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Food In Italy Trivia Quiz

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.

A multiple-choice quiz by flem-ish. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
flem-ish

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
58,908

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
5483

Last 3 plays: Guest 86 (6/10), Guest 100 (5/10), Guest 96 (2/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. What is 'panna cotta' in Italian cuisine? Hint

a dessert

a loaf of bread

a one-pan dish

wholemeal bread

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Question 2 of 10

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

horsemeat

lamb

pork

veal

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Question 3 of 10

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

prickly pears

wild onions

wild boar

tender milk-fed lamb

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Question 4 of 10

4. What will an antipasto never include? Hint

salumi

pasta

carciofi

peperoni

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Question 5 of 10

5. Which of these is turkey? Hint

anatra

fagiano

tacchino

oca

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Question 6 of 10

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

pappardelle

pastasciutta

penne all'arrabiata

pasta e fagioli

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which of these is a type of rice? Hint

arborio

al dente

fregola

stracotto

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Question 8 of 10

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

maize for making polenta

fico d'India (a prickly pear)

farro (spelt)

cavolo nero (black cabbage)

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Question 9 of 10

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

the pizzaiolo who invented it had a girlfriend of that name

after some Queen Margherita

it looks like a daisy

it was originally made with margarine

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Question 10 of 10

10. What are grissini? Hint

thin sticks of crispy bread

a type of pasta

a type of salsiccie (sausages)

a dolce or sweet

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What is 'panna cotta' in Italian cuisine?

Answer: a dessert

Panna cotta is a thick creamy dessert popular in Piedmont. It 's made with cream (600 ml), one and a half teaspoons of gelatine,dissolved in 2 tablespoons cold water and 90g castor (superfine) sugar. Bring the cream to the boil, stir in the sugar and simmer for three minutes until sugar dissolves. Add the gelatine. Allow to cool slightly. Strain into individual moulds. Allow to set in fridge. Serve with berries, chocolate sauce, etc.

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

Answer: pork

Horsemeat is carne equina or cavallo. - Lamb is agnello. - Veal is vitello.

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

Answer: wild boar

Fico d'Italia is a prickly pear.- Wild onions are lampascione or cipolle selvatiche.- Tender milk-fed lamb is called abacchio rather than agnello.

4. What will an antipasto never include?

Answer: pasta

Salumi (salami), carciofi (artichokes) or peperoni (capsicum peppers) all are perfectly possible as an antipasto. But having pasta as an antipasto would be self-contradictory as antipasto means before the real meal of which the primo piatto will normally be pasta.

5. Which of these is turkey?

Answer: tacchino

Fagiano is pheasant. - Anatra is duck. - Oca is goose.

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

Answer: pasta e fagioli

Pasta e fagioli= a bean soup with pasta. Pappardelle are broad flat pasta strips. Pastaciutta is the term for dry pasta. All'arrabiata literally means 'angry style' and usually comes down to a spicy tomato, browned pig's cheek and mushroom sauce.

7. Which of these is a type of rice?

Answer: arborio

Al dente and stracotto are cooking-styles.Pasta should be al dente so that you have ' a feeling on the tooth' when you bite in it. Stracotto refers to recipes that require a long cooking time. Fregola is a Sardinian version of couscous. Other famous types of Italian rice are Carnaroli (does not easily overcook) and Vialone nano (which can be part-cooked).

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

Answer: maize for making polenta

Farro or triticum dicoccum is 'spelt'. Zuppa di farro is a Tuscan recipe often made with fish or crayfish stock. Fico d'India is from Sardegna. Cavolo nero is the black cabbage you can hardly find outside Toscana.

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

Answer: after some Queen Margherita

Queen Margherita of Italy also has the third highest peak in Africa named after her.It rises to 16,795 feet between Lake Albert to the north and Lake Edward to the south on the Congo-Uganda border. It was first climbed in 1906 by an expedition led by Prince Luigi Amadeo Duke of the Abruzzi.

10. What are grissini?

Answer: thin sticks of crispy bread

In most restaurants you get them with your soup.

Source: Author flem-ish

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