Canadian Food Trivia!

General trivia

100

A butter tart is an Ontarian snack related to which Quebecois dessert?

Sugar Pie / Tart au Sucre

200

What colour is cream soda in Canada?

Pink

300

Cheese curds are known coloquially as which type of cheese?

a) gummy cheese

b) stretchy cheese

c) squeaky cheese

Squeaky cheese :)

400

Americans call this Canadian bacon, what do we call it?

a) Cornmeal bacon

b) Backbacon

c) Toronto bacon

Back bacon, although we also call it peameal bacon!

500

What will you get if you order a double double at Timmies?

A coffee with two creams and two sugars

Where's that?

100

Which province produces the most maple syrup?

Quebec

200

All dressed chips were invented in Canada. True or false?

True

300

There are the top five producers of pulses (beans, lentils, etc). Put them in order from highest to lowest producer. 

- Canada

- US

- Myanmar

- Australia

- China

1. Canada (5 million tonnes)

2. Australia (1.4 million tonnes)

3. Myanmar (1.3 tonnes)

4. USA (1.1 million tonnes)

5. China (841 thousand tonnes)

400

Which of these Cadbury chocolate bars originated in Canada?

a) Dairy milk

b) Caramilk

c) Crunchie

d) Flake

Caramilk 

500

Do more countries celebrate Thanksgiving in October (like Canada) or November (like America)?

November. Only 4 countries celebrate Thanksgiving in October: Canada, Germany, UK, and Saint Lucia.

What's the ingredient?

100

A turducken has how many birds stuffed inside one another?

3: Turkey, Chicken, and Duck

200

When cheese curds aren't available, what other cheese is often substituted in the dish of poutine?

Mozzarella

300

Manitoba honey dill sauce is made with honey, dill and which other ingredient?

Mayonaise

400

What is the difference between the American Bloody Mary and the Canadian Caesar Cocktail?

a) It is garnished with a carrot not celery

b) It exclusiely uses Frank's Red Hot Sauce and lime juice instead of generic hot sauce and lemon juice

c) It is made with clamato (clam and tomato) juice not just tomato juice

It is made with clamato (clam and tomato) juice not just tomato juice

500

Canadians call these smarties, what do Americans call these?

Candy buttons or M&Ms

Food idioms

100

If something is a piece of cake, what is it?

a) something tasty

b) something easy

c) something stupid

b) something easy

200

What does "cheesy" mean?

Example: I love reading cheesy romance novels because I don't have to think.

Something silly, kitchy, or cliché

300

What does "walking on eggshells" mean?

a) To act carefully so you don't offend anyone

b) To be in severe pain when you walk

c) To walk very quietly

a) To act carefully so you don't offend anyone

400

If I "have a bun in the oven", that means:

a) I have a migrain (headache)

b) I'm getting hungry

c) I'm pregnant

c) I'm pregnant

500

The Torontonian band Moxy Früvous released their hit song King of Spain in 1992. Listen to the beginning of the song and describe what "eating humble pie" means.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpGV1jOqk4I

c) get/be humbled and accept that humiliation

Compoundwords and phrases

100

Example: In the supermarket, there was this really cool purple _______.

eggplant

200

Example. ________ is my favourite flavour of ice cream!

Bubble gum!

Double bubble bubble gum was popular when I was younger. There used to be a comic with each piece

300

Example: After their breakup, they became a total _______.

Couch potato

Meaning: a very lazy person

400

Example: Passing the exam was so easy, it was like _________.

Like taking candy from a baby

Meaning: easy to do

500

Example: Please don't ______ it. I need to know the news right now. 

Sugarcoat

Meaning: gloss over bad information