What is used to make hummus?
Chickpeas
True or False: Tomatoes are vegetables.
False! Tomatoes are considered fruits.
What do we call a cocktail-style drink made without alcoholic ingredients?
Mocktails
What is canola an abbreviation for?
Canadian Oil
What is the USA’s favorite flavor of ice cream?
Vanilla
What two words were combined to make the word ‘Spam’?
Spiced Ham
True or false: Bananas are berries.
True! In strictly botanical terms, bananas are berries! So are avocados. Now, are you ready for your mind to be blown even more? Strawberries and raspberries are not technically berries.
What turns a plain martini into a dirty martini?
Adding olive juice
Where was pizza invented?
Naples, Italy
How many times are biscotti biscuits baked?
Twice
The all-time best-selling candy bar in the USA was introduced in 1930 by the M&Ms Mars company. Can you identify this nutty, chocolate and caramel confection?
Snickers
True or False: Pomegranate can hold up to 1400 seeds.
True! An average pomegranate can hold between 600-1400 seeds.
Which spirit is used in a Pina Colada cocktail?
Rum
Which cooking tool is widely used in Chinese cooking?
What do creme brulee and Mexican flan have in common?
They're both baked custards.
Kakigori is a popular treat of shaved ice and sweet syrup in what Asian country?
Japan
Name other vegetables that are actually fruits.
Eggplants, olives, cucumbers, and pumpkins are commonly known to be vegetables when they're actually fruits. (A fruit develops from the flower of a plant, while the other parts of the plant are categorized as vegetables. Fruits contain seeds, while vegetables can consist of roots, stems and leaves.)
Which red liquid gives some drinks, such as Shirley Temple”, the red colour?
Grenadine Syrup
What popular Mexican dish literally translates as ‘little donkey’?
The 'burrito'
The cake is named for the Black Forest region in the Southwestern part of which European country?
The word "chocolate" stems from the word "xocolatl" (meaning "bitter water"), which comes from which civilization?
Aztec
What is the world's stinkiest fruit?
Durian
Carbonated water, sugar, lemon juice, and gin are ingredients for which cocktail?
Tom Collins
What item of food holds the world record for being the most stolen item of food in the world?
Cheese
What is the big difference between a Dutch apple pie and a French apple pie?
The toppings. A Dutch apple pie is made with a typical flour and butter pie crust. It is the type of apple pie most often seen in restaurants. A French apple pie has crushed walnuts added to the flour and butter.