Q 01/05

Arak, the Lebanese national drink, is flavoured with what?

A) Anise

B) Mint

C) Cardamom

D) Rose water

Answer · why

A) Anise

It is distilled from grapes with aniseed and usually served alongside a traditional meal rather than on its own.

Q 02/05

Meghli, a spiced rice pudding, is traditionally served to celebrate what?

A) A wedding

B) A newborn baby

C) The grape harvest

D) A new home

Answer · why

B) A newborn baby

It is spiced with caraway and cinnamon and topped with coconut and nuts; it also doubles as a Christmas dessert for Lebanese Christians.

Q 03/05

Who ruled Lebanon from 1516 to 1918 and introduced cooking with lamb?

A) The Persians

B) The Byzantines

C) The Ottomans

D) The Mamluks

Answer · why

C) The Ottomans

The French took over until 1943 and left flan, eclairs, croissants and french fries behind.

Q 04/05

Khalil Sarkis's influential 1885 Beirut cookbook is known by which title?

A) Kitab al-Tabikh

B) Kanz al-Fawa'id

C) Kitab Wasf al-Atima

D) Tadhkirat al-Khawatin

Answer · why

D) Tadhkirat al-Khawatin

One of the first widely read Arabic cookbooks of the 19th century, it holds the earliest documented recipe for cheese-filled knafeh and 15 kibbeh reci...

Q 05/05

Which part of the country is famous for its kibbe?

A) The south

B) The Beqaa Valley

C) The north

D) Mount Lebanon

Answer · why

A) The south

The Beqaa is known for meat pastries and the north and Sidon for sweets; Beit Mery has a pumpkin kibbe and Ehden an oven-baked one.