Food & Drink Quiz No. 1 - Christmas

[Carl]

• 1. Angels on Horseback are made by wrapping bacon around which saltwater creature ?

• 2. In a Christmas Trifle, which alcoholic drink is usually added to the base ?

• 3. Which British monarch made eating turkey at Christmas fashionable, was it Edward VII, George V or Henry VIII ?

• 4. Which fruit is used to make a Christingle ?

• 5. A Snowball cocktail is a mixture of lemonade and ............ ?

• 6. Traditionally, which coin is added to a Christmas pudding to bring good luck ?

• 7. Which fruity sauce is served with turkey ?

• 8. A Tunis cake is Madeira topped with a thick layer of chocolate and decorated with chopped hazelnuts, desiccated coconut or marzipan fruits ?

• 9. Which spice is added to egg-nog ?

• 10. Which type of cake is traditionally eaten in Italy at Christmas time ?

Answers will be provided next Monday evening after 21:00.

[elcarretero]

1 Shrimps
2 Sherry
3 George V ?
4 Orange
5 Advocaat (egg liquor)
6 Silver sixpence
7 Cranberry
8 ?
9 Cinnamon
10 Panettone

[freddo]

8 marzipan fruits

[Carl]

ANSWERS

• 1. Angels on Horseback are made by wrapping bacon around which saltwater creature ? Oysters

• 2. In a Christmas Trifle, which alcoholic drink is usually added to the base ? Sherry

• 3. Which British monarch made eating turkey at Christmas fashionable, was it Edward VII, George V or Henry VIII ? Edward VII

• 4. Which fruit is used to make a Christingle ? Orange

• 5. A Snowball cocktail is a mixture of lemonade and ............ ? Advocat

• 6. Traditionally, which coin is added to a Christmas pudding to bring good luck ? Sixpence

• 7. Which fruity sauce is served with turkey ? Cranberry

• 8. A Tunis cake is Madeira topped with a thick layer of chocolate and decorated with chopped hazelnuts, desiccated coconut or marzipan fruits ? Marzipan Fruits

• 9. Which spice is added to egg-nog ? Cinnamon

• 10. Which type of cake is traditionally eaten in Italy at Christmas time ? Panettone