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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.
Which country is widely credited with inventing pizza?
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Italy
- Italy ✓
- France
- Greece
- Spain
What type of food is cheddar?
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Cheese
- Cheese ✓
- Bread
- Meat
- Fruit
Which fruit is traditionally used to make wine?
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Grapes
- Grapes ✓
- Apples
- Oranges
- Bananas
What is the main ingredient in bread?
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Flour
- Flour ✓
- Sugar
- Rice
- Potato
What spice gives many curries their yellow colour?
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Turmeric
- Turmeric ✓
- Paprika
- Cinnamon
- Ginger
What is the main ingredient in traditional hummus?
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Chickpeas
- Chickpeas ✓
- Lentils
- Beans
- Peas
Stored properly, honey can last for years without spoiling.
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True
Tomatoes are botanically a fruit.
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True
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.
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.
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.
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.
Which beer brand uses the slogan: Probably the best beer in the world?
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Carlsberg
- Heineken
- Stella Artois
- Carlsberg ✓
- Budweiser
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.
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.
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