Q 01/05

Which crooner's 1953 hit 'That's Amore' compares the moon to 'a big pizza pie'?

A) Frank Sinatra

B) Perry Como

C) Dean Martin

D) Tony Bennett

Answer · why

C) Dean Martin

Dean Martin first sang it in the 1953 comedy The Caddy after partner Jerry Lewis, by his own account, quietly asked the songwriters for a hit to give ...

Q 02/05

Which Neapolitan pizza's toppings match the three colours of the Italian flag?

A) Marinara

B) Diavola

C) Capricciosa

D) Margherita

Answer · why

D) Margherita

Margherita: legend has Raffaele Esposito creating it for Queen Margherita in 1889, but the EU's own specification dates the tomato, mozzarella and bas...

Q 03/05

Under the EU's Pizza Napoletana rules, how must the dough be stretched into a disc?

A) With a rolling pin

B) In a mechanical press

C) By hand alone

D) Over a wooden mould

Answer · why

C) By hand alone

By hand alone: the pizzaiolo works from the centre outwards with the fingers of both hands, and the rules ban the rolling pin and the mechanical press...

Q 04/05

How long was the world's longest pizza, baked in Fontana, California in 2017?

A) 1,000 meters

B) 1,930 meters

C) 1,500 meters

D) 500 meters

Answer · why

B) 1,930 meters

The 1,930.39-metre pie was baked on a conveyor oven and stretched more than a mile; a team including pizzaiolo Tony Gemignani assembled it.

Q 05/05

St. Louis-style pizza is traditionally sliced in which way, known locally as a party cut?

A) Into small squares

B) Into long strips

C) Into eight wedges

D) Into two halves

Answer · why

A) Into small squares

Into small squares: the rigid, cracker-like crust is cut into three- or four-inch tiles, a habit often linked, perhaps fancifully, to Imo's founder Ed...