Madrid Pub Quiz

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Food & Drink

62 questions in this category

What is the distinctive characteristic of Seville oranges?
Bitter orange. Inedible, used to make marmalade.
Which fast food franchise has largest number of restaurants in the world as of June 2021?
Subway. It overtook McDonalds in December 2010 and, as of June 2021, had 37,540 locations in more than 100 countries and territories. More than half its locations (21,796 or 58.1%) are in the United States.
Which world championship has taken place every year on the fourth of July in Coney Island, New York, since 1916?
Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest
What is Tofu made of?
Soya beans (made by coagulating soy milk and then pressing the resulting curds into soft white blocks)
If a dish is described as Dopiaza, which ingredient would you expect to find?
Onions. Dopiaza is Urdu for ‘two onions’. It’s a South-Asian curry dish and onions are added at two stages during cooking.
What is mixed with Guinness when poured to create the creamy head?
Nitrogen
What in Chinese restaurants is sometimes referred to as ‘fragrant meat’?
Dog
Which is the main grain used for making Bourbon whiskey?
At least 51% must be corn (maize) by law
The towns of Reims and Épernay are the centres of which wine-producing region in France?
Champagne
Red Stripe beer is originally from which country?
Jamaica
What is the name of the culinary knife cut in which a food item is cut into long thin strips?
Julienne
Which famous distillery is located in Lynchburg, Tennessee?
Jack Daniel’s
What is the main ingredient of Hummus?
Chickpeas
What’s the name of a wine bottle that is twice the size of a standard bottle?
Magnum
From which country did Pilsner beer originate?
The Czech Republic, also known as Czechia.
It takes its name from the Bohemian city of Plzeň (German: Pilsen), where the world’s first pale lager (now known as Pilsner Urquell) was produced in 1842 by Pilsner Urquell Brewery.
What do Amstel, Newcastle Brown, John Smith’s, Birra Moretti, Cruzcampo, Murphy’s, Pelforth, and Buckler have in common?
They are all Heineken brands
What is measured using the Scoville Scale?
The Scoville scale measures the hotness or piquancy of a chilli pepper, as defined by the amount of capsaicin it contains. The number of Scoville heat units (SHU) indicates the amount of capsaicin present.
What happens to a Screwdriver if you add Galliano?
It becomes a Harvey Wallbanger
Other than Waldorfs, what are the main four ingredients in a Waldorf Salad?
Apples, celery, grapes and walnuts (in mayonnaise)
Which drink was created by the Coca Cola company in Nazi Germany during World War 2 to compensate for the inability to import Coca Cola syrup?
Fanta
What is added to gin to make ‘pink gin’?
Angostura bitters
Which word, commonly used in English and other languages, is the Tamil word for ‘sauce’?
Curry (Kari)
Who said, “One more drink and I’ll be under the host”?
Dorothy Parker
Who said during World War Ⅰ, “Drink is doing us more damage than all the German submarines put together”?
Lloyd George
With thanks to Colin Hurst for correcting this question
If, in a bar, you were given a Mickey Finn, what would you have?
A drugged drink
If a dish is ‘à la Florentine’, which ingredient is it assumed to have?
Spinach
Which restaurant chain owner said “We’re not in the hamburger business, we’re in showbusiness”?
Ray Kroc. He purchased McDonald’s in 1961 and served as its CEO from 1967 to 1973.
What is the purple ink to stamp meat normally made of ?
The skins of dark grapes.
What does VSOP on a brandy bottle stand for?
Very Superior Old Pale. It designates a blend in which the youngest brandy is stored for at least four years in a cask.
With thanks to Shelley for correcting the answer to this question
What spirit is added to brandy to make a sidecar?
Cointreau or Triple Sec.
What is added to wine to make Port?
Brandy
Which food crop is attacked by the Colorado Beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata)?
Potato
What is the name of the clarified butter used in South Asian cooking?
Ghee
Although now regulated by the EU and given a GI (Geographic Indicative Status), the illegal moonshine made in Ireland was know as what?
Poitín (also spelled Poteen)
Black Velvet is a beer cocktail made out which two ingredients?
Guinness and champagne
What cut of meat is used for Ossobuco alla Milanese?
Veal shanks
Which small and pear-shaped fragrant citrus fruit native to Southeast Asia is used to flavour Early Grey tea?
Bergamot orange
What’s the name of the apple brandy traditionally made in Lower Normandy?
Calvados
Demerara sugar is named after a river in which country?
Guyana
What term is used to designate food seen as permissible according to Islamic law (Sharia)?
Halal
Slivovitz is made from what?
Damson plums
Which food derives its name from the fact that it used to be cooked or baked twice?
Biscuit (from the French bis-cuit)
What very popular food item was invented by Alexander Grant in Edinburgh in 1799 and promoted as aiding digestion as it contained bicarbonate of soda? (A variety covered with chocolate was described by writer Bill Bryson as a ‘British masterpiece’.)
The digestive biscuit
Orange pekoe (or pecco) is a grade of what?
Tea
Which vegetable would you be eating if you ordered ‘aloo’ in an Indian restaurant?
Potato
Which animal is the emblem of Bacardi rum?
Bat
For curry lovers: what is Bombay duck?
A fish (Harpadon nehereus)
Which common condiment has a name derived from the Malay word for ‘sauce’ or ‘fish sauce’? Now it has one main ingredient to flavour it, but it used to be made with anchovies, mushrooms, walnuts, lobsters, and bananas are popular in the Philppines.
Ketchup
“Shaken, not stirred”. Why do many connoisseurs believe shaking Martinis is a mistake?
Because it ‘bruises’ the gin
Who uses the slogan ‘The champagne of beers’?
Miller
What is ‘Wild Turkey’?
A brand of Bourbon
Why were sherry, port and vermouth originally fortified by the addition of brandy?
To help preserve them for transportation
This is a Spanish-based question Where did the ‘Fábrica de Cerveza de San Miguel’ first open in 1890?
In Manila, The Philippines
When did the ‘Cuba Libre’ originate?
Just after the Spanish-American war (1900s)
This is a Spanish-based question Give two synonyms for ‘cencibel’, the most common varietal in Valdepeñas.
Tempranillo and Tinto Fino
If a distilled drink is 80 proof (US), what is its alcohol by volume?
40%
What are Crémant in France, Cap Classique in South Africa, Spumante in Italy, or Sekt in Germany?
Sparkling wines
What is wrapped in bacon to make the dish ‘Angels on Horseback’?
An oyster
What is Russian for ‘little water’?
Vodka
Where is Tabasco sauce made?
Avery Island, Louisiana, USA
What is a screwdriver cocktail made with?
Vodka and orange juice
This is a Spanish-based question What’s the name of the pan in which you make a Paella?
Paella, not paellera which would in theory be a woman who makes paella. The full name of the dish is ‘arroz a la paella’, i.e. rice made in a paella.