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304 Food Trivia Questions Ranked Easiest to Hardest (Updated For 2024)

1. I’m not sure it's quite ready for its own jingle, but a McPlant is made up of a veggie patty, lettuce, tomato, ketchup, vegan sandwich sauce and a vegan cheese alternative at some locations of what fast food chain?
   
   Answer: McDonald's
   
   
2. Starring Michael Keaton as titular business mogul Ray Kroc, the 2016 film "The Founder" portrays the origin story of what golden-arches fast-food chain?
   
   Answer: McDonald's
   
   
3. To better fit in with the city's natural Southwestern colors, what fast-food chain uses turquoise in place of its traditional "golden arches" yellow in Sedona, Arizona?
   
   Answer: McDonald's
   
   
4. The 2004 documentary "Super Size Me" chronicled the decline in health of filmmaker Morgan Spurlock as he spent 30 days eating food exclusively from which fast food chain?
   
   Answer: McDonald's
   
   
5. Toy included! What cheerful English word does McDonald’s use to describe its meal meant for kids?
   
   Answer: Happy Meal
   
   
6. Any Beef 'n Cheddar fans out there? What fast food chain that uses a cowboy hat as a logo pays Ving Rhames to remind you that they “have the meats?”
   
   Answer: Arby's
   
   
7. What famous cereal mascot’s first and middle names are “Horatio Magellan,” helms a ship called The Guppy, and sports a Napoleon-style hat?
   
   Answer: Cap’N Crunch
   
   
8. No lie: Burger Kings in Russia briefly launched a cryptocurrency named after what signature burger?
   
   Answer: Whopper
   
   
9. Which shrimp dish sounds like a drink you’d order at a bar, but really just refers to the way the prawns are draped over a glass of sauce?
   
   Answer: Cocktail
   
   
10. Alternating layers of ladyfingers soaked in a coffee-liqueur combo with mascarpone cheese and chocolate gets you what uplifting Italian dessert?
    
    Answer: Tiramisu
    
    
11. “Hold the pickles, hold the lettuce; Special orders don't upset us.” So goes the 1973 jingle used by what fast food chain that to this day still encourages you to “have it your way”?
    
    Answer: Burger King
    
    
12. Four chefs prepare a three-course meal using unlikely ingredients from a mystery basket, with one chef eliminated after each course, in what Food Network reality show?
    
    Answer: Chopped
    
    
13. Every summer, thousands of people come to Rockland for the annual crustacean celebration of which of Maine’s prized seafood exports?
    
    Answer: Lobster
    
    
14. Kombu, Wakame, and Hijiki are all edible types of what plant, which is also known as macroalgae or nori on a sushi menu?
    
    Answer: Seaweed
    
    
15. Typically only known by his title and last name, what famous cereal mascot technically has Horatio Magellan as his first and middle names?
    
    Answer: Cap'n Crunch
    
    
16. In 1936, what popular food brand debuted its first Wienermobile, a 13-foot-long vehicle shaped like a giant hot dog on wheels, as a way to promote its products?
    
    Answer: Oscar Mayer
    
    
17. Which fast-food chain’s original chicken seasoning recipe is purported to be a top-secret blend of 11 herbs and spices?
    
    Answer: KFC
    
    
18. A favorite of Star Trek's Captain Picard, which tea blend is named after the British Prime Minister from 1830 to 1834?
    
    Answer: Earl Grey
    
    
19. Introduced in 1962, Sonny the Cuckoo Bird is the mascot for what chocolaty General Mills cereal brand?
    
    Answer: Cocoa Puffs
    
    
20. What common leafy green is native to Persia and is often associated with a specific cartoon character who made his maritime debut in 1929?
    
    Answer: Spinach
    
    
21. Which Pepsi-owned soda that you wanna “do” was invented in the 1940s by bottling brothers Barney and Ally Hartman who wanted a better mixer for whiskey? (Hint: The name is actually an old slang term for Scotch whiskey.)
    
    Answer: Mountain Dew
    
    
22. The simple Italian salad known as a Caprese salad typically includes tomatoes, basil, and what variety of cheese?
    
    Answer: Mozzarella
    
    
23. What privately held corporation, founded in 1911 in Tacoma, WA, is a conglomerate that has not only its namesake bars popular around the world, but also “M&M’s”, pet food, and animal care services?
    
    Answer: Mars
    
    
24. What American fast casual restaurant, formerly known as Boston Chicken, was founded in Newton, MA in 1984? While the company headquarters have since moved to Colorado, the chain sticks to its proud Boston namesake roots.
    
    Answer: Boston Market
    
    
25. Seltzer is made by dissolving what gas in water to make it bubbly or fizzy?
    
    Answer: Carbon Dioxide
    
    
26. Although back, collar, and jowl all exist as cuts of this cured meat, the most popular is "streaky" which comes from the pork belly and is often served as a side dish during breakfast. What is this type of salt-cured pork with a name derived from the Old High German word for buttock?
    
    Answer: Bacon
    
    
27. A steak covered in paté and wrapped in puff pastry: that's the basics of what dish that's probably named for the British general who defeated Napoleon at Waterloo?
    
    Answer: Beef Wellington
    
    
28. Horseradish was the first commercially packaged and sold foodstuff by what Pittsburgh-based company?
    
    Answer: Heinz
    
    
29. If you’re at a location in France, Germany, or several other European countries, which fast food place lets you order a beer with your Quarter Pounder?
    
    Answer: McDonald's
    
    
30. What drink boasts on their website that they've been "riding the wave of fruit punch fun" for more than 80 years? Despite its name, the drink was first concocted in California.
    
    Answer: Hawaiian Punch
    
    
31. Delavan, Wisconsin, not South America, is the location of the factory that produces what brand of rectangular chocolate mint candies?
    
    Answer: Andes
    
    
32. Filo pastry, chopped nuts like walnuts or pistachios, and syrup or honey, are the layers in what traditional Mediterranean dessert?
    
    Answer: Baklava
    
    
33. In 1937 Ken Digneau won $100 for naming what food product? It is generally believed the name comes from the words “spiced ham”, but this has never been confirmed by Hormel Foods who make the product.
    
    Answer: SPAM
    
    
34. The Delaware-based company RAPA is considered the largest manufacturer of what food mush that is traditionally a combination of pork scraps, cornmeal, wheat flour, and spices?
    
    Answer: Scrapple
    
    
35. What casual steakhouse chain has its corporate headquarters in Louisville, Kentucky, despite having the Lone Star State in its name?
    
    Answer: Texas Roadhouse
    
    
36. What colorful and spherical cereal is known for denying their mascot the pleasure of eating it? Three of its current flavors are lemony lemon, orangey orange, and grapity purple. Silly names.
    
    Answer: Trix
    
    
37. Which Middle Eastern meal features a variety of cooked meats and maybe some veggies on a skewer?
    
    Answer: Kebab
    
    
38. It's a type of beer intertwined with the history or porters. It's also a word in the dictionary that can mean bulky, brave, or resolute. What is it?
    
    Answer: Stout
    
    
39. A pestle is one half of a common pair of kitchen utensils used for grinding spices. What is the name of the pestle's bowl-like partner?
    
    Answer: Mortar
    
    
40. The most common DNA test used for paternity testing is performed by collecting buccal cells, which are found in what specific body part?
    
    Answer: Cheek
    
    
41. What Food Network reality competition, that started in 2011, features teams designing displays based on what fall holiday? Appropriately, celebrities such as Elvira, Mistress Of The Dark, serve as guest judges.
    
    Answer: Halloween Wars
    
    
42. What food manufacturing company headquartered in Battle Creek, Michigan, uses several animal mascots to sell its cereals, such as Newton the Owl, Tony the Tiger, and a rooster named Cornelius?
    
    Answer: The Kellogg Company (Kellogg's)
    
    
43. The Waldorf salad was named for the Waldorf-Astoria hotel in NYC where it was first created for a charity ball in 1896. What is the nut which is typically a key ingredient in the Waldorf salad?
    
    Answer: Walnut
    
    
44. According to the National Gardening Association, far and away the most common food grown in home gardens is what Caprese salad ingredient?
    
    Answer: Tomatoes
    
    
45. Considered a loan word from Greek, what is the difficult-to-spell name of the dip or sauce made of strained yogurt, cucumbers, garlic, and other seasonings? It is most often served cold as part of an appetizer.
    
    Answer: Tzatziki
    
    
46. What ice cream brand and amusement park staple was born in the 1980s when Curt Jones used his knowledge of cryogenic technology to create ice cream "beads?"
    
    Answer: Dippin' Dots
    
    
47. Used as either a bittering, flavoring, or stability agent, the plant Humulus lupulus has been increasingly used in beer during the 21st century. By what name is this species more commonly known?
    
    Answer: Hops
    
    
48. Indian Handia, Mexican Horchata, and Korean Makgeolli are drinks made from what grain that features in all three countries' cuisines?
    
    Answer: Rice
    
    
49. As defined by chef Auguste Escoffier, the five "mother sauces" of French cooking are béchamel, espagnole, tomate, velouté, and what fifth sauce, which is commonly featured in Eggs Benedict?
    
    Answer: Hollandaise
    
    
50. What alcoholic spirit is found in all three of these cocktails: Gimlet, Aviation, and Tom Collins?
    
    Answer: Gin
    
    
51. What common breakfast food in Costa Rica gets its name from the coloring variations that make the rice look speckled like a rooster? The dish typically includes rice and beans paired with spices such as peppers or cilantro.
    
    Answer: Gallo Pinto
    
    
52. Heineken has featured prominently in the 2000s as a major sponsor of the UEFA Champions League which is an athletic competition in what sport?
    
    Answer: Soccer
    
    
53. What chocolate-flavored coffee drink gets its name from a city in Yemen that was once a center of the coffee trade?
    
    Answer: mocha
    
    
54. "Welcome to Flavortown" is a catchphrase of what Columbus native who has hosted the Food Network show "Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives" since 2006?
    
    Answer: Guy Fieri
    
    
55. Born a Border Collie mixed breed, what was the name of Jimmy Carter’s presidential pooch who shared its name with a cornmeal-based breakfast food colloquially called “hominy” in the southern United States?
    
    Answer: Grits
    
    
56. What Starbucks instant coffee brand has a three-letter name that is also a preposition frequently seen on travel itineraries?
    
    Answer: Via
    
    
57. In 1935 Golfer Babe Didrikson became the first woman athlete to appear on the box of what commercial food brand?
    
    Answer: Wheaties
    
    
58. What Swiss chocolate bar brand features red text and a yellow mountain, which surreptitiously displays the sketching of a white bear within the yellow mountain?
    
    Answer: Toblerone
    
    
59. Cottage Pie, made with a beef filling, is often confused by both Brits and non-Brits alike for what other iconic U.K pie dish made with a lamb filling?
    
    Answer: Shepherd's Pie
    
    
60. What M-word refers to the cereal grain that’s commonly known as corn?
    
    Answer: Maize
    
    
61. Whether you make it yourself with fresh tart red berries or get the stuff in a can, what’s the name given to the jam-like, relish-esque side dish that’s a Thanksgiving favorite?
    
    Answer: Cranberry Sauce
    
    
62. Which Paula Deen-approved food that's made using the fat and protein of churned cream is sold as long, skinny sticks on the East Coast, but as short, fat sticks on the West Coast?
    
    Answer: Butter
    
    
63. Craisins are both a popular snack and a registered trademark. What fruit is used to make craisins?
    
    Answer: Cranberries
    
    
64. The flu shot is recommended by the WHO and CDC for yearly vaccination for nearly all people over the age of six months. What animal's eggs are often used to produce this vaccine each year?
    
    Answer: Hen / Chicken
    
    
65. Commonly eaten in Spain and Portugal and known for being served cold, gazpacho, which is made with raw, blended vegetables, is a type of what dish?
    
    Answer: Soup
    
    
66. Back before they rebranded to Honey Smacks and got a frog, Kellogg's Sugar Smacks had a mascot that worked what creepy circus profession?
    
    Answer: Clown
    
    
67. What Sacramento museum, the oldest art museum west of the Mississippi, was founded in 1885? It shares its “C” name with the last name with a fictional female character used to sell food and recipes.
    
    Answer: Crocker
    
    
68. Which expensive spice is made from the dried stigmas of an eponymous species of crocus?
    
    Answer: Saffron
    
    
69. Born and raised in Over-the-Rhine, Ronald Howes got the idea for his “Kiddie Kuisine” invention after watching street vendors use heat lamps to keep their food piping hot. What name did he give the classic children’s cooking toy?
    
    Answer: Easy-Bake Oven
    
    
70. Which Mexican beverage is made with plant milk (usually rice) and sweetened with sugar, vanilla, and cinnamon?
    
    Answer: Horchata
    
    
71. What ingredient links a sauce served during Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners, a popular variety of Wensleydale cheese, and a cocktail featured prominently in the series "Sex and the City?"
    
    Answer: Cranberries
    
    
72. What common herb do some eaters complain tastes of soap? Some consumers of this plant in the family Apiaceae have a variation in their olfactory-receptor genes which brings out the soapy taste of this plant’s leaves.
    
    Answer: Cilantro (coriander)
    
    
73. Manti in Afghanistan, Pierogi in Poland, and Gyoza in Japan are just some examples of the countless varieties that can be found throughout the world of what foodstuff?
    
    Answer: Dumplings
    
    
74. What “A” fish, also known as longfin tuna, is of the order Perciformes and is one of the most sought after food fishes in the world?
    
    Answer: Albacore
    
    
75. What is the four letter word for the paste made from fermented soybeans and barley or rice malt which is commonly used in Japanese cooking? This term can also be used to describe a type of soup thickened with the paste.
    
    Answer: Miso
    
    
76. John Torode and Gregg Wallace got an earful when they eliminated a contestant from what BBC cooking competition for a chicken rendang that wasn't "crispy" enough?
    
    Answer: MasterChef
    
    
77. Somewhere between a coffee and a dessert, an ‘affogato’ contains espresso poured over what other star ingredient?
    
    Answer: Gelato
    
    
78. Although it's come to mean any flavored mayonnaise in the United States, purists might suggest that what Italian word should refer to an emulsion containing only garlic and olive oil?
    
    Answer: Aioli
    
    
79. In vegetarian cooking, in order to achieve a semi-solid and wiggly texture to your dessert, you might use Agar-Agar to replace what animal-derived ingredient?
    
    Answer: Jellotine
    
    
80. Rice-A-Roni, Cap'n Crunch, and Life Cereals are all food brands that PepsiCo acquired as part of their 2001 purchase of what company?
    
    Answer: Quaker Oats Company
    
    
81. Oregon is a popular fishing spot for what “D” crab species, Metacarcinus magister, that grows to 20 cm across the carapace and is a popular seafood order?
    
    Answer: Dungeness Crab
    
    
82. A subsidiary of Nestle, what frozen pizza brand has a name that means "of the day" in Italian?
    
    Answer: DiGiorno
    
    
83. The so-called California Food Revolution helped drive the popularity of artisan products, like fancy cheese and imported ingredients. One supermarket chain, run by a family of Italian foodies, really helped bring gourmet food and drink to the forefront. Today, there’s just one grocery location left—you can visit it on Folsom Blvd. What’s the name of the store (and the siblings who ran it for more than 70 years)?
    
    Answer: Corti Brothers Grocery
    
    
84. Jim Dandy’s known for a quick version of hot cereal that’s made from finely ground corn. What’s the dish called?
    
    Answer: Grits
    
    
85. Translated into English as “Ram-Don”, the Korean dish jjapaguri is made by combining the Chapagetti and Neoguri brands of what food product?
    
    Answer: Noodles
    
    
86. Often appended with "tea" to distinguish it from a culture of bacteria and yeast, what is the fermented, slightly effervescent, sweetened tea drink that is often consumed for purported health benefits? Although its origins are not fully known, it is believed to have originated in China.
    
    Answer: Kombucha
    
    
87. Mostly seen on a certain Chicago dish, sport peppers most likely got their name from being served during games of which sport?
    
    Answer: Baseball
    
    
88. The "Cutie" brand of produce primarily focuses on what miniature cousin of the orange?
    
    Answer: Clementine
    
    
89. "Nothing mixes better than vanilla and chocolate." In an episode of "Seinfeld," Jerry says this in reference to what iconic duotone baked foodstuff found primarily in the bakeries of New York City?
    
    Answer: Black and White cookie
    
    
90. Zuo Zongtang was a 19th century Qing dynasty statesman and leader, though he is best known in North America because the romanized version of his name is found on thousands of restaurant menus as what food item?
    
    Answer: General Tso's Chicken
    
    
91. Anna Kendrick sings of "bags of Tostitos with salsa and queso" in a Frito-Lay ad that parodies what song from "The Sound of Music?"
    
    Answer: My Favorite Things
    
    
92. A company called Mycorrhiza Biotech's products include pine seedlings inoculated with the bianchetto variety of what fungus that is highly valuable to chefs?
    
    Answer: Truffle
    
    
93. For Cyber Monday in the US in 2019, Google "baked" Pixel 4 phones inside the pizza boxes of what fast food chain as a limited promotion?
    
    Answer: Dominos
    
    
94. What small, common forage fish, of the family Engraulidae, can be found in marine and fresh water? They are an acquired taste as far as food fish go, sometimes eaten out of a can, or served on a pizza.
    
    Answer: Anchovy
    
    
95. Despite the companies merging only three years ago in 2017, PetSmart announced in October 2020 that it would be splitting from what online pet food and supply store?
    
    Answer: Chewy
    
    
96. What “M” food conglomerate, based in Chicago, Illinois, owns Cadbury, Chips Ahoy, and Oreo among others? Formerly known as Kraft Foods, it got its name from combining the Latin words for “world” and “delicious.”
    
    Answer: Mondelez International
    
    
97. "The truth is, we're not that dumb, and we're not that smart" was a quote from Donald Keough, the president of what drink manufacturer after conspiracies arose about a purposely inferior product the company had released to drive up demand for their original product?
    
    Answer: Coca-Cola
    
    
98. What seafood-serving Boston restaurant located near Faneuil Hall is located in a building from the early 1700s, is listed as a National Historic Landmark and has a reasonable claim as the oldest restaurant in Boston?
    
    Answer: Union Oyster House
    
    
99. What vegetable from the nightshade family is traditionally used as the basis for both moussaka and baba ghanoush?
    
    Answer: Eggplant
    
    
100. Although also associated with the region of Galicia in Northwestern Spain, Caldeirada is a fish stew that is mainly synonymous with which European country?
     
     Answer: Portugal
     
     
101. Also known as "bow ties" in English, the Italian for "butterfly" gives us the name of what F-word pasta?
     
     Answer: Farfalle
     
     
102. The orange-and-blue packaging of what Nestle candy bar proclaims that it is "crispety, crunchety, peanut-buttery?"
     
     Answer: Butterfinger
     
     
103. What's the six-letter name for the Vietnamese single-serving sandwich, usually served on a baguette, that typically features a fusion of meats and vegetables from native Vietnamese cuisine such as pork sausage, coriander leaf, cucumber, and picked carrots?
     
     Answer: Bahn me
     
     
104. Lactobacillus delbrueckii and Streptococcus thermophilus are the two most common bacteria used for creating what grocery store staple which skyrocketed in popularity in the 2000s in the U.S.?
     
     Answer: Yogurt
     
     
105. Stollen, also known as Weihnachtsstollen, is a classic German fruit bread that is traditionally eaten during which annual festivities?
     
     Answer: Christmas
     
     
106. Lindt expanded their chocolate empire in the 1990s with the acquisition of what California-based chocolate company founded by and named after an Italian immigrant?
     
     Answer: Ghirardelli
     
     
107. In the Indonesian dish nasi goreng, "goreng" means "fried" and "nasi" means what staple food?
     
     Answer: Rice
     
     
108. What pop superstar teamed up with Oreo to offer her "little monster" fans a themed pink cookie with green filling, released as a limited edition in January 2021?
     
     Answer: Lady Gaga
     
     
109. Now owned by ConAgra foods, what brand of cake mixes, pie fillings, and other sweet treats, is named after a man who was born in Bowling Green, Kentucky in 1880?
     
     Answer: Duncan Hines
     
     
110. The Kerry biopharmaceutical brand is leader in what “N” concept as it applies to cells? It is the scientific analysis of how food provides cells with life.
     
     Answer: Nutrition
     
     
111. What chocolaty drink powder was featured in the decoded message from Little Orphan Annie in the 1983 film, "A Christmas Story?"
     
     Answer: Ovaltine
     
     
112. Home to a Great Pyramid of the non-Egyptian variety, which city in Puebla, Mexico gives its name to a wooden-capped brand of hot sauce?
     
     Answer: Cholula
     
     
113. Packaging and advertising for Nestle's global food brand, La Laitière, features a woman from an iconic Johannes Vermeer painting. At the time of the painting, the woman would have been known as a kitchen-maid. What beverage is she holding?
     
     Answer: Milk
     
     
114. What General Mills snack food, whose core flavors include Original, Nacho Cheese, Chocolate Peanut Butter, and Caramel, dubs itself "America's #1 Finger Hat?"
     
     Answer: Bugles
     
     
115. In Japan, only qualified chefs who have trained for at least three years are allowed to prepare the dish "fugu". This is because fugu is made from what poisonous animal, thus can be fatal if incorrectly prepared?
     
     Answer: Pufferfish
     
     
116. Hoppin' John is a traditional New Year's Day dish, as it's thought to bring a prosperous year. A common recipe for Hoppin' John would call for rice, onion, bacon, and what legume that would make will.i.am's mouth water?
     
     Answer: Black-eyed peas
     
     
117. Before you zap Jimmy Dean's bacon, egg, and cheese biscuit in the microwave, the instructions say to shroud it with what non-included item?
     
     Answer: Paper Towel
     
     
118. "Where's the beef?" is a catchphrase in the United States and Canada introduced in 1984 by what fast food chain? The phrase eventually entered popular culture as a multipurpose phrase questioning the substance of an idea.
     
     Answer: Wendy's
     
     
119. In 2021 Joey Chestnut broke the record for most hot dogs consumed in 10 minutes (76) at the Coney Island Hot Dog Eating competition. He holds many other world records and is an active member of the MLE community. What does MLE stand for?
     
     Answer: Major League Eating
     
     
120. First created by Ernest Hemingway himself is this milky green drink of many names: "Hemingway's Champagne", the Hemingway, or "Death in the Afternoon". The cocktail contains a flute of champagne and a jigger of what strong anise-flavored spirit?
     
     Answer: Absinthe
     
     
121. What is the name of the Japanese snack food first sold in 1966 initially described as a "chocolate covered biscuit stick?" There are now additional flavored coatings such as almond, strawberry, milk, green tea, banana, and coconut.
     
     Answer: Pocky
     
     
122. In 2016, General Mills's Monster Cereals held a mock election, with what cocoa-flavored cereal beating out Boo Berry and Franken Berry to win the most votes?
     
     Answer: Count Chocula
     
     
123. Not just for baby food, which Nestle-owned company also has offered life insurance since 1967?
     
     Answer: Gerber
     
     
124. What term is used to describe a fermented milk drink that’s sort of like very runny yogurt? (Hint: It almost sounds like a Sutherland but it’s not pronounced or spelled quite the same way)
     
     Answer: Kefir
     
     
125. The jury is still out on whether it is a food, a drink, or simply an ingredient, but the Victorian era Brits may have indicated their opinion by referring to what "B" product as "Beef Tea"?
     
     Answer: Broth
     
     
126. In the 1880s, Samuel Bath Thomas came to America from the UK and invented the “Nooks & Crannies” breakfast bread that’s more commonly called what?
     
     Answer: English Muffin
     
     
127. Name this mystery fruit. It's known as the "king of fruits" in some regions. It's known for its strong odor and thorn-covered rind. If you removed one letter from this fruit's name and repeated yourself, you'd have the name of a mega-successful 80s band.
     
     Answer: Durian
     
     
128. According to FDA regulations, what unit of volume of ice cream must weigh at least 4.5 pounds to be called "ice cream?"
     
     Answer: Gallon
     
     
129. "Coriander" is the name given to the dried seeds of the Coriandrum plant. What's the better known culinary name of the green leaves and stem of the same plant?
     
     Answer: Cilantro
     
     
130. Chametz are foods with leavening agents that are forbidden on which Jewish holiday that celebrates the exodus of the Israelites from slavery in Egypt?
     
     Answer: Passover
     
     
131. Which type of pasta that is in the form of small cases of dough typically containing a savory filling takes its name from the Italian for “turnip?”
     
     Answer: Ravioli
     
     
132. What dessert, made up of ice cream, sponge cake, and meringue and placed briefly in a hot oven, was named in honor of a purchase the United States made from Russia in 1867?
     
     Answer: Baked Alaska
     
     
133. With its name originating in the Greek word for 'leaf', what short word is the name of a type of pastry used in many dishes from the region, such as Baklava or Spanakopita?
     
     Answer: Filo
     
     
134. Consisting of thinly sliced ginger that has been marinated in sugar and vinegar, gari is part of the cuisine of which Asian country?
     
     Answer: Japan
     
     
135. A place where you would order a cup of joe and the name of Swiss food conglomerate make up the portmanteau of what instant coffee brand?
     
     Answer: Nescafé
     
     
136. What Indian T-word dish of marinated and roasted chicken gets its name from the type of clay oven it is traditionally cooked in?
     
     Answer: Tandoori Chicken
     
     
137. What “K” Company, founded in Cincinnati, OH in 1883, runs a series of grocery and departmental stores across the United States? These include their own namesake grocery stores (with licensed store brand food products), Ralphs, and Food 4 Less.
     
     Answer: The Kroger Company
     
     
138. Known for marketing ploys like using coffin shaped boxes, the largest fast food chain founded in New Zealand is called Hell. They specialize in what kind of food, whose invention is usually credited to Italian Raffaele Esposito?
     
     Answer: Pizza
     
     
139. What dessert consisting of choux pastry filled with cream has a name derived from the French for “flash of lightning?”
     
     Answer: Éclair
     
     
140. According to the USDA, a can of "fruit cocktail" must be comprised of 25-45% pears, 6-16% pineapple, 6-20% grapes, 2-6% cherries, and, as its largest proportion, 30-50% of what fruit?
     
     Answer: Peaches
     
     
141. What dish is well-described by Wikipedia as "a dish made from leavened batter or dough that is cooked between two plates that are patterned to give a characteristic size, shape and surface impression"?
     
     Answer: Waffle
     
     
142. The name makes it sound like a combination of seasonings, but it’s actually just one. Made from drying pimento berries, what’s the name for the ingredient that tastes like a mix of cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, pepper, and juniper?
     
     Answer: Allspice
     
     
143. Gin is traditionally flavored with the berry-like cones of which tree?
     
     Answer: Juniper
     
     
144. The word “companion” derives from the Old French “compaignon” which refers to the sharing of what food?
     
     Answer: Bread
     
     
145. Technically translating directly as "candy from milk," what is the name of the confection from Latin America prepared by slowly heating sweetened milk to create a brown substance which is used as a dessert or topping?
     
     Answer: Dulce de Leche
     
     
146. Lola Bistro, B Spot Burgers, and Mabel's BBQ are among the Cleveland restaurants in the empire of what chrome-domed Food Network star chef?
     
     Answer: Michael Symon
     
     
147. The oldest fish market in the U.S., sometimes known as "the Wharf," is named for what D.C. avenue, itself named for a state associated with seafood?
     
     Answer: Maine Avenue
     
     
148. The heat of Hatch green chiles varies from about 1,000 to 8,000 SHU, a chili pepper heat unit scale bearing what S-word last name of an American pharmacist?
     
     Answer: Scoville
     
     
149. Which brand of bottled water has a pink flower on the label and is sourced from Viti Levu?
     
     Answer: Fiji Water
     
     
150. What conglomerate, headquartered in London, creates popular food brands like PureLeaf, Klondike, and Ben & Jerry's?
     
     Answer: Unilever
     
     
151. A popular brand of Japanese mayonnaise, made with cider vinegar and whole egg yolks, is named for what brand of hard plastic dolls?
     
     Answer: Kewpie
     
     
152. What famous drink was introduced as "Brad's Drink" in New Bern, North Carolina in 1893 at a drugstore? The product was renamed five years later after the Greek "p" word for "digestion."
     
     Answer: Pepsi Cola
     
     
153. A mixture of lemonade and iced tea is an Arnold Palmer. Spike it with vodka and it becomes a drink named after what golfer who won PGA Tour Rookie of the Year in 1991?
     
     Answer: John Daly
     
     
154. What food item "stands alone" at the end of the classic children's song "The Farmer in the Dell?"
     
     Answer: Cheese
     
     
155. Batad and Banaue are two of the prominent Terraces of the Phillipine Cordilleras, dedicated to the irrigation and production of what food stuff?
     
     Answer: Rice
     
     
156. American Cone and Pretzel Company was the initial name of what snack brand founded in 1917 in Philadelphia that has been owned by Frito-Lay since the 1960s?
     
     Answer: Rold Gold
     
     
157. What is the name of the circular pastry, with white icing and decorated in gold, green, and purple, which is associated with Mardi Gras celebrations, in New Orleans and elsewhere? It is usually available from Epiphany (January 6) until Ash Wednesday, the start of Lent.
     
     Answer: King cake
     
     
158. What brand's name is a "syllabic abbreviation" of two states in which some of their original potato fields were located? The brand originally included the outlines of these states, but the logo has simplified over the years and they are now a brand within the Kraft Heinz snack food empire.
     
     Answer: Ore-Ida
     
     
159. The FDA started regulating the manufacturing process of microwave ovens the same year in which Bangladesh separated from Pakistan. In what DECADE did both of these events occur?
     
     Answer: 1970s
     
     
160. Eve’s pudding is a traditional British dessert comprising sponge cake and which fruit?
     
     Answer: Apple
     
     
161. Introduced in 1927, what powdered drink mix is the official state soft drink of Nebraska, where it was invented?
     
     Answer: Kool-Aid
     
     
162. Which thick and creamy soup made from crustacean broth has a French name that literally means 'crayfish soup'?
     
     Answer: Bisque
     
     
163. The confection lokum, primarily made of a gel comprising starch and sugar, is better known by what two-word name referring to its country of origin?
     
     Answer: Turkish delight
     
     
164. What double-Z word means the muscular enlargement in a bird's digestive tract that grinds food, often with the help of stones the bird has swallowed?
     
     Answer: Gizzard
     
     
165. Vernon Rudolph bought a sweet yeast-raised recipe from a New Orleans chef, rented a building in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and started a company in 1937. Fast forward almost 100 years later, and the alliterative company started by Rudolph is still headquartered in North Carolina featuring a classic red-and-green logo. What is this company?
     
     Answer: Krispy Kreme
     
     
166. Applegate, Columbus Craft Meats, Dinty Moore, Jennie-O and Skippy are all brands owned and managed by what food processing company founded in Austin, Minnesota in 1891?
     
     Answer: Hormel
     
     
167. Husband and wife team Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen designed the centerpiece of the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden in the 1980s. What is the common food that is part of their design?
     
     Answer: Cherry (Spoonbridge and Cherry)
     
     
168. Poutine, often referred to as Canada's national dish, consists of french fries, gravy, and what other ingredient?
     
     Answer: Cheese curds
     
     
169. What American chain localizes its fare with offerings such as Turkish coffee in the Republic of Georgia and versions of its signature product stuffed with kimchi in South Korea and topped with fish flakes in China?
     
     Answer: Dunkin' Donuts
     
     
170. New Haven's Frank Pepe frequently tops lists of the best restaurants in the U.S. for what food?
     
     Answer: Pizza
     
     
171. In 2012, what fast-food chain promoted a new line of menu items using QR codes made from lemons and avocados, along with their slogan "Live Mas?"
     
     Answer: Taco Bell
     
     
172. According to Sec. 135.110 of the FDA's Code of Federal Regulations Title 21, ice cream is considered to be frozen custard if its weight is made up more than 1.4% by what ingredient?
     
     Answer: Egg Yolk
     
     
173. Headquartered in Plano, Texas, what successful PepsiCo subsidiary makes and sells corn and potato chips? Their name is in part as a combination of a discount brand of tortilla strips that come in chili cheese, and a potato chip that comes in a yellow bag and has a number of flavor varieties.
     
     Answer: Frito Lay
     
     
174. What popular cereal brand was introduced in 1941, and released its popular “Honey Nut” spin-off in 1979?
     
     Answer: Cheerios
     
     
175. What food conglomerate owns diverse brands such as Buitoni Italian foods, DiGiornio frozen pizza, and Carnation evaporated milk? They are probably known by name mostly for their sweets, including Toll House cookies and various chocolate candies.
     
     Answer: Nestle
     
     
176. What multinational food conglomerate, based in Battle Creek, Michigan, makes Corn and Frosted Flakes, in addition to Eggo and Pringles and more? It was created while John and his brother W.K. were working at the Battle Creek Sanitarium in the 19th Century.
     
     Answer: Kellogg's
     
     
177. What brand of salad dressings, sauces, cookies, and other packaged foods is named after the man who won a Best Actor Oscar for starring in "The Color of Money?"
     
     Answer: Newman's Own
     
     
178. Personifying the chain's claim that you can "have it your way," the Subservient Chicken was a long-running promotional gimmick used by what fast-food chain?
     
     Answer: Burger King
     
     
179. Traditionally held in Munich, what is the world’s largest Volksfest, a 16 to 18 day celebration in late September featuring parades, food, and music?
     
     Answer: Oktoberfest
     
     
180. Similar to a Heath bar, what Hershey's candy bar brand consists of a thin slab of butter toffee covered in milk chocolate?
     
     Answer: Skor
     
     
181. The Tendergrill is a grilled-chicken sandwich offered by what "royal" fast-food chain whose slogan was once "Have It Your Way?"
     
     Answer: Burger King
     
     
182. What “M” seafood company, based in Norway and formerly known as Marine Harvest ASA, is the world’s largest producer of Atlantic salmon? While spelled differently, it sounds like a four-lettered Hawaiian island.
     
     Answer: Mowi
     
     
183. What popular fast food chicken franchise, owned by Yum!, was co-founded in 1952 by a well-known Colonel who obtained that honorific title from the US state referenced in the restaurant’s name?
     
     Answer: Kentucky Fried Chicken
     
     
184. Laid-back Floridian vibes were the inspiration for what soft drink brand, whose logo includes a pair of lizards facing in opposite directions?
     
     Answer: SoBe
     
     
185. What is the name of the fluorescent-green, orange-flavored Hi-C variety that debuted in 1986 as a tie-in to the animated series "The Real Ghostbusters?"
     
     Answer: Ecto Cooler
     
     
186. Now made by Ferrara Candy Company, what brand consists of sweet-and-sour candy powder poured into the mouth from a package that looks like a colorful drinking straw wrapper?
     
     Answer: Pixy Stix
     
     
187. What “N” food brand, founded in 1978 in Massachusetts, is the most popular brand of tofu in the United States? They were acquired by Pulmuone Foods in 2016.
     
     Answer: Nasoya
     
     
188. What cereal in an orange box is advertised as “peanut butter cups, for breakfast?”
     
     Answer: Reese's Puffs
     
     
189. What vanilla sandwich cookie with an elongated shape is made by Keebler and is partially named after the capital of Austria?
     
     Answer: Vienna Fingers
     
     
190. One of the most iconic food advertising slogans of all time is "They're magically delicious," which General Mills has used to promote what marshmallow-studded cereal?
     
     Answer: Lucky Charms
     
     
191. Also the owner of brands such as Jimmy Dean and Hillshire Farms, what company produces approximately 20% of America's beef, pork, and chicken, according to the company's website?
     
     Answer: Tyson
     
     
192. What is the name of Costco's in-house brand, which offers food products including olive oil, maple syrup, chocolate-covered almonds, frozen shrimp, and many others?
     
     Answer: Kirkland
     
     
193. Produced in the United Kingdom but popular in the United States, what brand that comes in a tin describes itself as "curiously strong mints?"
     
     Answer: Altoids
     
     
194. The popular reality show "The Great British Bake-Off" must be referred to in the U.S. as "The Great British Baking Show" because what General Mills food brand owns the trademark to the phrase "Bake-Off?"
     
     Answer: Pillsbury
     
     
195. "Seasoned boneless pork dipped in a tangy BBQ sauce, topped with slivered onions and dill pickles, all served on a toasted homestyle bun" is how McDonald's describes what limited-availability menu item?
     
     Answer: McRib
     
     
196. Created in the 1980s to represent all the difficulties of getting a pizza delivered in 30 minutes or less, The Noid is a red-suited villain who appears in advertising for what restaurant chain?
     
     Answer: Domino's
     
     
197. For Valentine's Day, the Cupid's Message variety of what candy brand offers tiny sentiments like "LUV U" and "SMILE" in addition to the single letter that usually appears on each piece?
     
     Answer: M&Ms
     
     
198. What company was formed in 2012 through a merger that combined a company famous for cheese with a company famous for ketchup? The resulting company is now the fifth-largest food and beverage company in the world.
     
     Answer: Kraft Heinz
     
     
199. Gimme a break! What Hershey wafer-and-chocolate product has been offered in more than 300 flavors in Japan, including adzuki (red bean), wasabi, matcha, and soy sauce?
     
     Answer: KitKat
     
     
200. What Food Network star and Top Chef Masters finalist is the chef-owner of Bottega restaurant in Yountville and Coqueta in San Francisco?
     
     Answer: Michael Chiarello
     
     
201. Fred Hervey purchased three Kay's Food Stores in El Paso, rebranded them, and grew it into what massive convenience store chain that's now headquartered in Tucson?
     
     Answer: Circle K
     
     
202. Since 1876, the monastery that produces Chimay also produces what food item?
     
     Answer: Cheese
     
     
203. The original flavors of Pop Tarts, which hit store shelves in 1964, were Apple Currant, Blueberry ,Cinnamon Sugar, and what other flavor?
     
     Answer: Strawberry
     
     
204. Orlando-based Darden Concepts is a restaurant group whose popular brands include LongHorn Steakhouse and what Italian chain where "we're all family here?"
     
     Answer: Olive Garden
     
     
205. Literally meaning ‘everything in its place’, which 3-word French term describes the measuring and preparation of ingredients prior to cooking?
     
     Answer: Mise en place
     
     
206. "How to Be a Domestic Goddess" and "At My Table" are among the books by what British food writer, whose private library in London includes a collection of more than 6,000 cookbooks?
     
     Answer: Nigella Lawson
     
     
207. Legend has it a Maine sea captain invented the breakfast food you’d order as a “Munchkin” if you’re at Dunkin’. What’s the generic name for the bite-sized baked good?
     
     Answer: Donut hole
     
     
208. Geese and other waterfowl can develop a deformity called “angel wing” if they become malnourished. Which food commonly given to them by humans is thought to contribute to the condition?
     
     Answer: Bread
     
     
209. Which Nacho Cheese or Cool Ranch triangular chip means “little golden things” in Spanish?
     
     Answer: Doritos
     
     
210. Nabisco, Annie’s, and Keebler all offer their own take on which sweet cracker that’s great for s’mores and, according to its inventor, suppressing your carnal desires?
     
     Answer: Graham
     
     
211. According to U.S. News and World Report, Wageningen University is the #1 Agricultural Studies school. Wageningen is located in the "food valley" of what European country?
     
     Answer: Netherlands
     
     
212. What Western U.S. fast food chain—perhaps surprisingly, founded by a guy named Robert—got its start in San Diego in 1951?
     
     Answer: Jack in the Box
     
     
213. While they’re classically orange, all colors of which Pepperidge Farm snack cracker with an aquatic theme get their hues from fruits and veggies instead of artificial dyes?
     
     Answer: Goldfish
214. Which popular holiday beverage is a rich blend of dairy, sugar, and the yolks and whites of a certain chicken product?
     
     Answer: Egg Nog
     
     
215. Which Philadelphia-based snack food brand rivals Little Debbie and Drake’s when it comes to yummy baked goods with occasionally alliterated or Kardashian-style spelled names?
     
     Answer: Tastykake
     
     
216. What Cincinnati native and movie star lent his name to a successful and growing fast food chain in 1968?
     
     Answer: Roy Rogers
     
     
217. Forget State Foods and State Trees, North Carolina is one of the 15 U.S. states that has an official State Shell. Derived from its resemblance to the headgear of early European settlers, and definitely not to be confused with a variety of chilli pepper, what is the name of this seashell?
     
     Answer: Scotch Bonnet
     
     
218. McCafe, a coffee house style food and beverage chain owned by McDonalds was started in 1993 in which country?
     
     Answer: Australia
     
     
219. Which style of breakfast toast made with egg and commonly topped with syrup and fruit actually predates France?
     
     Answer: French
     
     
220. While he was still a physics student at Yale in 2017, came up with which bite-sized social and ecommerce app that focuses on mobile ordering and pickup at restaurants, as well as perks like discounts and gifting? (Hint: Its overall vibe is “food meets friends”)
     
     Answer: Snackpass
     
     
221. What food-growing system uses fish as biofilters for water that can then be given to plants?
     
     Answer: Aquaponics
     
     
222. It is a name often heard in political and legal debates, but what three-letter word is also the name given to fish eggs, especially when served as food?
     
     Answer: Roe
     
     
223. Home of the trademarked “Original Slider,” name the famous eatery that opened as the world’s first fast food hamburger chain in Wichita, Kansas in 1921.
     
     Answer: White Castle
     
     
224. Citrus Consciousness and Grape Beyond were two uniquely-named flavors offered by what branded “F” beverage that launched in 1994 and sounds like a mash-up of a seeded type of food and a word that describes a perfect place?
     
     Answer: Fruitopia
     
     
225. According to Harvard's Healthy Eating Plate, aka "the Harvard diet," one-fourth of your plate should consist of what two-word food group that includes quinoa, oats, and brown rice?
     
     Answer: Whole grains
     
     
226. What is the name of the smooth, creamy, seasoned soup of French origin that is typically based on a strained broth of crustaceans? The name is thought to come from the body of water between Spain and France below the Celtic Sea.
     
     Answer: Bisque
     
     
227. Made with milk, butter, flour, eggs, and sugar and traditionally eaten on Easter, paska is what type of food?
     
     Answer: Bread
     
     
228. What Nabisco-produced snack cookie with mostly yellow packaging was named for a town near Boston?
     
     Answer: Fig Newton
     
     
229. On April Fool's Day in France, one might be presented with un poisson d'avril, a chocolate shaped like what animal?
     
     Answer: Fish
     
     
230. A type of regional pizza that is rectangular in shape and made with Wisconsin brick cheese is associated with what Midwestern city?
     
     Answer: Detroit
     
     
231. A staple of baking known for its malleability and thickness, what almond-based confection is commonly used in decorative cake competitions to create figurines or other complex designs?
     
     Answer: Marzipan
     
     
232. A leafy vegetable native to the Mediterranean along with other cabbage species began appearing in northern Europe during the 5th century and a few hundred years later became closely associated with a major European city on the river Senne. Today, their name continues to reference that city. What is this vegetable?
     
     Answer: Brussels Sprouts
     
     
233. The simple rum and Coke cocktail is also known by what two-word name that contains the name of an island nation?
     
     Answer: Cuba Libre
     
     
234. What iconic food item, that is also used as a measure of a currency's purchasing power, was created in the Pittsburgh suburb Uniontown in 1967?
     
     Answer: Big Mac
     
     
235. Callinectes sapidus, a food crab native to the western Atlantic Ocean, is distinguished by what color on its shell?
     
     Answer: Blue Crab
     
     
236. First introduced in 2017 and noted for its sour flavor profile, what chocolate variety shares its name with a precious gem?
     
     Answer: Ruby chocolate
     
     
237. Founded in Minnesota in 1891, what food processing company was known throughout the 20th century as the manufacturer of Spam? Today, the company owns and distributes brands such as Jennie-O and Skippy.
     
     Answer: Hormel
     
     
238. Used in five-spice powder, or with cinnamon and nutmeg in desserts, which spice gets its name from the French word for 'nail'? Incidentally, this spice can also be used around the home as a natural ant-repellent.
     
     Answer: Cloves
     
     
239. Tomatoes, hard-boiled eggs, tuna, and black olives are the principal ingredient in a salad named for what city in southern France?
     
     Answer: Nice
     
     
240. Despite its name, which fiber-full breakfast cereal by Post does not in fact contain fruit or legumes?
     
     Answer: Grape-Nuts
     
     
241. Named after the horticulturist who first grew it, the Cox’s Orange Pippin is what type of fruit?
     
     Answer: Apple
     
     
242. What Filipino fast food brand now sells its flagship Chicken Joy product in 1,500 outlets worldwide?
     
     Answer: Jollibee
     
     
243. The name of which fruit preserve comes from the Portuguese for “quince?” This preserve is the favorite food of a children’s character from Darkest Peru.
     
     Answer: Marmalade
     
     
244. Churchkhela, a traditional Georgian dessert from the Caucasus region that consists of nuts sewn onto a string and coated in a glaze of candied grape must, is made to resemble what waxy, preferably non-edible items?
     
     Answer: Candles
     
     
245. Sauteed veggies, kimchi, gochujang pepper sauce, soy sauce, and a fried egg are some of the toppings which go on rice to create what Korean dish, which literally translates to "mixed rice?"
     
     Answer: Bibimbap
     
     
246. What word of Romanian origin refers to the highly seasoned smoked beef, typically served in thin slices, that is associated with Jewish cuisine?
     
     Answer: Pastrami
     
     
247. Toblerone got its name from founder Theodor Tobler and "torrone," the Italian word for what crackly confection found in each bar?
     
     Answer: Nougat
     
     
248. The largest in the UK, what grocery chain got its start in 1919 when founder Jack Cohen returned from World War I to sell surplus goods at a stall in East London?
     
     Answer: Tesco
     
     
249. From the Italian for "bone with a hole," what classic dish consists of veal shanks braised with vegetables, white wine, and broth?
     
     Answer: Osso Buco
     
     
250. What cake, a recipe for which first appeared in a Dallas newspaper in 1957, was named for its primary ingredient and not for its country of origin?
     
     Answer: German chocolate cake
     
     
251. The condiment typically known as thousand island dressing and occasionally referred to on fast food menus as "special sauce" is in fact named for the Thousand Islands region which exists along the border of what TWO countries?
     
     Answer: U.S. and Canada
     
     
252. Mister Donut is a fast food franchise with 1,000+ locations. Although founded in the US, Mister Donut is now headquartered in what Asian country?
     
     Answer: Japan
     
     
253. What is the name of the oldest producer of chocolate in the U.S.? The company was founded in Boston in 1765 and is still in operation. Coincidentally, the company's name came from its founder's surname but it is still quite appropriate for the food industry.
     
     Answer: The Baker Chocolate Company
     
     
254. Each year, a French-inspired “course des serveuses et garçons de café” is held as part of Sacramento’s Bastille Day celebrations. It’s a race of which type of person that brings you your food in a restaurant?
     
     Answer: Waiter
     
     
255. Notable for containing live maggots but no sardines, the sheep milk cheese casu martzu originates on which Italian island whose capital is Cagliari?
     
     Answer: Sardinia
     
     
256. Not to be confused with a quaint fictional town, what type of tree produces a berry (commonly black, white, or red) that is often made into wine, fruit juice, tea, or jam? The tree's leaves are the food of choice for silkworms.
     
     Answer: Mulberry
     
     
257. What Georgia city is known as the "sweet onion capital of the world?"
     
     Answer: Vidalia
     
     
258. When commercially produced, what is the dairy product that must contain no less than 18% milkfat before bulking agents are added and must have a total acidity of no less than 0.5%? Crème fraîche is one type of this dairy product.
     
     Answer: Sour cream
     
     
259. Which Belgian beer, named after a severe kind of alcohol withdrawal, has gained world fame with its warm light flavors and pink elephant logo? We're looking for two words.
     
     Answer: Delirium Tremens
     
     
260. What famous donut shop in Portland, Oregon once served NyQuil- and Pepto Bismol-coated doughnuts before the FDA shut down the medicinal pastry operation?
     
     Answer: Voodoo Doughnuts
     
     
261. What fermented milk drink gets its name from the grains that resemble its texture? It got its start in Russia before becoming more popular as a digestive aid around the world.
     
     Answer: Kefir
     
     
262. "The Dave Chang Show" is his podcast, Momofuku is his most famous family of restaurants, and NYC is where most of his restaurants are based. What is the name of his Netflix show?
     
     Answer: Ugly Delicious
     
     
263. In 2022, Owanmi, a Minneapolis-area Indigenous cuisine restaurant founded by Lakota chef Sean Sherman, won an award for best new restaurant at what's known as the "Oscars of Food." What's the name of these awards, which also bestowed an award for Best American cookbook to Sherman in 2018?
     
     Answer: James Beard Awards
     
     
264. What beverage, which originated in New York City, is made of milk, carbonated water, and flavored syrup, and does not include either of the ingredients in its name?
     
     Answer: Egg Cream
     
     
265. What president was known for his love of jellybeans? While in office, he had a standing order for 720 bags from jellybean manufacturer Jelly Belly.
     
     Answer: Reagan
     
     
266. What “P” Italian eggplant dish is made with fried, sliced eggplant layered with cheese and tomato sauce?
     
     Answer: Parmigiana
     
     
267. An animal science professor at the University of Nebraska is credited with developing the process behind restructured meats after he was approached by the National Pork Producers Council to create a new product. Examples of restructured meats include Dino Nuggets and what fast food sandwich that has attracted a cult following since its introduction in 1981?
     
     Answer: McRib
     
     
268. Also the name of a tool with a screw point for boring holes, what classic cocktail consists of gin, lime juice, and simple syrup?
     
     Answer: Gimlet
     
     
269. Although mofongo can trace its lineage to the African Fufu along with Spanish and Taíno influences, the dish is associated strongly with a single commonwealth. What territory is considered the homeland of this mixture of mashed plantains, chicharrón, olive oil, and garlic?
     
     Answer: Puerto Rico
     
     
270. What fad diet popular in the 2000s, which prohibits white bread, white potatoes, and white rice, was invented by Miami-area doctor Arthur Agatston?
     
     Answer: South Beach
     
     
271. The eye of an owl appears in the logo of what snack food brand, which makes Ridgies potato chips and Cheez Doodles cheese snacks?
     
     Answer: Wise
     
     
272. From its pronunciation you might think it was made from footwear, but what bakery product (made using butter, water, flour, and eggs) gets its name from the French for cabbage, due to its shape?
     
     Answer: Choux pastry (Pâte à choux)
     
     
273. Brazil is the world's largest coffee bean producer and has been for over 150 years. Many other top coffee-producing nations are in South America and Central America, but what Southeast Asia country is actually the second largest producer?
     
     Answer: Vietnam
     
     
274. They only used it as a garnish for their salad bar, but which chain restaurant was once the biggest buyer of kale in the United States?
     
     Answer: Pizza Hut
     
     
275. Frank Wisner, the owner of Colorado's Cripple Creek Brewing, invented a dessert in 1893 after being inspired by the nearby snowy peaks. He named this two-item combo "the black cow." Today it is better known by what name?
     
     Answer: Root Beer Float
     
     
276. Popular with vegans, which term beginning with A describes brine from canned beans whipped and used as an egg-white substitute?
     
     Answer: Aquafaba
     
     
277. Although most of the world’s supply are grown in Hawaii as a result of its volcanic soil, the Macadamia tree is actually native to which other country?
     
     Answer: Australia
     
     
278. The mascot of which Filipino fast-food company was chosen by founder Tony Tan to reflect Filipino optimism and industriousness?
     
     Answer: Jollibee
     
     
279. What French city on the coast of the Gulf of Lion is known as the home of the fish soup bouillabaisse?
     
     Answer: Marseilles
     
     
280. A crepe-like batter that is cooked thin and stuffed with fillings such as potatoes, onions, and cheese typically form part of the Southern Indian and Sri Lankan diets. What is the four-letter English name for this food?
     
     Answer: Dosa
     
     
281. From 2012 to late 2013, Walmart offered a mail subscription service in which customers would receive five to eight food samples each month to try new items. What was the "G" name of this service?
     
     Answer: Goodies
     
     
282. Nodding to the cooking technique, the full-service Brazilian steakhouse chain Fogo de Chão has a name that means what "open" thing?
     
     Answer: Fire / Flame
     
     
283. What nine-letter word, which literally translates as "half moon," is the name for both a shape of filled pasta and a knife with a curved blade that might be used to chop herbs?
     
     Answer: Mezzaluna
     
     
284. Similar to a Manhattan but with Scotch whiskey instead of bourbon or rye, what classic cocktail is named after a Scottish hero of the 17th century?
     
     Answer: Rob Roy
     
     
285. What round, green food is one of Brazil's most common pizza toppings? Though considered a vegetable nutritionally, this plant is botanically a fruit, and it makes occasional appearances in carbonara sauces.
     
     Answer: Green Peas
     
     
286. Often served as a breakfast food in Japan alongside soy sauce, onion, and karashi mustard, natto is made by fermenting what legumes?
     
     Answer: Soybean
     
     
287. More than 20 years after starting his "Counter Intelligence" column, the LA Weekly's Jonathan Gold became the first Pulitzer winner for criticism in what field?
     
     Answer: Food
     
     
288. Which fruit, known as pomme d’amour in France, was wrongly thought in Renaissance times to be poisonous?
     
     Answer: Tomato
     
     
289. The famous slogan of "57 Varieties" created by H. J. Heinz was inspired by a saw that the food manufacturer saw advertising 21 styles of what piece of apparel? Even when Heinz first introduced the slogan it was already incorrect as his company was manufacturing more than 60 food product varieties.
     
     Answer: Shoes
     
     
290. Blue Iris Flowers, Southern Maryland Seafood, and Union Meat Company all call what DC-building home? The building was first opened in 1873 and designed by German-born immigrant Adolf Cluss.
     
     Answer: Eastern Market
     
     
291. The Food and Drug Administration Amendments Act of 2007 passed unanimously by the Senate and extended the authority to levy fees to companies with applications for drug approvals. It also created what program that allows for expedited assessments of a promising treatment?
     
     Answer: Priority review
     
     
292. In the Squamish history of the Great Flood, Chiyakmesh is given food and guided to a wife by what legendary creature that shares a name with a Ford convertible?
     
     Answer: Thunderbird
     
     
293. What fast food restaurant, whose original mascot was named Speedee, opened as a “Bar-B-Q” by brothers Dick and Maurice in San Bernardino, California in 1940?
     
     Answer: McDonald’s
     
     
294. In September 2020, the food delivery company Rappi raised an additional $150 million to further fund its expansion in what continent?
     
     Answer: South America
     
     
295. The fungus Rhizopus oligosporus is used as the "starter" to ferment soybeans, which take on a cake form as they become what traditional Javanese protein?
     
     Answer: Tempeh
     
     
296. There's a town in the Peloponnese region of Greece with a namesake food item known for its purple color and smooth meaty texture. What is this fruit?
     
     Answer: Kalamata Olive
     
     
297. With a name that acts as an apt description for its appearance, hamburgers, baked beans, and pasta salad are just some of the many options to choose from when ordering which dish that originated in Rochester, New York?
     
     Answer: Garbage Plate
     
     
298. In 1921, a health clinician in Minneapolis accidentally spilled a batch of bran gruel on a hot stove which soon crackled into a crisp flake. What household brand was birthed from this creation?
     
     Answer: Wheaties
     
     
299. Known for its sweet and grassy flavor, which 6-letter ingredient beginning with P adds a green color to Asian desserts?
     
     Answer: Pandan
     
     
300. Edward Boyd's idea to create advertisements showing black Americans as normal, middle-class citizens (rather than racist stereotypes) was considered revolutionary in the 1940s. At what company was Boyd working when he actioned this plan?
     
     Answer: Pepsi
     
     
301. What “O” science involves the production of leafy greens, alliums, and other food plants?
     
     Answer: Olericulture
     
     
302. What four-letter word beginning with “C” refers to a traditional Welsh soup, commonly comprised of lamb, leeks, and other seasonal vegetables. The dish was traditionally eaten with wooden spoons.
     
     Answer: Cawl
     
     
303. Originating in the American Northeast and with a city-specific name, what style of pizza is classified as a "tomato pie?" The dish is circular with a thin crust and has cheese and other toppings laid down before the tomato sauce.
     
     Answer: Trenton Style
     
     

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