Q 01/05

Cuban cuisine is largely based on the cooking of which country?

A) Spain

B) France

C) Portugal

D) Italy

Answer · why

A) Spain

Amerindian, African and other Caribbean influences were layered on top, with a small Chinese influence around Havana.

Q 02/05

What does "Moros y Cristianos" literally mean?

A) Mountains and Rivers

B) Moors and Christians

C) Moors and Crusaders

D) Monks and Christians

Answer · why

B) Moors and Christians

The black beans are the Moors and the white rice the Christians, a nod to the centuries of Muslim rule in Iberia.

Q 03/05

What distinguishes Moros y Cristianos from plain arroz con frijoles?

A) It uses red beans

B) It is served cold

C) Beans and rice cooked in one pot

D) It contains pork

Answer · why

C) Beans and rice cooked in one pot

Congrí is the related name, used more often for the red-bean version eaten in eastern Cuba.

Q 04/05

In Cuba, congrí most commonly refers to rice cooked with which legume?

A) Black beans

B) White beans

C) Chickpeas

D) Red beans

Answer · why

D) Red beans

That version is traditional in the eastern part of the island.

Q 05/05

What does "ropa vieja" literally mean?

A) Old clothes

B) Torn meat

C) Sunday stew

D) Poor man's beef

Answer · why

A) Old clothes

The name may come from leftovers or from the tattered look of the shredded beef.