dinning
fruits/ vegetables
movie references
desserts
seafood
100

Horseradish was the first commercially packaged and sold foodstuff by what Pittsburgh-based company?

Heinz

100

What common leafy green is native to Persia and is often associated with a specific cartoon character who made his maritime debut in 1929?

Spinach 

100

What food of the three bears did Goldilocks eat?

Porridge

100

There's a dessert with slightly mysterious origins (is it from France, Spain, or England?) that is also known as a burnt cream or Trinity cream. It famously has a custard base topped with a layer of hardened caramelized sugar. What is it?

Crème brûlée

100

Lox is a fillet of the brined version of what type of sea critter? We're looking for a specific type of fish, not just the word "fish."

salmon

200

Taking many different forms, bet it powder, sauce, or even leaf from Indian tree, what staple of Indian cuisine can broadly be defined as meat or vegetable prepared in a heavily spiced sauce?

Curry

200

What larger variant of the "sweet" banana is frequently used for cooking?

Plantains

200

"Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. All the king's horses and all the king's men, couldn't put Humpty Dumpty in his place again." The famous Humpty Dumpty character has appeared for centuries (including in works by by Lewis Carroll). What food is Humpty Dumpty commonly portrayed as?

Egg

200

What privately held corporation, founded in 1911 in Tacoma, WA, is a conglomerate that has not only its namesake bars popular around the world, but also “M&M’s”, pet food, and animal care services?

Mars

200

What four-letter word is often used as the common name for several kinds of bivalve molluscs? Typically, this word is only used when the mollusc is edible.

clam

300

What casual steakhouse chain has its corporate headquarters in Louisville, Kentucky, despite having the Lone Star State in its name?

Texas Roadhouse

300

What popular dip has a name coming from the Nahuatl words "ahuacatl" and "molli?" Traditional recipes for this dip include lime juice, cilantro, and jalapeños while non-traditional recipes could include basil, pomegranate seeds, or peas.

Guacamole

300

The "Cutie" brand of produce primarily focuses on what miniature cousin of the orange?

Clementine

300

Delavan, Wisconsin -- not South America -- is the location of the factory that produces what brand of rectangular chocolate mint candies?

Andes

300

Sushi is not an interchangeable term with "raw fish" but is a more general term for a Japanese way of preparing and serving vinegared rice. Speaking of raw fish. . . what is the term for the raw fish salad served in a bowl which originated in Hawaii?

Poke

400

If you order this Latin American or Filipino dish, you'll normally see it spelled in Spanish, but if you really wanted to translate it into English it would probably be patty, pie, or turnover. What is this baked or fried pastry with filling that comes from the Spanish verb which means "to enbread?"

Empanada

400

What is the difference between fruits and vegtables

Fruits contain seeds, while vegetables can consist of roots, stems and leaves

400

what bar was regina george eating to lose weight but actually made her gain weight?

kalteen bars

400

Chicagoan Jimmy Dewar worked as a manager at a Hostess factory when he created a banana cream pastry in 1930. During WWII when bananas were scarce, vanilla cream replaced the banana filling. What is this product?

Twinkies

400

The world-famous Tsukiji fish market features daily early-morning tuna auctions in what city?

Tokyo

500

What six-letter food term originally referred to skirt steak (the original cut of beef used in the dish) but now refers to a Mexican cuisine with a grilled meat served as a taco on a flour or corn tortilla?

Fajita

500

Chinese gooseberry is another name for what fruit? This fruit's name is also used for a flightless bird and a commonly accepted demonym for an Eastern Hemisphere nationality.

kiwi

500

Tiana, from "The Princess and the Frog", is an ambitious young girl who hopes to start her own restaurant and works hard for it. What dish, that originated in Louisiana, does she cook along with her father as a kid?

Gumbo

500

In 2019, Fig Newton-maker Nabisco revealed that its mystery Oreo flavor that year had been what deep-fried Spanish dessert?

Churro
500

What's the six-letter name for the Vietnamese single-serving sandwich, usually served on a baguette, that typically features a fusion of meats and vegetables from native Vietnamese cuisine such as pork sausage, coriander leaf, cucumber, and picked carrots?

Bánh mì