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Food In Italy

Created by flem-ish

Fun Trivia : Quizzes : Italian Foods

	"There's no doubt that Italian cuisine is one of the greatest cuisines in the world. For many foodstuffs the Italian name has also become the international name. Some terms are less widely known. See how thorough your knowledge is."
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1. What is 'panna cotta' in Italian cuisine?

a one-pan dish

wholemeal bread

a loaf of bread

a dessert

2. What do you get when you order 'maiale' in an Italian restaurant?

pork

veal

lamb

horsemeat

3. What does the word cinghiale refer to in an Italian menu?

wild onions

prickly pears

tender milk-fed lamb

wild boar

4. What will an antipasto never include ?

salumi.

pasta

carciofi.

peperoni.

5. Which of these is turkey?

fagiano

tacchino

oca

anatra

6. Which of these is often a soup rather than a pasta?

pappardelle.

pastasciutta

penne all'arrabiata.

pasta e fagioli.

7. Which of these is a type of rice?

stracotto

fregola

arborio

al dente

8. Which of these foodstuffs was brought back from the Americas by Cristoforo Colombo ?

cavolo nero (black cabbage)

farro (spelt)

maize for making polenta

fico d'India (a prickly pear)

9. What is the origin of the name Pizza Margherita?

the pizzaiolo who invented it had a girlfriend of that name

it was originally made with margarine

it looks like a daisy

after some Queen Margherita

10. What are grissini?

a type of salsiccie (sausages)

thin sticks of crispy bread

a type of pasta

a dolce or sweet