Q 01/05

Which of these is the main ingredient in ketchup?

A) Tomatoes

B) Carrots

C) Red peppers

D) Beets

Answer · why

A) Tomatoes

Tomatoes only joined ketchup in the early 1800s; before that, British cooks made their ketchups from mushrooms, walnuts, oysters or anchovies.

Q 02/05

Which insects make honey?

A) Ants

B) Butterflies

C) Grasshoppers

D) Bees

Answer · why

D) Bees

Bees turn watery flower nectar into honey by fanning it with their wings until most of the water has evaporated, then seal each cell of the comb with ...

Q 03/05

Which spicy sausage is sliced into thin red rounds as a favourite topping on American pizzas?

A) Chorizo

B) Bratwurst

C) Pepperoni

D) Mortadella

Answer · why

C) Pepperoni

Pepperoni is an American creation, unknown in Italy, where the similar word 'peperoni' means bell peppers, so ordering it there gets you a pizza cover...

Q 04/05

Granny Smith, Gala and Fuji are all varieties of which fruit?

A) Pears

B) Apples

C) Plums

D) Cherries

Answer · why

B) Apples

Apples: the Granny Smith is named after Maria Ann Smith, who is said to have found the first seedling in 1868 beside a creek on her farm near Sydney, ...

Q 05/05

Which fruit is the main ingredient in guacamole?

A) Avocado

B) Cucumber

C) Green pepper

D) Lime

Answer · why

A) Avocado

Avocado is mashed with salt and usually lime juice, and the lime is there for more than flavour: its acid slows the reaction with air that turns cut a...