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50 Food & Drink Quiz Questions — Free

Test your food & drink knowledge with 50 hand-verified quiz questions, ranging from straightforward warm-up questions to real head-scratchers that will challenge even the most well-read players in the room. Cuisines, cocktails, ingredients, and wine. The perfect round for the foodie at the table.

All questions are free to play with no account or download required. They work equally well for a competitive pub quiz with scorekeeping, a casual family game night, or a quick solo knowledge check. Questions span easy, medium and hard difficulty to suit groups of all ages and knowledge levels.

Sample Food & Drink Questions

18 easy, 11 hard and 21 medium questions available. Preview the first 15 below.

Q1Multiple choice

Which country is widely credited with inventing pizza?

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Italy

  • Italy ✓
  • France
  • Greece
  • Spain
Q2Multiple choice

What type of food is cheddar?

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Cheese

  • Cheese ✓
  • Bread
  • Meat
  • Fruit
Q3Multiple choice

Which fruit is traditionally used to make wine?

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Grapes

  • Grapes ✓
  • Apples
  • Oranges
  • Bananas
Q4Multiple choice

What is the main ingredient in bread?

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Flour

  • Flour ✓
  • Sugar
  • Rice
  • Potato
Q5Multiple choice

What spice gives many curries their yellow colour?

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Turmeric

  • Turmeric ✓
  • Paprika
  • Cinnamon
  • Ginger
Q6Multiple choice

What is the main ingredient in traditional hummus?

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Chickpeas

  • Chickpeas ✓
  • Lentils
  • Beans
  • Peas
Q7True or false

Stored properly, honey can last for years without spoiling.

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True

Q8True or false

Tomatoes are botanically a fruit.

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True

Q9Multiple choice

What type of pasta is shaped like small bow-ties?

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Farfalle

  • Penne
  • Farfalle ✓
  • Rigatoni
  • Fusilli

Farfalle means butterflies in Italian; the pasta is also known as bow-tie pasta.

Q10True or false

Peanuts are technically a type of nut.

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False

Peanuts are legumes, not true nuts; they grow underground like beans and lentils.

Q11Multiple choice

What gives red wine its colour?

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Grape skins

  • Grape juice
  • Grape skins ✓
  • Grape seeds
  • Tannins

Pigments in the red grape skins are extracted during fermentation.

Q12Multiple choice

What is the base spirit in a Margarita?

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Tequila

  • Vodka
  • Gin
  • Tequila ✓
  • Rum

A classic Margarita is made with tequila, lime juice, and triple sec, served with a salted rim.

Q13Multiple choice

Which beer brand uses the slogan: Probably the best beer in the world?

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Carlsberg

  • Heineken
  • Stella Artois
  • Carlsberg ✓
  • Budweiser
Q14Multiple choice

What is the main spirit in a Mojito?

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Rum

  • Vodka
  • Gin
  • Tequila
  • Rum ✓

A Mojito is made with white rum, lime juice, sugar, fresh mint, and soda water.

Q15True or false

Red wine should be served chilled.

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False

Red wine is best at room temperature (around 16-18 degrees C). White and rose wines are served chilled.

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About Food & Drink Quizzes

Cuisines, cocktails, ingredients, and wine. The perfect round for the foodie at the table.

Every food & drink question in the Shalose bank has been hand-checked for accuracy. Questions are categorised by difficulty so you can start easy and build to harder rounds, or use Mixed mode to shuffle all difficulties together for an unpredictable quiz experience.

  • 50 questions across easy, medium and hard difficulty
  • Multiple choice, true/false and number rounds included
  • Works on any device — phone, tablet or desktop
  • Free forever — no sign-up, no downloads, no ads
  • Built-in timer (15s, 30s or 60s) to keep the pace up
  • Automatic scorecard for up to four competing teams

Perfect for

  • Pub quiz nights where food & drink is a dedicated round
  • Family game nights with players of mixed ages and knowledge levels
  • School and workplace quiz events and team-building sessions
  • Charity fundraisers and community events looking for ready-made content
  • Solo practice if you are preparing for a competitive quiz league

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