Q 01/05

Which liquid, stirred into mustard powder and left to stand ten minutes, gives the hottest mustard?

A) Boiling water

B) Cold water

C) Cold vinegar

D) Warm milk

Answer · why

B) Cold water

Cold water makes the fiercest mustard, because heat and acid weaken the enzymes that create its bite. That is why a mustard mixed with a hot liquid ta...

Q 02/05

Which country supplies most of the mustard seed that France needs to make its famous Dijon mustard?

A) India

B) Ukraine

C) Canada

D) Hungary

Answer · why

C) Canada

Canada has supplied about 80% of the seed, mostly from Alberta and Saskatchewan. After a 2021 drought cut its harvest, French shelves ran short in 202...

Q 03/05

Which spice, also a staple of curry powder, gives American yellow mustard its bright colour?

A) Saffron

B) Paprika

C) Fenugreek

D) Turmeric

Answer · why

D) Turmeric

Turmeric is added mainly for colour rather than flavour, and it tints canned chicken broth the same way. Food makers often use it as a cheaper stand-i...

Q 04/05

Which mustard brand became a byword for luxury through 1980s TV ads set in Rolls-Royce cars?

A) Grey Poupon

B) Gulden's

C) Plochman's

D) Edmond Fallot

Answer · why

A) Grey Poupon

Grey Poupon is named after Maurice Grey and Auguste Poupon, who went into partnership in Dijon. By 1992 no product's use tracked a person's income mor...

Q 05/05

Which classic board game has a suspect called Colonel Mustard, played with a yellow token?

A) Risk

B) Monopoly

C) Clue

D) Stratego

Answer · why

C) Clue

Clue, sold as Cluedo outside North America, nearly named him Colonel Yellow. The character was renamed Colonel Mustard before the game first went on s...