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One of these two phrases is correct for Daylight savings: "Spring forward, fall back" or "Spring back, fall forward."

What is Spring forward, fall back?

100

When we lack this sense, it makes it more difficult to taste.

What is sense of smell?

100

Another name for hors d'oeuvre, which is a smaller dish served before a main meal.

What is an appetizer or starter?

100

This is a 1988 Japanese animated fantasy film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki.  It is the story of a professor's two young daughters (Satsuki and Mei) and their interactions with cute, friendly wood spirits in post-war rural Japan.

What is My Neighbor Totoro?

100

This 2007 Disney Pixar film featured Remy, a rat who dreamed of becoming a chef in Paris.

What is Ratatouille?

200

The meaning of SMH (used as online and in texts as a short-hand).

What is "shaking my head"? Used to express disappointment or disbelief.

200

These are sensory organs that are found on your tongue and allow you to experience tastes that are sweet, salty, sour, and bitter.

What are taste buds?

200

This is the title held by the chef who is second in command in a kitchen.

What is a sous-chef?

200

This Hayao Miyazaki Anime film is the first and only hand-drawn and non-English-language animated film to win an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.

What is Spirited Away?

200

This American reality competition television series features chefs competing against each other in culinary challenges. It premiered in 2006 on Bravo and has run for 17 seasons.

What is Top Chef?

300

In this state, the Governor recently announced that the people in the state are no longer required to wear masks.

What is Texas?

300

This system, what we call the sense of smell, is the sensory system through which smells are perceived.

What is the olfactory system?
300

In restaurant terminology, this type of menu includes a pre-set number of courses with only a few choices at a fixed total price. 

What is a "pre fixe" menu?

300

In this anime, a high-school student discovers a supernatural notebook that grants its user the ability to kill.

What is Death Note?

300

This chef was an American cooking teacher, author, and television personality. She is recognized for bringing French cuisine to the American public with her debut cookbook, Mastering the Art of French Cooking.

Who is Julia Carolyn Child? (August 15, 1912 – August 13, 2004)

400

Author of The Grinch Who Stole Christmas, and Green Eggs and Ham, recently had 6 of his books removed from publication due to racist and problematic content.

Who is Dr. Seuss?

400

What we call “flavor” is based on these five basic tastes (name at least 3).

What are sweet, salty, bitter, sour, and savory (or umami)?

400

The official title of the lead chef in the kitchen (the chef at the top of the Hierarch)?

What is Executive Chef?

400

In this anime series, creatures that look like normal people but can only survive by eating human flesh, live among the human population in secrecy, hiding their true nature in order to evade pursuit from the authorities.

What is Tokyo Ghoul?
400

This celebrity has hosted various series on the Food Network, including the show Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives.  He has spiky, bleached blonde hair.

Who is Guy Fieri?

500

Earlier this week, Oprah did an exclusive interview with these two members of the British Royal Family.

Who are Meghan Markle and Prince Harry?

500

Some people do not like Cilantro, stating that it tastes like soap, due to this ancestry-related reason.

What is genetics?

500

The person who opens and runs restaurants professionally. Although over time the term has come to describe any person who owns a restaurant, traditionally it refers to a highly skilled professional who is proficient in all aspects of the restaurant business.

What is a restaurateur? (there is no "n")

500

In the anime series "Full Metal Alchemist," Alchemists consider this the greatest taboo.

What is Human Transmutation?

500

Earning this type of recognition can have dramatic effect on the success of a restaurant. These famous star ratings are published in a series of guide books by a French tire company (they've been around for more than a century).

What are Michelin Stars? (Coming from the annually published Michelin Red Guide)

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