Gods/Goddesses: Food
General Thanksgiving Trivia
Roman Foods
Food Myths
Guess the food from its historical origin.
100
He was the god of wine and parties.
Who is Dionysus/Bacchus?
100
This state produces the most cranberries in New England.
What is Massachusetts?
100
The tongues of these colorful birds were considered a delicacy on Roman tables.
What are peacocks?
100
Hercules had to bring back this type of golden fruit as one of his Labors.
What are apples?
100
This food is native to North America (most likely to New England) and was originally called a "bearberry."
What is cranberry?
200
The food of the gods.
What is ambrosia?
200
This is the name for the process of soaking a turkey (or other food) in salt water.
What is brining?
200
This type of oil was the most common in the ancient world and used for light, skin care, food preparation, and many other applications.
What is olive oil?
200
After he tried to feed his son to the gods, this man was cursed to always be hungry but never able to eat the fruit hanging above him.
Who is Tantalus?
200
This food was domesticated in Mexico over 8,000 years ago. It was derived from a type of wild grass.
What is corn?
300
The drink of the gods.
What is nectar?
300
This movie has the record for earning the most money on a Thanksgiving weekend.
What is "Frozen 2"?
300
This small mammal was a favorite at Roman feasts.
What is dormouse?
300
Every year, these were sent to Crete as a sacrifice/food for the Minotaur.
What are people?
300
The ancestor of this food was popular with mammoths/mastodons, and its seeds can be found in fossilized dung.
What is squash/pumpkin?
400
She was the goddess of grain and the harvest.
Who is Demeter/Ceres?
400
This Thanksgiving food was the first grown in space.
What is the potato?
400
The Roman sauce garum was made out of this (be as specific as possible).
What is fermented fish?
400
In the Odyssey, eating this flower caused the sailors to forget their homes and families.
What is the lotus?
400
This food can be found in Mayan manuscripts from over 1,000 years ago.
What are turkeys?
500
This goddess invented olive trees and (because of that) had this city named after her.
What are Athena and Athens?
500
This is the weight of the world's heaviest pumpkin pie. (closest answer wins)
What is 3,699 lbs?
500
These gastropods were commonly eaten by wealthy Romans.
What are snails?
500
After trying to feed a guest to the gods, the king Lycaon turned into this animal.
What is a wolf?
500
This food (Latin name: Ipomoea batatas) is grown on a vine with heart-shaped leaves and is native to the tropical regions of the Americas.
*answer must be exact!
What are sweet potatoes?