More Fun Food Facts

Enjoy testing your food knowledge...

Points available: 10

1:

Which of the following is not a name for the Maitake mushroom?

  • A) Hen-of-the-woods
  • B) Hairy Melon
  • C) Ram's Head
  • D) Dancing Mushroom
2:

Acerola is similar to which fruit?

  • A) Strawberry
  • B) Apple
  • C) Cherry
  • D) Blueberry
3:

How many poppy seeds make one pound?

  • A) 9,000
  • B) 90,000
  • C) 900,000
  • D) 9,000,000
4:

What does calzone mean in Italian?

  • A) Trousers
  • B) Turnover
  • C) Baked dough
  • D) Sock
5:

With respect to canned foods, when was the can opener invented?

  • A) 24 years prior
  • B) The same year
  • C) 12 years later
  • D) 48 years later
6:

What has been said could dissolve a pearl?

  • A) Yogurt
  • B) Lemon juice
  • C) Beer
  • D) Mayonnaise
7:

Which of the following is not a contemporary ingredient for marshmallows?

  • A) Sugar
  • B) Corn Syrup
  • C) Gelatin
  • D) Roots of a marsh mallow plant
8:

What is Mannish Water?

  • A) A cocktail
  • B) A soup
  • C) Mango juice
  • D) Juice from a Manchineel tree fruit (poisonous guava)
9:

The fruit of a sausage tree is used for all of the following except?

  • A) An ingredient in beer
  • B) Cosmetic cream
  • C) Food for monkeys and elephants
  • D) A cleaner for sheep tails
10:

What is smallage?

  • A) A wild form of celery
  • B) A purple Alaskan potato
  • C) A small citrus fruit
  • D) An edible snail