Fast Food
Which fast food chain does not serve ice cream?
a) McDonald's
b) KFC
c) Pizza Hut
d) Starbucks
d) Starbucks
Dim Sum means __.
a) little treasures
b) touch the heart
c) morning tea
d) center of the dot
b) touch the heart
Escargot is a traditional French dish made of ___ cooked with garlic, parsley, and butter.
a) octopus
b) snails
c) frogs
d) baby oysters
b) snails
Chocolate originated in ___ over 5000 years ago. Native people grew cacao trees and drank chocolate as a bitter drink.
a) North America
b) South America
c) Europe
d) Afrca
b) South America
___ are NOT deadly for cats and dogs.
a) avocados
b) blueberries
c) chocolate
d) grapes
b) blueberries
How many different herbs are used in KFC's original recipe?
a) 6
b) 11
c) 16
d) 21
b) 11
HK's egg tart is an adaptation of ___ custard tarts.
a) Spanish
b) France
c) English
d) Portugal
c) English
Beggar's chicken is a traditional ___ dish featuring a whole chicken that is marinated, stuffed, wrapped in leaves, encased in clay, and slow-baked.
a) Chinese
b) Indonesian
c) Singaporian
d) Malaysian
d) Chinese
The earliest evidence of humans using fire to cook food is ___ years ago.
a) 7,800
b) 78,000
c) 780,000
d) 7,800,000
c) 780,000
Archaeologists found heated fish teeth and remains at the Gesher Benot Ya'aqov site in Israel.
Which food can last forever?
a) honey
b) cheese
c) fermented soy beans (natto)
d) dark chocolate
a) honey
__ was never on McDonald's menu.
a) McPizza
b) McSpaghetti
c) McSushi
d) McLean Burger
c) McSushi
What is in a drink called Yuen Yeung at diners in Hong Kong?
a) red bean and ice cream slushy
b) tea with tapioca pearls
c) coffee with milk tea
d) black coffee
c) coffee with milk tea
Black pudding is a delicacy served in the UK and Ireland. The main ingredient is ___.
a) pork/beef blood
b) black rice
c) squid ink
d) dark chocolate
a) pork/beef blood
Ketchup started in 17th-century China as a fermented fish sauce called ketsiap. In the 1830s, people in ___ sold tomato-based ketchup as a health tonic to cure indigestion and diarrhea .
a) the USA
b) the UK
c) the Philippines
d) the Bahamas
a) the USA
Which fruit does not float in water?
a) apple
b) lime
c) orange
d) watermelon
b) lime
In 2001, ___ became the first company in the world to deliver its food to outer space.
a) McDonald's
b) KFC
c) Pizza Hut
d) Starbucks
c) Pizza Hut
(Pizza was delivered to Russian cosmonaut Yuri Usachov on the International Space Station)
The earliest dim sum restaurant in HK opens at ___.
a) 3 a.m.
b) 4 a.m.
c) 5 a.m.
d) 6 a.m.
a) 3 a.m.
Sun Hing Restaurant (新興食家)
Fried tarantula is a famous street food in ___.
a) Mexico
b) Egypt
c) Greece
d) Cambodia
a) Cambodia
Ice cream was created by ___.
a) Americans
b) Italians
c) Japanese
d) Mongolians
d) Mongolians
Ice cream was accidentally created by Mongolian horsemen carrying cream galloping over frozen plains.
In the 1700s in Europe, ___ were very rare and expensive. Rich people would rent them for parties to show that they were wealthy.
a) bananas
b) durians
c) pineapples
d) star fruits
c) pineapples
According to Starbucks, how many different drink combinations can be ordered (i.e., milk alternatives, syrups, and modifications)?
a) about 87,000
b) about 8,700
c) about 870
d) about 87
a) about 87,000
Bird nest, a delicacy eaten in Hong Kong, is made entirely out of birds' spit. There are 3 types-white, golden, and red. Red bird nests, the most expensive, can cost as much as ___ per kilogram.
a) HK$110
b) HK$1,100
c) HK$11,000
d) HK$1,100,000
c) HK$11,000
Halo-halo is a popular cold dessert in the Philippines. Halo-halo means ___.
a) hello-hello
b) sweet-sweet
c) mix-mix
d) yummy-yummy
c) mix-mix
Halo-halo is made with crushed ice, evaporated milk , ube jam, sweetened kidney beans , coconut strips, sago, boiled taro or soft yams, slices of fruit preserves, and other root crop preserves.
Which one is NOT the original color of carrots?
a) orange
b) purple
c) white
d) yellow
a) orange
The famous Caesar salad was invented in a restaurant in ___ when the kitchen was running low on supplies in 1924.
a) USA
b) Brazil
c) Canada
d) Mexico
d) Mexico