Q 01/05

The word 'sausage' ultimately derives from a Latin word meaning seasoned with what?

A) Smoke

B) Salt

C) Pepper

D) Garlic

Answer · why

B) Salt

Salt: Latin salsus, 'salted', named the way chopped scraps were preserved before stuffing, and the same root gave English sauce, salsa and salad.

Q 02/05

What are traditional sausage casings made from?

A) Edible rice paper

B) Cleaned intestines

C) Tanned pig skin

D) Dried corn husks

Answer · why

B) Cleaned intestines

Cleaned intestines, usually from pigs or sheep, are the classic skin; a 'skinless' hot dog is cooked inside a cellulose casing that is peeled off befo...

Q 03/05

Which ancient Greek poet compared a restless hero to a blood sausage being turned over a fire?

A) Sappho

B) Pindar

C) Hesiod

D) Homer

Answer · why

D) Homer

Homer: in the Odyssey, Odysseus lies awake plotting revenge on his wife's suitors, tossing like a stomach stuffed with fat and blood beside a blazing ...

Q 04/05

Greek loukaniko and Bulgarian lukanka both descend from a sausage the Romans named after what?

A) A Roman general

B) A harvest festival

C) A region of Italy

D) A breed of pig

Answer · why

C) A region of Italy

A region of Italy: Roman writers said soldiers learned the spiced, smoked lucanica from the people of Lucania, in the south, and the name then spread ...

Q 05/05

Which illness takes its name from the Latin word for sausage?

A) Salmonella

B) Botulism

C) Listeria

D) Ergotism

Answer · why

B) Botulism

Botulism comes from botulus, Latin for sausage: German doctors first traced the illness to badly made blood sausages and called it sausage poisoning.