Looking for trivia that challenges your knowledge of food? From identifying simple ingredients such as tomatoes and onions to more technical nomenclature across different cultures, these questions are meant to test how big of a foodie you and your kids are. Here are 60 questions to stump your kids!
Food Trivia Questions (Tap to Reveal Answers)
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What fruit is known for having seeds on the outside?Tap to reveal
Answer: Strawberry -
Which vegetable is known to make people cry when they cut it?Tap to reveal
Answer: Onion -
What is the main ingredient in guacamole?Tap to reveal
Answer: Avocado -
Is a tomato a fruit or vegetable?Tap to reveal
Answer: Fruit -
What part of the plant is a potato?Tap to reveal
Answer: The stem -
What do you call a person who eats fish but not meat?Tap to reveal
Answer: Pescatarian -
Which vegetable is used to make pickles?Tap to reveal
Answer: Cucumber -
What dairy product is used to make cheese?Tap to reveal
Answer: Milk -
What is the name of the food that is made by bees using nectar from flowers?Tap to reveal
Answer: Honey -
What is deer meat called?Tap to reveal
Answer: Venison -
What does the “B” stand for in a BLT?Tap to reveal
Answer: Bacon -
What is the main ingredient in hummus?Tap to reveal
Answer: Chickpeas -
What is the main ingredient in Greek tzatziki sauce?Tap to reveal
Answer: Yogurt -
Which fruit is known for its high vitamin C content?Tap to reveal
Answer: Orange -
What is the main ingredient in a Caesar salad?Tap to reveal
Answer: Romaine lettuce -
What is the process of folding butter or other fats into dough to create many thin layers called?Tap to reveal
Answer: Lamination -
What do you call a baked dessert made with apples and crust?Tap to reveal
Answer: Apple pie -
What is gelatin made of?Tap to reveal
Answer: Gelatin comes from boiling cartilage, skin, and bones of animals such as pigs, cows, and chickens. -
What is the favorite food of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles?Tap to reveal
Answer: Pizza -
Which fruit is known for its spiky outer skin and sweet yellow flesh?Tap to reveal
Answer: Pineapple -
What type of pasta is often served with meatballs?Tap to reveal
Answer: Spaghetti -
What breakfast food is often served with syrup and butter?Tap to reveal
Answer: Pancakes -
Which American city is most famous for its deep-dish pizza?Tap to reveal
Answer: Chicago -
What year was the chocolate chip cookie invented?Tap to reveal
Answer: 1938 -
What is the most widely eaten food worldwide?Tap to reveal
Answer: Rice -
Which fruit is known for being red and often used to make pies and jams?Tap to reveal
Answer: Strawberry -
Which country gets credit for developing French fries?Tap to reveal
Answer: Belgium -
What is the most expensive spice in the world by weight?Tap to reveal
Answer: Saffron -
What is the world’s oldest soft drink?Tap to reveal
Answer: Dr. Pepper -
What is the first food eaten on the moon?Tap to reveal
Answer: Bacon -
What fruit is known as the “king of fruits”?Tap to reveal
Answer: Durian -
What is the most stolen food worldwide?Tap to reveal
Answer: Cheese -
What is the first vegetable to be planted in space?Tap to reveal
Answer: Potatoes -
Which vegetable is used to make French fries?Tap to reveal
Answer: Potato -
What sweet treat is made by freezing flavored liquid?Tap to reveal
Answer: Popsicle -
Which fruit is known for being green on the outside and red on the inside with black seeds?Tap to reveal
Answer: Watermelon -
What is the primary ingredient in a traditional Italian Margherita pizza?Tap to reveal
Answer: Tomato -
What type of pasta is shaped like little ears?Tap to reveal
Answer: Orecchiette -
Which fruit is known for its large size and spiky skin?Tap to reveal
Answer: Pineapple -
What dessert is made from cocoa beans?Tap to reveal
Answer: Chocolate -
What fruit is dried to make raisins?Tap to reveal
Answer: Grapes -
What food is sometimes called “liquid gold” and comes from olives?Tap to reveal
Answer: Olive oil -
Which nut is actually a legume, not a true nut?Tap to reveal
Answer: Peanut -
What sweetener do bees produce besides honey that humans sometimes eat?Tap to reveal
Answer: Royal jelly -
What vegetable is often carved into jack-o’-lanterns for Halloween?Tap to reveal
Answer: Pumpkin -
Which grain is used to make popcorn?Tap to reveal
Answer: Corn -
What is the main ingredient in miso soup?Tap to reveal
Answer: Fermented soybeans -
What fruit is known for being yellow and shaped like a crescent?Tap to reveal
Answer: Banana -
Which dairy product is churned to make butter?Tap to reveal
Answer: Cream -
What breakfast cereal mascot is a leprechaun?Tap to reveal
Answer: Lucky Charms -
What type of beans are used to make baked beans?Tap to reveal
Answer: Navy beans -
What fruit is sometimes called a “Chinese gooseberry”?Tap to reveal
Answer: Kiwi -
What ingredient makes bread rise?Tap to reveal
Answer: Yeast -
Which fruit is dried to make prunes?Tap to reveal
Answer: Plums -
What type of food is Manchego?Tap to reveal
Answer: Cheese (from Spain, made with sheep’s milk) -
What vegetable is sometimes called “courgette” in Europe?Tap to reveal
Answer: Zucchini -
What fruit has varieties called Bartlett and Anjou?Tap to reveal
Answer: Pear -
Which country is famous for inventing sushi?Tap to reveal
Answer: Japan -
What type of nut is used to make marzipan?Tap to reveal
Answer: Almonds -
What vegetable comes in varieties called Napa and Savoy?Tap to reveal
Answer: Cabbage
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