Q 01/05

Peixinhos da horta, Portugal's green beans in a crisp batter, are credited as the ancestor of which Japanese dish?

A) Tonkatsu

B) Tempura

C) Karaage

D) Gyoza

Answer · why

B) Tempura

Tempura grew out of the fritters that Portuguese sailors and missionaries carried to Japan in the 1500s. The Portuguese name means little fish from th...

Q 02/05

Green bean casserole was created in 1955 in the test kitchen of which American food company?

A) Nabisco

B) Quaker Oats

C) Campbell's

D) Pillsbury

Answer · why

C) Campbell's

Campbell's home economist Dorcas Reilly devised it as a quick dish from ingredients most households already had. She went on to run the company's home...

Q 03/05

Astronomers use the nickname 'green bean' for a rare type of which object, thought to be lit by a fading quasar?

A) Comet

B) Nebula

C) Asteroid

D) Galaxy

Answer · why

D) Galaxy

A galaxy of this kind glows green throughout, which astronomers think is the afterglow of a quasar that has since dimmed. The name nods to the similar...

Q 04/05

Some varieties of green bean turn green only when cooked, starting out with raw pods of which colour?

A) Purple

B) Orange

C) White

D) Blue

Answer · why

A) Purple

Purple pods such as Royal Burgundy and Trionfo Violetto fade to ordinary green as they cook, so the colour never reaches the plate.

Q 05/05

Which country grows roughly seven of every ten tonnes of the world's green beans?

A) Mexico

B) China

C) Brazil

D) France

Answer · why

B) China

China accounted for 72% of the 26 million tonnes of green beans grown worldwide in 2024, a crop sold fresh, canned and frozen.