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World Cuisines and Foods

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World Cuisine and Food questions test your familiarity with international dishes, traditional recipes, and culinary terms. Topics include French pastries, Japanese broths, and Italian pasta varieties. A good grasp of global culinary facts aids the general awareness section.

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World Cuisines and Foods Questions

Multiple choice

How do Japanese people celebrate Valentine's Day on Feb. 14?

  1. Women give men chocolate

  2. Men give women chocolate

  3. Everybody gives everyone else chocolate

  4. They don't celebrate it
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Japanese Valentine's Day traditions differ from Western ones, as it is customary for women to give chocolate to men. This is often categorized into 'giri-choco' (obligation chocolate) and 'honmei-choco' (true feeling chocolate).

Multiple choice

What is a typical Japanese Christmas cake made of?

  1. Sponge cake, whipped cream and strawberries

  2. Fruit cake

  3. Chocolate cake

  4. Japanese tofu cake
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The standard Japanese Christmas cake is a light sponge cake decorated with whipped cream and fresh strawberries. This style is iconic in Japanese Christmas culture.

Multiple choice

Does Christmas lunch in Japan include turkey?

  1. Yes because Japanese people love eating turkey

  2. Yes because it's part of the Christmas tradition

  3. No because Japanese kitchens don't have ovens big enough

  4. No because Japanese people only eat fish and rice
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Turkey is not a traditional part of the Japanese Christmas meal, largely because many Japanese homes lack the large ovens required to roast a whole turkey.

Multiple choice

A popular dessert of a Thanksgiving meal is...

  1. a blueberry pie.

  2. a lemon pie.

  3. an apple pie.

  4. a pumpkin pie.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Pumpkin pie is the most traditional and iconic dessert served during an American Thanksgiving dinner. Other pies like apple are common, but pumpkin is the most synonymous with the holiday.

Multiple choice

The most important part of a Thanksgiving dinner is...

  1. a chicken.

  2. a turkey.

  3. a ham.

  4. a lamb.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Roast turkey is the centerpiece of the traditional Thanksgiving meal in the United States. It is so central to the holiday that Thanksgiving is sometimes colloquially referred to as Turkey Day.

Multiple choice

I like them French fried potaters. Mmmm..

  1. Sling Blade

  2. Tater Salad

  3. French Kiss

  4. A Goofy Movie
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Karl Childers, played by Billy Bob Thornton, says this in the film Sling Blade. It is a distinct line that characterizes his speech pattern.

Multiple choice

Is Mayonnaise an instrument?

  1. Planktin

  2. Mr. Crabs

  3. Patrick

  4. Spongebob
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Patrick Star asks this iconic question in the Spongebob Squarepants episode Band Geeks.

Multiple choice biology the age of adolescence maintaining the reproductive health reaching the age of adolescence adolescence

Which of the following constitutes the right meal for adolescents?

  1. Chips, noodles and coke

  2. Chapatti, dal and vegetables

  3. Rice, noodles and burger

  4. Vegetable cutlets, chips and lemon drink
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

A small, 6-inch chapati contains 71 calories, 3 grams of protein, 0.4 gram of fat and 15 grams of carbohydrates, including 2 grams of fiber. The chapati is lower in calories and provides more protein and fiber. For most vegetarians, dal is one of the main protein sources. Legumes have protein, and they tend to be good sources of several minerals like potassium and magnesium. Pulses (which most dals are made up off) normally have higher protein content. They contain 18 to 22% gms of protein while the remaining percentage is of carbohydrates. Vegetables are important sources of many nutrients, including potassium, dietary fiber, folate (folic acid), vitamin A, and vitamin C. 

Multiple choice geography life in tropical and subtropical regions drainage system in brazil human environment interactions - the tropical and the subtropical region study of continents - south america life in the ganga - brahmaputra basin

What is the staple food of the people of Amazon basin?

  1. Rice

  2. Wheat

  3. Cassava

  4. Sorghum
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Cassava is the staple food of the people of Amazon basin. It is actually a starchy root plant. They cook it in different ways like boiled or fried and also make flour from this after drying it.

Multiple choice evs science of kitchen sense of touch, smell and taste types of taste components and importance of food

Which of the following is not a type of taste?

  1. Sour

  2. Bitter

  3. Umami

  4. None of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation
Specific chemicals in solution pass into the taste bud through the taste pore to come in contact with the protein receptor sites on the microvilli of the gustatory receptor cells. The latter set up nerve impulses in the sensory nerve fibres. The nerve fibres transmit the impulses to the taste centre in the brain where the sensation of taste arises. The facial nerve serves the anterior two-thirds of the tongue, the glossopharyngeal nerve serves the posterior one-third of the tongue. 
A. Sour is found on the sides of the tongue.
B. Bitter is found on the base of the tongue.
C. Umami or savory found on all region of the tongue.
So, the correct answer is 'None of the above'.