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1 One of the most famous Greek pies is the pork (or sometimes chicken) meat cut from big grills which turn continuously over the heat. What is this meat's name, coming from the turning of the grill? (Hint: Remember the Greek word "gyroscope").
Answer: Gyros

The delicious gyros can be served in the pie with tomatoes, onions, yogurt, tzatziki, french fries or nothing at all! Tzatziki is a sauce based in yogurt and garlic.
    Your options: [ Gyros ] [ Psomi ] [ Feta ] [ Ftero ]
  From Quiz: How do you like your pita?
2 The first known cookbook was actually written about Greek cuisine rather than Roman. When was it written?
Answer: 330 BC

This was written by Archestratos who is better known as a poet, but only fragments of it survive.
  From Quiz: Gorgeous Greek Gastronomy
3 Some people prefer their pita without gyro, but instead with pieces of the most famous Greek meat-in-a-stick. What is its name?
Answer: Souvlaki

Souvlaki (meaning "skewer") is the famous Greek meat-in-a-stick. It is pork (or chicken) meat and is usually served in a stick, but its pieces can be served in the pita!
  From Quiz: How do you like your pita?
4 Popular 'dips' that most people know are hummus and Taramasalata. What is the main ingredient of melitzanosalata?
Answer: Aubergine or Eggplant

Split yellow peas are used in Fava. Taramasalata is made from fish roe, and potato with garlic is the main ingredient in skordalia.
  From Quiz: Gorgeous Greek Gastronomy
5 Dips and spreads are very common in Greece, often eaten with pita bread. Which spread is made with gray mullet roe, and is known as Greek caviar?
Answer: taramosaláta

The fish roe itself is called taramá, but the spread is called taramosaláta. Here, saláta means spread, but it can also mean salad. Melitzanósalata is an eggplant spread, skordhaliá is a garlic dip, and tzadzíki is the cucumber-yogurt sauce found in gyro sandwiches.
    Your options: [ skordhaliá ] [ melitzanosaláta ] [ taramosaláta ] [ tzadzíki ]
  From Quiz: The Food of Greece
6 The most famous Greek breakfast pastry is "tyropita" (cheese pie) and "mpougatsa". "Mpougatsa" traditionally is served in which city, the second biggest in Greece?
Answer: Thessaloniki

Mpougatsa is a pie served with cheese or cream. It is something like the trademark of the beautiful city of Thessaloniki, but it is served all over Greece.
    Your options: [ Thessaloniki ] [ Taramas ] [ Tokyo ] [ Tilefono ]
  From Quiz: How do you like your pita?
7 What is the name of the anise liquor that comes from Greece?
Answer: oúzo

All four are types of alcoholic drinks, yet ouzo has the licorice flavor and is very strong. Metáxa is Greek brandy, Retsína is a uniquely Greek white (or rosé) wine, and Mýthos is a lager beer.
  From Quiz: The Food of Greece
8 A usual alternative for "tyropita" and "mpougatsa" is this pie, which Popeye would love.
Answer: Spanakopita

"Spanakopita" ("spinach pie") is the most common Greek pie with vegetables, but other types of vegetable pies are also served in many areas.
    Your options: [ Spanakopita ] [ Kareklopita ] [ Brutopita ] [ Podaropita ]
  From Quiz: How do you like your pita?
9 What makes up the 'Mediterranean triad' on which ancient Greek cuisine was based?
Answer: Wheat, olive oil and wine

These were the staple foods, supplemented by fruit and vegetables.
    Your options: [ Wheat, olive oil and wine ] [ Meat, fish and wine ] [ Olive oil, meat and fish ] [ Wine, fish and olive oil ]
  From Quiz: Gorgeous Greek Gastronomy
10 Souvlaki is the most common type of fast food in Greek cuisine. However, it is also one of the most famous things that tourists want to taste once they visit Greece. But what does 'souvlaki' literally translate from the Greek language?
Answer: Little skewer

Souvlaki translates into 'little skewer', a thing which is evident by the way it is prepared and usually served. It consists of small pieces of pork (or chicken) together with vegetables that are grilled on a skewer.
  From Quiz: Greek Cuisine: The Right Thing to Eat
11 The word "apple" in Greek is similar to an island where a famous statue of the goddess Venus (Aphrodite) is found. So, how is "apple pie" in Greek?
Answer: Milopita

The famous "Venus de Milo" is a statue of Venus (Aphrodite), the Greek goddess of love, found in the Greek island Milos. It is now in the Louvre Museum in Paris. "Milo" is the Greek word for "apple".
  From Quiz: How do you like your pita?
12 Why are beef dishes so uncommon in Greek cuisine?
Answer: Sheep and goats were better suited to the terrain

Much of Greece is fairly mountainous, so is better suited to sheep and goats.
  From Quiz: Gorgeous Greek Gastronomy
13 Which Greek-style lasagna dish is made with only pasta and ground meat in a béchamel sauce?
Answer: pastítso

Moussaká is similar to pastítso, yet eggplant is added. Fasoládha is a bean soup, and piláfi is Greek rice.
    Your options: [ piláfi ] [ moussaká ] [ pastítso ] [ fasoládha ]
  From Quiz: The Food of Greece
14 Certain types of Greek pies are made with this special type of dough, meaning "leaf" or "foliage" in Greek.
Answer: Filo

All sweet pitas are made with "filo", which is in several cases home-made. Several products are used in most Mediterranean and Middle Eastern cuisines.
    Your options: [ Filo ] [ Fofo ] [ Fotia ] [ Fyge ]
  From Quiz: How do you like your pita?
15 What unusual animal was hunted for food to extinction on the island of Cyprus?
Answer: Pigmy hippopotamus

This was prior to the rise of classical Greek civilizations and city states during the Neolithic period. The butchered remains of hundreds of pigmy hippopotami were discovered in the Aetokremnos rock shelter on the Akrotiri peninsula of the island.
  From Quiz: Gorgeous Greek Gastronomy
16 What is the Greek version of shish kebab known as?
Answer: souvláki

Souvláki is usually seasoned with a flavorful marinade of lemon, oregano, and other seasonings. Arnáki is lamb, kóta is chicken, and psári is fish.
  From Quiz: The Food of Greece
17 When someone loses something, (s)he can cook a special pita to this Saint, who is going to show the position of the lost object. Who is this Saint? (Hint: think of the origins of the Greek word "Epiphany".)
Answer: Fanourios

The Orthodox Church celebrates Saint Fanourios in August 27, but you can cook a "fanouropita" anytime you lose something!
  From Quiz: How do you like your pita?
18 What do moussaka and kethethis have in common?
Answer: Both of these

Some of the most well known dishes do not have Greek names because of the diversity of other cultural influences.
  From Quiz: Gorgeous Greek Gastronomy
19 Magirítsa is a lamb dish traditionally made with what part of the lamb?
Answer: lamb intestines

Magirítsa is the traditional dish to break the Lenten fast on Easter. Believe it or not, it is usually made with lamb brains. More recently, lamb shank is sometimes used instead to substitute.
  From Quiz: The Food of Greece
20 In Greek tradition, Saint Basil brings presents to children in New Year's Day (similar to Father Christmas - Santa Claus tradition). What is the special pie made for Saint Basil?
Answer: Vasilopita

The Greek Orthodox Church celebrates Saint Basil the Great in the 1st of January. "Vasilopita" contains a "flouri", a coin. In New Year's Day is cut in pieces for every family member. The one who finds the coin is blessed with luck for the whole year.
  From Quiz: How do you like your pita?
21 One of my favourite dishes is kleftiko, lamb shanks cooked so slowly that the meat just falls of the bones. Where did the name of this dish originate according to legend?
Answer: 'Stolen meat' because Greek bandits would steal sheep and goats

The words kleptomaniac and kleptocracy also derive from the root kleft- or klepht, meaning 'to steal'.
  From Quiz: Gorgeous Greek Gastronomy
22 A favourite 'meze' is dolmades, which is rice wrapped and cooked inside leaves. What other leaves can be stuffed to make tasty dishes?
Answer: Cabbage

Zucchini flowers are stuffed not the leaves, and various vegetables are stuffed and baked.
    Your options: [ Cabbage ] [ Courgettes or zucchini ] [ Tomatoes and peppers ] [ Peppers ]
  From Quiz: Gorgeous Greek Gastronomy
23 What is the Greek name for the powdered sugar covered confections that in America we call Turkish Delight?
Answer: loukoúmia

Loukoúmia dates back 230 years, making it one of the oldest sweets in the world. Although it originated in Turkey as lokum, it is just as popular in Greece. Pásta flóra is a marmalade tart, and kataífi is a shredded wheat pastry. Thavmásia túrka is just a literal translation of the term "Turkish Delight."
  From Quiz: The Food of Greece
24 The alcoholic beverage Ouzo is best known for turning water milky white when mixed. What is used to flavour the alcoholic beverage Ouzo?
Answer: Anise

Pine resin is used to flavour to Retsina.
  From Quiz: Gorgeous Greek Gastronomy
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