Food and drink quiz
Ten more questions about food and drink – can you answer them all? One guess per clue. No use of reference material or the internet of course to ensure fair play. Good luck.
REMEMBER - NO POSTS instead you PM me with your guesses any time up to 5AM tomorrow. If possible, please wait until you've completed all the guesses you want to make to avoid too many PMs and to make my job easier. So no hurry and it doesn't matter when you submit the answers because I'll be judging them solely on who has the most correct - and in the event of two or more being level it will be a tie. I hope this is clear and good luck. Tomorrow I’ll post the names of the top entries.
1. Which fruit is produced by the blackthorn?
2. What is in the centre of a Victoria sponge?
3. After a classification challenge in 1991 for the purposes of VAT, did the courts decide that a ‘Jaffa Cake’ was indeed a cake or a biscuit and why? (2 points for getting both)
4. In which century did Arthur Guinness begin brewing ale?
5. Eccles cakes are named after an English town in which county?
6. Name three people who have hosted TV’s ‘MasterChef’. (1 point for each correct name)
7. ‘Ahr’ is a small wine-producing region in which country?
8. Which meat dish literally translates from Italian as ‘jumps in the mouth’?
9. Who originally wrote and recorded the song ‘Red Red Wine’ with which UB40 had a hit in 1983?
10. ‘Kirsch’ is a colourless brandy distilled from which fruit?
REMEMBER - NO POSTS instead you PM me with your guesses any time up to 5AM tomorrow. If possible, please wait until you've completed all the guesses you want to make to avoid too many PMs and to make my job easier. So no hurry and it doesn't matter when you submit the answers because I'll be judging them solely on who has the most correct - and in the event of two or more being level it will be a tie. I hope this is clear and good luck. Tomorrow I’ll post the names of the top entries.
1. Which fruit is produced by the blackthorn?
2. What is in the centre of a Victoria sponge?
3. After a classification challenge in 1991 for the purposes of VAT, did the courts decide that a ‘Jaffa Cake’ was indeed a cake or a biscuit and why? (2 points for getting both)
4. In which century did Arthur Guinness begin brewing ale?
5. Eccles cakes are named after an English town in which county?
6. Name three people who have hosted TV’s ‘MasterChef’. (1 point for each correct name)
7. ‘Ahr’ is a small wine-producing region in which country?
8. Which meat dish literally translates from Italian as ‘jumps in the mouth’?
9. Who originally wrote and recorded the song ‘Red Red Wine’ with which UB40 had a hit in 1983?
10. ‘Kirsch’ is a colourless brandy distilled from which fruit?
