Q 01/05

Under EU rules, real feta is sheep's milk optionally mixed with up to what proportion of goat's milk?

A) 10%

B) 30%

C) 50%

D) 70%

Answer · why

B) 30%

The name has been a protected designation of origin since 2002 and is limited to cheese made in mainland Greece and Lesbos.

Q 02/05

In Greece itself, an authentic gyros is traditionally made with which meat?

A) Goat

B) Pork

C) Beef

D) Lamb

Answer · why

B) Pork

The name means 'turn', a direct translation of the Turkish döner; lamb and beef versions are mostly a foreign habit.

Q 03/05

Around Athens and in southern Greece, a souvlaki skewer is commonly called what?

A) Loukaniko

B) Soutzouki

C) Kalamaki

D) Kebabaki

Answer · why

C) Kalamaki

The word means 'little reed' or 'little straw'; souvlaki itself comes from souvla, a skewer, borrowed from the Latin subula.

Q 04/05

Which vegetable is mixed with strained yogurt and garlic to make tzatziki?

A) Courgette

B) Aubergine

C) Celery

D) Cucumber

Answer · why

D) Cucumber

The word travelled into Greek from the Turkish cacık, and the dip is the standard sauce for souvlaki and gyros.

Q 05/05

The traditional Greek horiatiki salad differs from foreign 'Greek salads' by lacking which ingredient?

A) Lettuce

B) Olives

C) Feta

D) Onion

Answer · why

A) Lettuce

The proper version is tomatoes, onion, feta and Kalamata olives with oregano, imagined as a farmer's breakfast.