What are some good food trivia questions?

Five from this list: What seaweed is used to wrap sushi rolls? (Nori) What vegetable are French fries made from? (Potatoes) Cottage pie is made with beef. What meat goes into a shepherd's pie? (Lamb (or mutton)) What light pastry dough is used for eclairs and cream puffs? (Choux pastry) What cooked paste of flour and fat is used to thicken sauces? (Roux)

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In "We Wish You a Merry Christmas," what dessert do the singers ask for?

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In "We Wish You a Merry Christmas," what dessert do the singers ask for? Answer: Figgy pudding
What vegetable is the classic nose for a snowman? Answer: A carrot
What flavor is a classic red and white candy cane? Answer: Peppermint
What do children in the United States traditionally leave out for Santa on Christmas Eve? Answer: Milk and cookies
In "The Christmas Song," what is roasting on an open fire? Answer: Chestnuts
What tall Italian Christmas bread is dotted with dried fruit? Answer: Panettone
What French Christmas cake is shaped like a log? Answer: Bûche de Noël (Yule log)
What is traditionally hidden inside a British Christmas pudding for luck? Answer: A coin
What fish is the traditional Christmas Eve dinner in Poland and the Czech Republic? Answer: Carp
To a botanist, is a pumpkin a fruit or a vegetable? Answer: A fruit
What are the three colors of traditional candy corn? Answer: Yellow, orange and white
In vampire stories, what smelly food keeps vampires away? Answer: Garlic
Before pumpkins, what root vegetable did people in Ireland and Scotland most often carve into lanterns? Answer: Turnips
Which noodles do people in Japan eat on New Year's Eve? Answer: Soba (buckwheat noodles)
In Spain, people eat twelve of which fruit at midnight, one for each chime of the clock? Answer: Grapes
In Italy, which small legumes are eaten at New Year because they look like coins? Answer: Lentils
Which peas are eaten for luck on New Year's Day in the American South? Answer: Black-eyed peas
In Greece, what is baked inside the New Year's cake called vasilopita? Answer: A coin
What are the deep-fried dough balls eaten on New Year's Eve in the Netherlands called? Answer: Oliebollen
Which bird is the traditional main dish at Thanksgiving dinner? Answer: Turkey
Which turkey bone do two people pull apart to make a wish? Answer: The wishbone
Which berry is used to make the classic red Thanksgiving sauce? Answer: Cranberry
Cranberries grow in wet fields that farmers flood at harvest. What are those fields called? Answer: Bogs (called marshes in Wisconsin)
What is stuffing usually called when it is baked in its own dish, especially in the South? Answer: Dressing
Which nut is the main ingredient in a classic Southern Thanksgiving pie? Answer: Pecan
Which crop did Tisquantum, also known as Squanto, teach the Pilgrims to plant? Answer: Corn
Which orange side dish is often baked with marshmallows on top? Answer: Sweet potatoes (often called yams)
Which vegetable goes into the classic casserole topped with crispy fried onions? Answer: Green beans
Cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger and cloves are the usual spices in which Thanksgiving pie? Answer: Pumpkin pie
Which amino acid in turkey often gets the blame for the nap after dinner? Answer: Tryptophan
What do you call a chicken stuffed inside a duck stuffed inside a turkey? Answer: A turducken
Which vegetable is mashed with butter and milk for a classic Thanksgiving side? Answer: Potatoes
What fruit is the main ingredient in guacamole? Answer: Avocado
What is the main ingredient in hummus? Answer: Chickpeas (garbanzo beans)
What Italian dish is made of wide flat pasta sheets layered with sauce and cheese? Answer: Lasagna
What seaweed is used to wrap sushi rolls? Answer: Nori
What is tofu made from? Answer: Soybeans
What nut is ground up to make marzipan? Answer: Almonds
What spice comes from the dried threads of a crocus flower? Answer: Saffron
What fruit is dried to make raisins? Answer: Grapes
What country does kimchi come from? Answer: Korea
What pasta is shaped like a bow tie? Answer: Farfalle
What beans is chocolate made from? Answer: Cacao beans (cocoa beans)
What Italian phrase describes pasta cooked so it is still firm to the bite? Answer: Al dente
What vegetable are French fries made from? Answer: Potatoes
What green paste served with sushi is hot enough to sting your nose? Answer: Wasabi
What herb is the main ingredient in classic green pesto? Answer: Basil
What crescent-shaped French pastry is a breakfast favorite? Answer: Croissant
What vegetable is fermented to make sauerkraut? Answer: Cabbage
What is a dill pickle made from? Answer: Cucumber
What part of milk is churned to make butter? Answer: Cream
What living ingredient makes bread dough rise? Answer: Yeast
What tree's sap is boiled down to make pancake syrup? Answer: Maple
Cottage pie is made with beef. What meat goes into a shepherd's pie? Answer: Lamb (or mutton)
What country does feta cheese come from? Answer: Greece
What country do tacos come from? Answer: Mexico
What rich sauce of egg yolks, butter and lemon is poured over eggs Benedict? Answer: Hollandaise
What spice gives curry powder its yellow color? Answer: Turmeric
What is the main ingredient in ketchup? Answer: Tomatoes
What Italian dessert has a name that means "pick me up"? Answer: Tiramisu
What cold Spanish soup is made from raw tomatoes blended with cucumber and peppers? Answer: Gazpacho
What Greek dip is made from yogurt, cucumber and garlic? Answer: Tzatziki
What light pastry dough is used for eclairs and cream puffs? Answer: Choux pastry
What leafy green gives the cartoon sailor Popeye his strength? Answer: Spinach
What country does poutine come from? Answer: Canada
What are Polish filled dumplings called? Answer: Pierogi
What vegetable gives borscht its deep red color? Answer: Beets (beetroot)
What is the yellow part of an egg called? Answer: Yolk
What vegetable is known for making people cry when they chop it? Answer: Onion
What red spice is the key flavor in Hungarian goulash? Answer: Paprika
What three foods do the letters in a BLT sandwich stand for? Answer: Bacon, lettuce and tomato
What cooked paste of flour and fat is used to thicken sauces? Answer: Roux
What scale measures the heat of chili peppers? Answer: The Scoville scale
What is ghee? Answer: Clarified butter
What fish do the eggs in true caviar come from? Answer: Sturgeon
What sea animal is served as calamari? Answer: Squid
What English nobleman gave his title to food served between two slices of bread? Answer: The Earl of Sandwich

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What are some good food trivia questions?: Five from this list: What seaweed is used to wrap sushi rolls? (Nori) What vegetable are French fries made from? (Potatoes) Cottage pie is made with beef. What meat goes into a shepherd's pie? (Lamb (or mutton)) What light pastry dough is used for eclairs and cream puffs? (Choux pastry) What cooked paste of flour and fat is used to thicken sauces? (Roux)