Food Fun Facts

Silly

100

This food was originally sold in the 1830's as medicine

What is ketchup?

200

A 20 oz. bottle of this drink has more sugar than a large Cinnabon.

What is Coca-Cola?

300

If you eat too many of this veggie you might turn orange.

What are carrots?

400

This is the ONLY food that will not rot. A jar of this sweet treat will be edible for over 3,000 years.

What is honey?

500

The green spicy stuff they put on a sushi plate is actually flavored horse radish.

What is wasabi?

Mixed Bag

100

What does the color of the twist tie on bread represent?

What is the day of the week it was baked?

200

This is the first food to ever be microwaved.

What is popcorn?

300

What is the most commonly stolen food in the world? 

What is cheese?

400

This canned fruit was the first thing to ever be eaten on the moon.

What are peaches?

500

Where did German Chocolate cake originate from? 

What is Texas? The first published recipe for German('s) chocolate cake was actually written by a Texas homemaker (Sam German).

Liquids and squishy stuff

100

Vegetarians can't eat jello because it contains what substance? 

What is gelatin? Gelatin is made from animal collagen — a protein that makes up connective tissues, such as skin, tendons, ligaments, and bones. 

200

When he was 11 years old, Frank Epperson was stirring a glass of soda and water with a stick. He forgot it on his porch during a cold night. In the morning, he discovered he accidentally invented THIS.

What is an ice pop (or "popsicle")?

300

Pearls melt in this liquid.

What is vinegar?

400

This breakfast food is one of the few foods that has Vitamin D in it (most of the time you get Vitamin D from the sun).

What are eggs? (specifically, the yolk).

500

This popular drink is made with tea and a symbiotic colony of bacteria and yeast. 

What is Kombucha? 

Stats

100

This country produces the most garlic (10 million tons per year).

What is China?

200

In the U.S., this is the most popular fresh veggie according to a 2018 poll by Green Giant.

What is broccoli?

300

Where were fortune cookies invented? 

Where is Japan?

400

This delicious brown treat was once used as money.

What is chocolate?

500

This chain fast food restaurant sells 75 hamburgers PER SECOND.

What is McDonalds? (I'm lovin' it).

Interesting finds

100

Mageirocophobia is a real "fear of_________.(It is an activity you do and you wouldn't want to go to culinary school if you had this!)

What is cooking?

200

In South Africa this insect is often roasted and eaten by the handful.

What are termites and ants (you only need to name one)?

300

A group of bananas is actually called this.

What is a hand?

400

This veggie name is Latin for "large pearl."

What is onion?

500

Almonds are actually a member of this FRUIT family.

What is the peach family?