Q 01/05

Traditionally, a taco tortilla is made from which grain?

A) Sorghum

B) Rice

C) Corn

D) Barley

Answer · why

C) Corn

Wheat-flour tortillas are a later northern Mexican habit; both are now standard around the world.

Q 02/05

Aside from food, what does the Spanish word 'taco' also mean?

A) A folk song

B) A rowing boat

C) A wide-brimmed hat

D) A plug or wedge

Answer · why

D) A plug or wedge

The Real Academia Española lists wedge, wad, billiard cue, ramrod and even 'short, stocky person'.

Q 03/05

One popular theory says the culinary word 'taco' was coined by which Mexican workers?

A) Cattle drovers

B) Fishermen

C) Silver miners

D) Railway builders

Answer · why

C) Silver miners

Their explosive charges were paper wrapped around gunpowder, and the little plugs were called tacos.

Q 04/05

Before the Spanish arrived, what did people of the Valley of Mexico reportedly fill their tacos with?

A) Small fish

B) Turkey

C) Grasshoppers

D) Beans

Answer · why

A) Small fish

Bernal Díaz del Castillo recorded the first taco feast eaten by Europeans, a meal Cortés laid on for his captains in Coyoacán.

Q 05/05

Which region's local name for the taco was 'codzito'?

A) Yucatán and Quintana Roo

B) Sonora and Chihuahua

C) Jalisco and Michoacán

D) Oaxaca and Chiapas

Answer · why

A) Yucatán and Quintana Roo

In Guanajuato and Michoacán the same thing was called a burrito, before Mexico City's word won out.