Foods with their own festivals
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Foods with Their Own Festivals — Daily trivia Sunday, August 16, 2026: questions and answers
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Q 01Which fruit does Traverse City, Michigan, celebrate with a festival every July?
- AApple
- BCherry
- CBlueberry
- DPeach
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Cherry
Traverse City's National Cherry Festival baked a 17-foot-wide, 28,350-pound cherry pie in 1987 that entered the Guinness Book of World Records. The event began in May 1925 as the 'Blessing of the Blossoms'.
Q 02Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, calls itself the world capital of which crop?
- APumpkin
- BMushroom
- CApple
- DCranberry
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Mushroom
Mushroom farms around Kennett Square grow about half of the entire US crop, more than a million pounds a day.
Q 03Gilroy, California, calls itself the world capital of which pungent bulb?
- AOnion
- BLeek
- CShallot
- DGarlic
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Garlic
Garlic: Gilroy launched its Garlic Festival in 1979, and after a 2021 drive-through edition it went unheld for three years before a small return in 2025.
Q 04Which sweet treat is celebrated at a huge annual festival in Perugia, Italy?
- ACannoli
- BTiramisu
- CChocolate
- DPanettone
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Chocolate
Chocolate: Eurochocolate fills Perugia, hometown of Perugina, the chocolate company behind Baci.
Q 05Which vegetable's California growers crowned a young Marilyn Monroe as their first honorary queen?
- AAsparagus
- BArtichoke
- CBroccoli
- DKale
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Artichoke
Artichoke: the California Artichoke Association gave Monroe her sash in 1948, eleven years before Castroville formed the board behind its Artichoke Festival.
Q 06Which food is traditionally eaten at China's Dragon Boat Festival?
- AZongzi
- BMooncakes
- CTangyuan
- DNian gao
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Zongzi
Zongzi, wrapped in bamboo or reed leaves, recall the legend of villagers dropping food into the river so fish would spare the drowned poet Qu Yuan's body.
Q 07Which crustacean does Breaux Bridge celebrate with a festival every year?
- ACrawfish
- BLobster
- CCrab
- DShrimp
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Crawfish
Crawfish: Louisiana officially named Breaux Bridge the 'Crawfish Capital of the World', and the city throws a Crawfish Festival every year.
Q 08Which shellfish is the centrepiece of a Galway festival with a 'World Opening Championship'?
- AClam
- BMussel
- COyster
- DScallop
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Oyster
The Galway International Oyster Festival was dreamed up by a hotel manager in 1954 and now marks the start of the season on the last weekend of September, complete with the World Oyster Opening Championship.
Q 09Which strong-smelling tropical fruit is the subject of festivals in Southeast Asia despite its polarizing aroma?
- ADurian
- BLychee
- CRambutan
- DJackfruit
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Durian
Its smell gets durian banned from hotels and public transport in Singapore and Bangkok, yet Chanthaburi province in Thailand, which grows about half the country's crop, throws a World Durian Festival every May.
Q 10The Tamil festival Pongal is named for a dish of which grain boiled in milk until it overflows?
- AWheat
- BRice
- CBarley
- DMillet
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Rice
When the pot boils over, families shout 'Pongalo Pongal' — 'may this rice boil over' — because the overflow is read as a sign of the abundance to come.
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