food nerd trivia

This week’s episode of teh Reaver’s Ultimate Nerdcore Humiliation Trivia featured questions for food nerds, compiled by teh Reaver’s famous chef sister, Chez Nasté. As usual, our venue was the Roadhouse.

team scores

Team Ramrod: 40 points
Team Awesome: 29 points
Brad: 20 points
VP of Trivioso: 18 points
Team Vegan: 16 points
Yo Mama: -13 points

question blocks

regional

YMBTNTPQ: What is made in Mexico’s Jalisco province from the blue agave plant?
A: Tequila
1PQ: What primary ingredient in salsa verde is also known as the husk tomato?
A: Tomatillo
2PQ: What is the name of the corn flour used in the making of Tamales and tortillas?
A: Masa
4PQ: Who wrote “Authentic Mexican: Regional Cooking from the Heart of Mexico?”
A: Rick Bayless
YMBTNTPQ: What uncooked cold vegetable soup is found on Spanish restaurant menus?
A: Gazpacho
1PQ: What is the name for Spanish appetizers, often accompanied by sherry?
A: Tapas
2PQ: What is the name of the potato and onion omelet found on a Spanish menu?
A: Tortilla
4PQ: What is the name of the food movement epitomized by Spain’s Ferran Adria?
A: Molecular Gastronomy
YMBTNTPQ: What was invented in Los Angeles, by Japanese chefs, for those squeamish about eating raw fish?
A: California Rolls
1PQ: What Japanese dipping sauce is made from an acidic base of sour citrus juice, rice vinegar, and soy sauce?
A: Ponzu
2PQ: What is the Japanese name for the seaweed used to wrap sushi?
A: Nori
4PQ: What are the names of Nobuyuki Matsuhisa’s self-named restaurants, known for sushi?
A: Nobu and Matsuhisa

cooking school 101

YMBTNTPQ: What is the term for preparing and assembling all ingredients and equipment before cooking?
A: Mise en Place (French for “putting in place”)
1PQ: What three vegetables are in a Mirepoix (meer- a-PWAH), used to flavor stocks and stews?
A: Carrots, celery, and onions.
MPQ (1 point each correct answer): What are the seven most common knife cuts?
A: small, medium, and large dice, brunoise, julienne, batonnet, paysanne

quantities

YMBTNTPQ: How many ounces are in a cup?
A: 8
1PQ: How many cups are in a gallon?
A: 16
2PQ: How many teaspoons are in a tablespoon?
A: 3
4PQ: How many tablespoons are in a cup?
A: 16

baking

YMBTNTPQ: What is the generic term for yeast, baking powder, and baking soda?
A: leaveners
1PQ: Which classic egg white- based icing dries hard and durable?
A: Royal Icing
2PQ: What kind of wheat is used for cake, or pastry, flour?
A: Soft wheat
4PQ: What is the instrument used for measuring the sugar content in a solution, such as in sorbets?
A: Saccharometer

gross stuff

YMBTNTPQ: What Scottish specialty consists of a sheep’s stomach lining stuffed with organ meats and other ingredients?
A: Haggis
1PQ: What is the menu term for thymus glands and pancreas of young animals, most often calves and lambs?
A: Sweetbreads
2PQ: What Jewish dish was original prepared by making a mixture from fish flesh and stuffing it back in the fish skin before cooking?
A: Gefilte Fish
4PQ: What is another name for pig’s feet that would be found in English cookbooks?
A: Trotters

fast food

YMBTNTPQ: What is the name of Burger King’s breakfast sandwich of eggs, bacon, sausage and cheese?
A: Enormous Omelet Sandwich
1PQ: What is the name of Hardee’s 2/3 pound, bacon cheeseburger?
A: the Monster Thickburger
1PQ: What kind of restaurant was invented by Texans in the 1920s with the opening of the Pig Stand?
A: The Drive- in restaurant
1PQ: Who opened the first Mcdonalds Franchise outside of California?
A: Ray Kroc

food and nerds

YMBTNTPQ: What product was a marketing coup in the movie E.T. the Extra-terrestrial?
A: Reese’s Pieces
1PQ: What was the secret ingredient in the food wafer “soylent,” consumed in the 1973 film “Soylent Green”?
A: People
2PQ: What meat does Bert the troll complain about for lack of “man flesh” in The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien?
A: Mutton
4PQ: What is served live to Officer Riker in the Klingon dining room in an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation?
A: Gagh (serpent worms)
8PQ: What is the name of the best drink served at the Restaurant at the End of the Universe?
A: Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster