Q 01/05

Which fiery Sichuan dish, born in a nineteenth-century Chengdu restaurant, has a name meaning pockmarked grandma's?

A) Saliva chicken

B) Stinky tofu

C) Mapo tofu

D) Beggar's chicken

Answer · why

C) Mapo tofu

Mapo tofu is named for Mrs Chen, the pockmarked cook said to have created it; diners reportedly ordered by weight and watched their portion being made...

Q 02/05

Which Sichuan stir-fry of diced poultry and peanuts is believed to be named after Qing governor Ding Baozhen's title?

A) Kung Pao chicken

B) General Tso's chicken

C) Orange chicken

D) Lemon chicken

Answer · why

A) Kung Pao chicken

Kung Pao chicken takes its name from Gongbao, or palace guardian, and during the Cultural Revolution the imperial-sounding dish was renamed simply spi...

Q 03/05

Which country banned imports of Sichuan peppercorns from 1968 to 2005 for fear of a crop disease?

A) United Kingdom

B) United States

C) Australia

D) South Africa

Answer · why

B) United States

United States regulators feared the shipments could carry citrus canker, since the peppercorn shrub belongs to the same plant family as oranges and le...

Q 04/05

Which fast-food chain created a Szechuan dipping sauce in 1998 to promote Disney's Mulan?

A) Burger King

B) McDonald's

C) KFC

D) Wendy's

Answer · why

B) McDonald's

McDonald's made the sauce for its chicken nuggets, and it returned to fame nearly twenty years later when the cartoon Rick and Morty made a running jo...

Q 05/05

Sichuan and Chongqing are estimated to account for about 70 percent of China's consumption of which meat?

A) Rabbit

B) Pigeon

C) Donkey

D) Venison

Answer · why

A) Rabbit

Rabbit is much more popular in Sichuan than anywhere else in China, even though pork is overwhelmingly the region's most common meat.