Tasty Trivia

1 What is the country of origin of Havarti cheese?

2 What was the tasty name of the dog that found the lost World Cup in 1966?

3 What is advertised on TV with the slogan You either Love it or Hate it?

4 Which foodstuff is sometimes referred to as black diamonds?

5 Which song contains the lyric “chilli con carne, sparkling champagne”?

6 In which band did Robert Palmer and Elkie Brooks perform together in the 1960s?

7 Who penned the autobiography Bananas is My Business?

8 Which literary character invented a gobstopper that lasted forever?

9 In Ancient China what variety of meat was reserved exclusively for the emperor?

10 Which song mentions saveloy, mustard, jelly, custard and sausages in the lyrics?

11 Which band with a tasty name was originally called Dean Ford and the Gaylords?

12 What year is depicted on the logo of Kronenberg lager?

13 In which English city was the Colman’s mustard factory founded?

14 John F Kennedy once boasted in a speech, “Ich bin ein Berliner”. How did the phrase translate into English?

15 Which song contains the line “And the popcorn from the candy stand makes it all seem twice as good”?

16 In which TV series did Frank Thornton play Herbert Truelove?

17 Who said” A woman drove me to drink and I didn’t have the decency to thank her”?

18 What does the Spanish phrase vino de casa mean?

19 Which comedy series features the characters of Janet, Gaz, Donna, Louise and Johnny?

20 What edible item has a name that translates into English as “flight in the wind”?

21 Fenek, a national dish of Malta, comprises of fried what?

22 In 1989 in which brand of confectionary did blue replace brown?

23 What is unusual about the phrase A NUT FOR A JAR OF TUNA?

24 Which Italian cheese has a name that means cooked again?

25 Who said “If this is justice then I’m a banana”, following a libel award against Private Eye magazine?

26 Which cocktail was named after a Californian surfer called Tom Harvey?

27 What fruit is picked from a mirabelle tree?

28 What is the American term for a courgette?

29 Which Spanish artist claimed that he would eat his wife when she died?

30 Which area of New York gave its name to a cocktail comprising of gin and vermouth?

31 Which musical features the song Hand Me Down That Can O Beans?

32 Castlemaine XXXX originated in which Australian state?

33 What did Mark Twain describe as a cabbage with a college education?

34 In the Simpsons, what nationality did Willie the groundsman describe as cheese eating surrender monkeys?

35 Which two horses with tasty names came first and second in the 1973 Grand National?

36 Despite its name in which country is Geneva Gin made?

37 What brand of lager has a name that translates into English as lion’s brew?

38 Which decade witnessed the Boston Tea Party?

39 What is advertised on TV with the slogan It’s Not for Girls?

40 Fill in the blank- Samuel Johnson once wrote, “Claret is the liquor for boys, port for men, but he who aspires to be a hero must drink BLANK”.

Answers
1 Denmark
2 Pickles
3 Marmite
4 Truffles
5 Let There Be Love
6 Vinegar Joe
7 Carmen Miranda
8 Willy Wonka
9 Pork
10 Food Glorious Food
11 Marmalade
12 1664
13 Norwich
14 I am a doughnut
15 Saturday Night at the Movies
16 Last of the Summer Wine
17 WC Fields
18 House wine
19 Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps
20 Vol au vent
21 Rabbit
22 Smarties
23 It is a palindrome
24 Ricotta
25 Ian Hislop
26 Harvey Wallbanger
27 Plum
28 Zucchini
29 Salvador Dali
30 Bronx
31 Paint Your Wagon
32 Queensland
33 Cauliflower
34 The French
35 Red Rum and Crisp
36 Netherlands
37 Lowenbrau
38 1770s
39 Yorkie
40 Brandy