Free food trivia questions with answers.

Food trivia questions and answers.

Q: What food is the leading source of salmonella poisoning?
A:  Chicken.

Q: What company first condensed soup in 1898?
A: Campbell's.

Q: What nutty legume accounts for one sixth of the world's vegetable oil production?
A:  The peanut.

Q: What country saw the cultivation of the first potato, in 200 A.D.?
A: South America.

Q: What type of lettuce was called Crisphead until the 1920s?
A: Iceberg lettuce.

Q: What tree gives us prunes?
A: The plum tree.

Q: What type of chocolate was first developed for public consumption in Vevey, Switzerland in 1875?
A: Milk Chocolate.

Q: What added ingredient keeps confectioners' sugar from clumping?
A: Corn starch.

Q:  What edible comes in crimmini, morel, oyster and wood ear varieties?
A:  Mushrooms.

Q: What newly-imported substance caused the first major outbreak of tooth decay in Europe, in the1500's?
A:  Sugar.

Q:  What fat substitute got FDA approval for use in snack foods, despite reports of diarrhea and cramps?
A:  Olestra.

Q:  What ingredient in fresh milk is eventually devoured by bacteria, causing the sour taste?
A:  Lactose.

Q: What uncooked meat is a trichina worm most likely to make a home in?
A: Pork. 

Q: What baking ingredient, sprayed at high pressure, did the U.S. Air Force replace its toxic paint stripper with?
A: Baking soda.

Q: What staple is laced with up to 16 additives including plaster of paris, to stay fresh?
A: Bread.

Q: What falling fruit supposedly inspired Isaac Newton to write the laws of gravity?
A: An Apple.

Q:  What method of preserving food did the Incas first use, on potatoes?
A:  Freeze-drying.

Q: What deli sandwich topped Dateline NBC's list for total fat content - a Reuben, BLT  or tuna salad with mayo?
A: Tuna salad with mayo.

Q: What drupaceous fruit were Hawaiian women once forbidden by law to eat?
A: The coconut. 

Q: What hit the market alongside spinach as the first frozen veggies?
A: Peas. 

Q: How many sizes of chicken eggs does the USDA recognize, including peewee?
A: Six. 

Q:  What are de-headed, de-veined an sorted by size in a laitram machine?
A: Shrimp. 

Q:  What's the only fish that produces real caviar, according to the FDA?
A: Sturgeon. 

Q: What type of egg will yield 11 and one-half average-size omelettes?
A: An Ostrich egg.

Q: What's the groundnut better known as?
A: The peanut. 

Q: What crystalline salt is frequently used to enhance the flavor to TV dinners?
A: Monosodium glutamate. 

Q:  What sticky sweetener was traditionally used as an antiseptic ointment for cuts and burns?
A:  Honey.

Q:  What should your diet be high in to lessen the chance of colon cancer, according to a 1990 study?
A:  Fiber.

Q: What nut do two-thirds of its U. S. producers sell through Blue Diamond?
A: The Almond.