Q 01/05

Which bean-and-meat stew is considered Brazil's national dish?

A) Feijoada

B) Moqueca

C) Vatapá

D) Churrasco

Answer · why

A) Feijoada

It is traditionally a Wednesday or Saturday lunch in the Southeast, with farofa and rice on the side.

Q 02/05

What is Brazil's national cocktail?

A) Batida

B) Caipirinha

C) Rabo-de-galo

D) Capeta

Answer · why

B) Caipirinha

Cane spirit, lime, sugar and ice; it reached third place in TasteAtlas's world drinks ranking in 2024.

Q 03/05

Cachaça, Brazil's native liquor, is distilled from what?

A) Corn mash and malt

B) Fermented grape must

C) Fermented cane juice

D) Manioc starch

Answer · why

C) Fermented cane juice

It is the world's most popular cane spirit, almost entirely thanks to Brazilians drinking it at home.

Q 04/05

Brigadeiros are chocolate truffles made from cocoa powder, butter and what?

A) Cream cheese

B) Coconut milk

C) Egg yolks

D) Condensed milk

Answer · why

D) Condensed milk

They are rolled in chocolate sprinkles and sit in little paper cups at every Brazilian birthday.

Q 05/05

The brigadeiro was created to promote the presidential candidacy of which man?

A) Eduardo Gomes

B) Getúlio Vargas

C) Juscelino Kubitschek

D) Jânio Quadros

Answer · why

A) Eduardo Gomes

Confectioner Heloísa Nabuco de Oliveira named the sweet after the air force brigadier's rank.