Q 01/05

The pH scale for acidity was introduced in 1909 by chemist Søren Sørensen at the laboratory of which Danish brewer?

A) Carlsberg

B) Tuborg

C) Mikkeller

D) Albani

Answer · why

A) Carlsberg

Carlsberg ran the research laboratory where Sørensen devised pH, yet he never explained the p, which may stand for a word for 'power' such as German P...

Q 02/05

Danes call their flaky pastry the 'bread' of which city?

A) Paris

B) Vienna

C) Hamburg

D) Berlin

Answer · why

B) Vienna

Vienna is in the Danish name, wienerbrød, 'Viennese bread', yet German-speaking bakers turn it around and call the same pastry Kopenhagener, after Cop...

Q 03/05

Under EU rules, a wine punch may be labelled 'Sangria' only if it was made in which two countries?

A) Spain and Italy

B) Spain and France

C) Spain and Portugal

D) Spain and Greece

Answer · why

C) Spain and Portugal

Spain and Portugal keep the plain name under EU rules, so a sangria made anywhere else has to name where it was produced, such as a 'German sangria'.

Q 04/05

Austrian law requires that anything sold as Wiener schnitzel, a national dish, be made from which meat?

A) Veal

B) Beef

C) Chicken

D) Lamb

Answer · why

A) Veal

Veal is the rule, so an Austrian menu has to flag a pork version, for example as 'Wiener Schnitzel vom Schwein'.

Q 05/05

Which dish did the Swiss Cheese Union push as a national dish in the 1930s, mainly to get people eating more cheese?

A) Raclette

B) Fondue

C) Rösti

D) Älplermagronen

Answer · why

B) Fondue

Fondue was unknown in most of Switzerland before the campaign, which even sent fondue sets to army regiments so soldiers carried the habit home.