Food for Thought

1 The Italian town of Pontedassia is home to a museum dedicated to which foodstuff?

2 Which food created by French monks was designed to resemble a small child’s arms in prayer?

3 Which foodstuff with a five letter name derives from the German for stirrup?

4 What is the more common name for the granadilla?

5 On which TV show has Lloyd Grossman often said, “We’ve deliberated, cogitated and digested”?

6 What is the tasty name of the central character in the John Osbourne play The Entertainer?

7 Which food of the Greek gods was said to bestow immortality?

8 What fruit is depicted on the badge of Worcestershire County Cricket Club?

9 What were Rowntree’s Chocolate Beans renamed in 1937?

10 In 2000 which politician had custard pie thrown in her face during a book signing in Oxford?

11 On which Mediterranean island did the sweet pea originate?

12 What brand of bread has been advertised on TV with an excerpt from the New World Symphony?

13 A tangelo is a cross between a tangerine and which other fruit?

14 In which city was Walker’s Crisps founded?

15 Which politician mocked for his public inability to spell potato?

16 Which word meaning, a ludicrous failure derives from the Italian word for flask?

17 Which foodstuff is nicknamed black diamonds?

18 Which chocolate bar was first marketed under the name of, Rowntree’s Chocolate Crisp?

19 Who said, “You can tell a lot about a fella’s character by his way of eating jelly beans”?

20 Which fruit originating in China has a name that means golden orange?

21 Which musical features the song, The Night They Invented Champagne?

22 What is added to whisky to make a Rusty Nail?

23 What has been advertised on TV with the slogan, “Central heating for kids”?

24 What do the letters LBV signify on a bottle of port?

25 Which number one hit contains the line, “No chocolate covered candy hearts to give away”?

Answers

1 Spaghetti
2 Pretzel
3 Bagel
4 Passion fruit
5 Masterchef
6 Archie Rice
7 Ambrosia
8 Pear
9 Smarties
10 Anne Widdecombe
11 Sicily
12 Hovis
13 Grapefruit
14 Leicester
15 Dan Quayle
16 Fiasco
17 Truffles
18 Kit Kat
19 Ronald Reagan
20 Kumquat
21 Gigi
22 Drambuie
23 Ready Brek
24 Late Bottled Vintage
25 I Just Called to Say I Love You