from a shoulder cut called?

pastrami

What do Americans call what the British call an iced-lolly?

popsicle

If you were eating aloo in an Indian restaurant what would you be eating?

potato

The 18th amendment to the Constitution was introduced in 1919, repealed in 1933 and is the only one to have been repealed, what did it relate to?

prohibition of alcohol

What is the basic ingredient of the Indonesian dish Nasi Goreng?

rice

NTFF: A very thick spicy Italian sausage, usually flavoured with garlic

salami

Which part of the English breakfast was known derisively in Victorian times as Little bags of mystery?

sausages

.If you ordered a dish of Mountain Oysters or Cape Cod Turkey what would you receive?

sheep's testicles

What alcoholic beverage is produced by the Solera method?

sherry

NTFF: The Turkish dish of small pieces of meat and vegetables cooked on a skewer

shish kebab

An American frying pan is called what?

skillet

From what country does sangria originate?

spain

What is a "kiwano"?

spiky orange fruit

If you wanted your eggs fried without cooking the yolks, how should you order them in?

sunny side up

How many bottles of champagne are there in a magnum?

two

What type of meat is used in the preparation of Osso Bucco?

veal

What does the brut indicate on a bottle of champagne?

very dry

How is steak cooked if cooked blue?

very rare

A black Russian cocktail is made with one part coffee liqueur and two parts of which spirit?

vodka

In 1999, which American retail giant announced that it was buying the Asda food retail chain?

wal-mart

The name of which liquid loosely translated means 'the finest' or 'the best'?

Alcohol (Arabic al-kuhl).

Which two cheeses are layered in a Huntsman Cheese?

Double Gloucester And Stilton

Which South-East Asian fruit's smell reminds people, to put it mildly, of various stages of decay ?

Durian

What are the two main ingredients of a Hollandaise sauce?

Egg yolks and butter

The hot dog was originally imported to the US from which city?

Frankfurt

What is the name of cold Spanish soup made from peppers and tomatoes?

Gazpacho

One quarter of all the hops in the world are grown in which country?

Germany. In the Hollertau region of Bayern (Bavaria).

What is the name of the liquid butter made from cow or buffalo milk which is used in Eastern Countries?

Ghee

What is added to Whisky to make a Whisky Mac?

Ginger whine

What is the world's best selling brand of gin?

Gordon's

In An American Restaurant What Are Home Fries?

Potatoes cooked in bacon fat

Who is the Roman god of wine?

bacchus

What is it called when fat and juices from the roasting tin are spooned over meat while it is cooking?

basting

Which dish contains offal and oatmeal, and is traditionally boiled in a bag made from the stomach of an animal?

haggis

Some cocktails are poetic. What do you get if you replace the whisky in a Rob Roy with Drambuie?

A Robbie burns

Who is the American artist who uses Campbell's Soup cans in his pop art?

Andy Warhol

What is the other ingredient in a pink gin?

Angostura Bitters

What is the name of the Scandinavian alcoholic drink made from Potatoes?

Aquavit

What was Caesar Cardini's gift to the culinary arts?

Caesar salad

Which country consumes, per capita, the most donuts per year?

Canada

What are often named after ancient middle eastern kings?

Champagne bottle sizes (Jeroboam (3l) king of Isreal, Rehoboam (4.5 l) King of Juda, Salmanazar (9 l) king of Assyria, Nebukadnezar (15 l) king of Babylon.)

Which English family brewer produces Eagle Bitter, Bombardier and also brews Red Stripe under licence?

Charles Wells

Who said, "no function beer well without"?

Homer Simpson

In which country do red onions originate?

Italy

Who is the naked chef?

Jamie Oliver

Who sucked apple sauce to become the first American to eat in space?

John Glenn

The top fast food chain in the USA by revenue in 1995 was MacDonalds. Which was second?

Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) - In 2007 the first place was Subway

What is the world's best selling wine?

Lambrusco

If you wanted to buy liver sausage in the US, what product name should you look for?

Liverwurst

What explorer introduced Italians to spaghetti in the 13th century?

Marco Polo

What did the Celts call the drink of the gods?

Med Met, Honey wine or honey beer.

What flavour enhancer sounds more appealing when it's called Chinese seasoning?

Monosodium glutamate

Which two stouts are brewed in cork?

Murphy's and Beamish

What is the brewery featured in Coronation Street?

Newton and Ridley

Name the two dishes named after an opera singer?

Peach Melba, Melba Toast

What are Pershore eggs and Marjorie's seedlings?

Plums

What Type Of Meat Usually Goes Into Frankenfurters?

Pork

Which famous dish was invented by King Stanislau of Poland and features a sponge cake soak in syrup and the sprit from which this dish takes its name,?

Rum Baba

In Which City Was Chop Suey Invented?

San Francisco

Muffuletta, Baros Luca, Croque monsieur, Veda pav, Dagwood and Shawarma are all examples of what?

Sandwhich

What Is The Swedish Name For A Hot Or Cold Food Served As A Buffet?

Smorgasbord

In which English county is Brie made?

Somerset

Which vegetable has the most calories?

Sweet potato

Where is the oldest distillery in the world?

The Old Bushmills, City Antrim (Ireland)

What MacDonald's item is known as Le Royale in France?

The quarter pounder

Which brewery brews a beer called Old Peculiar?

Theakstons

I belong to the same family as the potato, and more of me are canned than any other fruit or vegetable. What am I?

Tomato

What is the name of a small barrel of beer of nine gallons capacity?

a firkin

The saliva of the swiftlet is the main constituent of which dish?

birds nest soup

What Is The Italian Name For Squid In A Restaurant?

calamari

What name is given to a cockerel that is castrated and fattened for the table?

capon

If a dish is served ?au gratin? what does it have on it?

cheese

Which fruit goes into the liqueur Kirsch?

cherry

In Indian cuisine what is ghee?

clarified butter

What drink was invented by John Pemberton in 1886?

coca cola

From what is American Bourbon distilled?

corn mash and malted barley

What two fruits grow on palm trees?

dates and coconuts

The Commercial distribution of which meat was banned by law in Germany in 1986?

dog meat (which had been allowed by law since 1941)

What is a lift for food in a restaurant known as?

dumby waiter

From what is the Mexican dish huevos rancheros made?

eggs

Greek Feta cheese is made from the milk of which animal?

ewe (goat)

What was the weekly butter ration during the second world war?

four ounces

What is a rosti?

grated fried potatoes

If you saw broiled food on an American menu, how would it be cooked?

grilled

What is made at St James?s Gate in Dublin?

guinness

What name is given to the deep south stew or soup thickened with Okra?

gumbo

Which fish is smoked and cured and called "finnan"?

haddock