What is ‘panna cotta’?
a) a deep pan pizza invented by Pizza Hut, Italia S.a.
b) malted wholemeal bread
c) cooked cream
d) pasta with cottage cheese and rocket
Which of these is a type of rice?
a) arborio
c) farfalle
d) garganelli
Which of these is a vegetable?
a) cannellini
b) canditi
c) colifiori
d) cappriccio
Where does chianti come from?
a) Superiore
b) Toscana
c) Reggio Chiantini Rosso, Sicily
d) between Secco and Asti spumante
What is the famous dessert from Sicily called?
a) canneloni
b) canoli
c) canola
d) candelabra
What alcoholic drink is a translation of ‘witch’?
A) morticia
b) grappa
c) strega
d) amaretti
What is Mozzarella cheese made from?
a) ewe’s milk
b) buffalo’s milk
c) goat’s milk
d) milk of human kindness
What is the name of the Sardinian cheese crawling with maggots?
a) dragoncello
b) azzuro grigetti
c) casu marzu
d) maggerotti
An ‘osteria’ is a what?
a) an oyster/seafood bar
b) a wine bar with food
c) a McDonald’s in Ostia serving ‘ostra panini’
d) a hostel without restaurant
What is the name for ‘bolognese’ sauce in Bologna?
a) bolognese
b) ragu
c) sugo bollicine
d) pomodoro con carne
UK Queen Elizabeth’s favourite dessert?
a) zuccine
b) zafferano
c) zabaglione
d) zuccero
Tiramisu was invented when?
a) 1780’s
b) 1920’s
c) 1870’s
d) 1960’s
Answers:
(no cheating now….)
cookedcream/arborio/cannellini/Toscana/canoli/strega/buffalo’s milk/casu marzu/a wine bar with food/ragu/zabaglione/1960’s
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