Délicieux
What is the iconic French Food item with a horn-like shape/moon crescent shape? It is also buttery!
Croissant
This delicious, spongy cake is from the Northern-east side of France in Lorraine, well-known for its light texture and golden crust.
Madeleines
Daily trouble: Deduct 300 points if wrong instead.
As a french, legally defined, and protected as a part of France's Cultural heitage, baguette only has 4 main ingredients! Which of the following is not a part of it?
1. Water 2. Salt 3. leavening 4. French Flour 5. Butter
5. Butter!
Profiteroles is a French/Italien culinary often addressed as "cream puffs" in America and Canada. However, they are distinct ffrom them because they are more delicately filled/made and...
1. Smaller 2. Cheaper 3. heavier 4. Prettier.
Smaller
This food item is currently the most associated with France, as it is literally widely cited as the symbol of French cuisine in numerous surveys and media, representing its bread-making tradition!
Baguette
A classic and elegant duck dish where duck legs are slow-cooked in duck fat until the meat is meltingly tender, then the skin crisped to golden perfection (Also doesn’t require duck fat).
confit de canard (duck confit)
This dish has a name that means "flash of lightning" due its lightning bolt shape/gleam of its icing! What is it?
Eclair
This soft, golden bread dates back all the way to the 15th century, and is known for its versatile use for sweet and savory dishes.
Brioche
Crème brûlée is a dessert with a rich, custard base topped with crisp, caramelized sugar crust! Which of the following flavors is its default/original one?
1. Chocolate 2. Strawberry 3. Vanilla 4. Coconut
Vanilla
To savor in all this scrumptious items, we must convert dollars into euros! How much is a dollar in Europe? (+ or minus 0.10)
0.89
A classic French dish of chicken braised in wine with various accompaniments; was originally made with roosters instead.
Coq au Vin
Bonus 100+
What is the translation of this dish?
This food has a dedicated holiday for it on Febuary 2nd, which is believed to have begun in the year 472 when it was offered to French Catholic pilgrims visiting Rome for Candlemas by Pope Gelasius I.
Crêpes
This desert has a national holiday for it on March 20th since 2005!
Macaron
Bonus points+200!
Why was this day created?
Cassoulet, a delicious food item invented in 1355, usually includes slowly cooked beans with a combination of meats in a cassole. Funnily enough, one of the meat dishes in this jeopardy is also one of this dish's ingredients! Which one is it?
Confit de Canard
The president of France has an amusing name often associated with a well-known "french"/italian rooted dessert! What is his name?
"Format: President ___"
Macron
As the story goes, this french food's origin is that a 13th-century housewife in Brittany accidentally spilled some buckwheat porridge from a kettle in the fireplace onto a flat cooking stone!
Crêpes
Unlike this dish's misdirecting name (no actual rodents involved), this dish actually contains tomatoes, eggplant, zucchini, bell peppers, onions, garlic, and herbs (eg thyme and basil), resulting in a sweetness and acidity from the tomatoes and savoriness from the herbs.
Ratatouille!
Despit it often being associated with France, this item is actually Italie when it was introduced to France in 1533, where Queen Catherine de’ Medici of Italy married King Henry II of France, and her pastry chefs brought the dish's recipe with them.
Macaron!
Developed as an offshoot of the macaron recipe when coconut became a popular import item in the 1800s, this item has a rich, buttery coconut flavor and a chewy texture
Macaroons
Pissaladiere, a french flat bread dish, is featured in a world record! In 2026, Nice, a team prepared a _____ meter diameter Pissaladiere with 60 lb of onions, and 4kg of anchovy paste!
2 meters
Historically, the preservation technique used for this dish was a necessity to survive times of scarcity. Today, it means we can enjoy produce at its best (even when out of season) and have luxurious preserved foods at our disposal.
confit de canard
Bonus 100+
What is the translation of this dish?
As a dish for Burgundy, Bœuf bourguignon's beaf is slowly braised with ____, onions, carrots, and herbs
Which of the following is the liquid used for braising?
1. White Beer 2. Red Wine 3. Broth 4. Crushed Tomatoes 5. Soy Sauce 6. Vinegar/Cider
Red wine!
Bonus points!
Pronounce this word correctly.
Bœuf bourguignon
Daily Double!
Steak-frites is a common dish seen in both France and _____, for both countries contains a major part of this dish's roots. What other country is it? (Hint: It is near France in Europe)
Belgium
Tarte Tatin is an upside down caramelized apple tart widely credited to 2 sisters, Stephanie and Carolie, when it was made back in the 1880s. What were the sisters called"
(Format" ___ sisters")
Tatin Sisters
In France, 2024, 12 professional bakers created the world's longest baguette, which they donated to local food banks and shared the remaining to the attendees. How long was it in meters/foot? (+ or minus 10 for both)
140 meters (460foot)