Pizza - Quiz
Pizza
  • 1. What are dessert pizza and sweet pizza used for?
A) Strictly savory Italian pasta dishes
B) Only traditional breakfast foods
C) Traditional soup bases
D) A variety of dishes resembling a pizza
  • 2. What kind of base do some dessert pizzas have instead of yeast dough?
A) A flaky pastry base
B) A cookie-like base
C) A hard cornmeal base
D) A solid chocolate base
  • 3. In what way do dessert pizzas with cookie-like bases resemble a traditional pizza?
A) In containing tomato sauce and cheese
B) In being served exclusively as a main course
C) In being baked in a brick oven at high heat
D) In having a flat round shape with a distinct base and topping
  • 4. Who has criticized many mass-produced pizzas by American pizza chains?
A) Italian chefs for using too much garlic
B) Critics for having an unhealthy balance of ingredients
C) The United Nations for lacking protein
D) Agricultural boards for excessive flour usage
  • 5. What are pizza, salt, and fat levels typically described as?
A) High in salt and fat, and high in calories
B) Low in sodium and high in vitamins
C) Balanced in nutrients and low in calories
D) Completely free of fats and sugars
  • 6. According to the USDA, what is the average sodium content per 14 in (36 cm) pizza in fast food chains?
A) 7,200 mg
B) 1,500 mg
C) 3,400 mg
D) 5,100 mg
  • 7. What is a calzone made of?
A) Bread dough rolled tightly into a cylinder
B) Flatbread topped with minced meat and onions
C) Pizza dough folded around a filling
D) Phyllo dough layered with cheese and butter
  • 8. How is a stromboli prepared compared to a calzone?
A) Layered like a multi-tier cake
B) Folded in a triangular shape
C) Fried in oil instead of baked
D) Rolled around a filling
  • 9. Where is coca consumed mainly?
A) Catalonia and neighboring regions
B) Alsace and neighboring regions
C) Stone Town and Zanzibar
D) Tuscany and Liguria
  • 10. Outside of Spain, where has coca extended to?
A) Algeria
B) Canada
C) Japan
D) Tanzania
  • 11. What versions of coca exist?
A) Only plain dough versions
B) Sweet and savory versions
C) Only spicy meat versions
D) Only sweet fruit versions
  • 12. Farina or cecina is a regional dish associated with which areas?
A) Ligurian and Tuscan
B) Levantine and Armenian
C) Alsatian and Swiss
D) Catalan and Algerian
  • 13. How is farinata or cecina often baked and sold?
A) Rolled into tubes and sold frozen
B) Fried in a pan and sold in whole circles
C) Baked in a brick oven, weighed and sold by the slice
D) Steamed in bamboo baskets and sold in pairs
  • 14. Flammekueche is a food speciality of which region?
A) Catalonia region
B) Alsace region
C) Ligurian region
D) Romagna region
  • 15. What is focaccia?
A) A flat leavened oven-baked Italian bread
B) A sweet chocolate pastry
C) A thin Middle Eastern flatbread with minced meat
D) A deep-fried pocket of pizza dough
  • 16. What is focaccia sometimes called in some places?
A) Pizza rossa
B) Pizza bianca
C) Macedonian pizza
D) Turkish pizza
  • 17. Garlic fingers is a dish from which area?
A) Romagna
B) Atlantic Canadian
C) Levantine
D) Stone Town
  • 18. What is garlic fingers garnished with?
A) Cooked onions, anchovies, and olives
B) Minced meat, tomatoes, and peppers
C) Melted butter, garlic, cheese, and sometimes bacon
D) Chopped meat and caraway seeds
  • 19. Semsek is a dish from which culture?
A) Georgian
B) Swiss
C) Armenian
D) Japanese
  • 20. How is the dough shaped for semsek?
A) Shaped into a circle with braided edges
B) Stretched into an oval
C) Formed into a boat-like shape
D) Rolled into a long cylinder
  • 21. What tops a semsek?
A) Sauce applied strictly after baking
B) A mixture of seasoned minced meat and puréed roasted vegetables
C) Cooked onions, anchovies, and olives
D) Melted butter, garlic, and cheese
  • 22. Khachapuri is a dish from which country?
A) Turkish
B) Georgian
C) German
D) Italian
  • 23. What are possible forms of khachapuri?
A) A cheese-filled bread, or a boat-shaped dough topped with cheese, butter and an egg
B) A multi-layer cake made of pizza dough
C) A thin flatbread with minced meat and vegetables
D) A fried calzone filled with beef and onions
  • 24. What is içli pide, or simply pide?
A) A Swiss tart
B) A Turkish dish
C) An Armenian flatbread
D) A Japanese hotplate dish
  • 25. What shape is içli pide usually formed in?
A) A multi-layered round shape
B) A boat-like shape
C) A strict square shape
D) An oval shape with braided edges
  • 26. What is içli pide sometimes sold as?
A) White pizza
B) Turkish pizza
C) Japanese pizza
D) Macedonian pizza
  • 27. What is lahmacun?
A) A bagel with traditional pizza toppings
B) A Middle Eastern flatbread topped with minced meat
C) A deep-fried Italian calzone
D) A German onion tart with diced bacon
  • 28. How is the base and meat layer of lahmacun described?
A) The base is very thin, and the layer of meat often includes chopped vegetables
B) The base resembles filo dough, and the meat is raw
C) The base is cookie-like, and the meat is sweet
D) The base is thick leavened bread, and the meat is pure beef without vegetables
  • 29. Manakish is what type of dish?
A) A frozen snack product
B) An Italian-American tomato pie
C) A Levantine flatbread dish
D) A Swiss tart specialty
  • 30. What is matzah pizza?
A) An Armenian meat pie
B) A Georgian cheese boat
C) A Turkish flatbread
D) A Jewish pizza dish
  • 31. What is okonomiyaki often referred to as?
A) Turkish pizza
B) Japanese pizza
C) White pizza
D) Macedonian pizza
  • 32. Where is okonomiyaki cooked?
A) In deep frying oil
B) In a multi-tier steamer
C) In a brick oven
D) On a hotplate
  • 33. How do panzerotti differ from calzones?
A) Sweet rather than savory
B) Thin rather than thick
C) Rolled rather than folded
D) Fried rather than baked
  • 34. What is pastrmajlija nicknamed?
A) White pizza
B) Turkish pizza
C) Macedonian pizza
D) Japanese pizza
  • 35. What is pastrmajlija made from?
A) A flat leavened bread with cooked onions
B) A bagel with melted butter and garlic
C) A tart filled with caraway seeds and bacon
D) A bread pie made from dough and meat
  • 36. What shape is pastrmajlija usually?
A) Boat-shaped with an egg
B) Circle-shaped with braided edges
C) Oval-shaped with chopped meat on top of it
D) Square-shaped with multiple layers
  • 37. What is piadina?
A) A Japanese hotplate snack
B) A thin Italian flatbread
C) A Swiss dessert tart
D) A thick German onion tart
  • 38. In which historical region is piadina typically prepared?
A) Romagna historical region
B) Alsace region
C) Ligurian region
D) Catalonia region
  • 39. What distinguishes pinsa bread?
A) It is a pizza fried in oil
B) It is a multi-layer pizza cake
C) It is a flatbread with sauce applied after baking
D) It is a frozen snack product
  • 40. What is pissaladière similar to?
A) An Italian pizza
B) A Japanese okonomiyaki
C) A Georgian khachapuri
D) An Armenian semsek
  • 41. What are the toppings on a pissaladière?
A) Minced meat and puréed roasted vegetables
B) Cooked onions, anchovies, and olives
C) Melted butter, garlic, cheese, and bacon
D) Minced beef, onions, and an egg
  • 42. What is a pizza bagel?
A) A multi-layer bread pie
B) A bagel with toppings similar to that of traditional pizzas
C) A pizza rolled into a tight cylinder
D) A deep-fried bread dough pocket
  • 43. What is a pizza cake?
A) A dessert pizza with a cookie base
B) A multiple-layer pizza
C) A flatbread with sauce applied after baking
D) A sweet chocolate pizza
  • 44. What are pizza rolls?
A) A freshly baked Levantine flatbread
B) A fresh street food in Zanzibar
C) A frozen snack product
D) A traditional Italian-American tomato pie
  • 45. What is pizza strips?
A) A tomato pie of Italian-American origin
B) An Atlantic Canadian garlic bread
C) A German caraway bread
D) A Swiss onion tart
  • 46. Sfiha is what type of dish?
A) A Georgian boat-shaped dough
B) A frozen American snack
C) A Japanese hotplate specialty
D) A Levantine flatbread with toppings
  • 47. What is wähe?
A) A Macedonian bread pie
B) An Italian thin flatbread
C) A Turkish meat pide
D) A Swiss type of tart
  • 48. Where is Zanzibar pizza served as a street food?
A) Catalonia, Spain
B) Stone Town, Zanzibar, Tanzania
C) Romagna, Italy
D) Alsace, France
  • 49. How does the dough of Zanzibar pizza compare to standard pizza dough?
A) A thick leavened bread dough
B) A dough much thinner than pizza dough, almost like filo dough
C) A cookie-like sweet base
D) A very thin flatbread base with sauce applied after baking
  • 50. What is Zanzibar pizza filled with?
A) Minced beef, onions, and an egg
B) Seasoned minced meat and puréed roasted vegetables
C) Melted butter, garlic, and cheese
D) Cooked onions, anchovies, and olives
  • 51. What is zwiebelkuchen?
A) A Turkish flatbread
B) A Swiss cheese bread
C) A German onion tart
D) An Italian tomato pie
  • 52. What ingredients are often baked into zwiebelkuchen?
A) Cooked onions and olives
B) Tomatoes and peppers
C) Minced beef and an egg
D) Diced bacon and caraway seeds
  • 53. Who is often credited with creating the modern version of pizza?
A) Darius the Great
B) Raffaele Esposito
C) Peter Boizot
D) Gennaro Lombardi
  • 54. In what year was Neapolitan pizza registered as a TSG dish by the EU?
A) 2017
B) 1984
C) 2009
D) 1999
  • 55. What was the value of the US pizza market in 2017?
A) $76 billion
B) $44 billion
C) $12 billion
D) $128 billion
  • 56. What is a person who makes pizza called?
A) Pizzaiolo
B) Barista
C) Gelatier
D) Panettieri
  • 57. Which empire's soldiers baked flatbreads with cheese and dates on their battle shields in the 6th century BC?
A) Ottoman Empire
B) Achaemenid Empire
C) Roman Empire
D) Byzantine Empire
  • 58. When did pizzerias in Naples start having tables for clients to sit and eat?
A) About 997
B) About 1750
C) About 1830
D) About 1905
  • 59. What was the name of the queen who allegedly inspired the pizza Margherita?
A) Queen Margherita
B) Queen Elizabeth
C) Queen Victoria
D) Queen Isabella
  • 60. What is the name of the country's first pizzeria, which opened in New York City in 1905?
A) PizzaExpress
B) Pizzeria Brandi
C) Totonno's
D) Lombardi's
  • 61. Who opened London's first known pizzeria, PizzaExpress, in 1965?
A) Peter Boizot
B) Darius the Great
C) Raffaele Esposito
D) Gennaro Lombardi
  • 62. In what document was the word pizza first recorded in 997 AD?
A) Codex diplomaticus Caietanus
B) The Etymological Dictionary of the Italian Language
C) Aeneid Book III
D) The royal decree of Capodimonte
  • 63. Which suggested etymology connects pizza to the Latin word pinsere?
A) Dialectal pinza meaning 'clamp'
B) Lombardic bizzo meaning 'mouthful'
C) Greek pissa meaning 'pitch'
D) Greek pitta meaning 'round flat bread'
  • 64. What does the Lombardic word bizzo or pizzo mean?
A) Fermented pastry
B) Mouthful
C) Clamp
D) Flat bread
  • 65. In what decade was the word pizza borrowed from Italian into English?
A) 1880s
B) 1930s
C) 1950s
D) 1900s
  • 66. Which historical exchange made the addition of tomatoes to pizza possible?
A) Byzantine expansion
B) Industrial Revolution
C) Columbian Exchange
D) Silk Road trade
  • 67. Where is the headquarters of the Associazione Verace Pizza Napoletana located?
A) Naples
B) Rome
C) New York
D) Gaeta
  • 68. What ingredient represents the color white on a pizza Margherita?
A) Lard
B) Ricotta
C) Garlic
D) Mozzarella
  • 69. What ingredient represents the color green on a pizza Margherita?
A) Oregano
B) Basil
C) Spinach
D) Olive oil
  • 70. What was the global pizza market worth in 2017?
A) US$10 billion
B) US$128 billion
C) US$500 billion
D) US$44 billion
  • 71. How many pizzerias were there in the US in 2017?
A) 76,000
B) 500
C) 100,000
D) 12,000
  • 72. What percentage of the US population consumed pizza on any given day between 2017 and March 2020?
A) About 25%
B) About 50%
C) About 11%
D) About 5%
  • 73. What town is mentioned in the earliest recorded Latin manuscript containing the term pizza?
A) Pompeii
B) Naples
C) Gaeta
D) Rome
  • 74. In which region is Gaeta located, near the border with Campania?
A) Calabria
B) Tuscany
C) Lazio
D) Apulia
  • 75. Who was the ruler of the Persian Empire when soldiers baked flatbreads on their shields?
A) Xerxes
B) Cyrus the Great
C) Darius the Great
D) Darius III
  • 76. What is the name of the queen of the Harpies in the Aeneid?
A) Celaeno
B) Cassandra
C) Margherita
D) Dido
  • 77. What shop name does Raffaele Esposito's original shop now go by?
A) PizzaExpress
B) Verace Pizza
C) Pizzeria Brandi
D) Lombardi's
  • 78. How many outlets did Peter Boizot's chain expand to across the UK and Ireland before expanding overseas?
A) Exactly 12
B) Over 76,000
C) Over 500
D) Over 5,000
  • 79. What type of document is the Codex diplomaticus Caietanus?
A) A restaurant menu from Naples
B) A notarial Latin document
C) A royal decree by the queen
D) An epic poetry book
  • 80. The town of Gaeta was still part of which empire when the 997 AD document was written?
A) Byzantine Empire
B) Roman Empire
C) Ottoman Empire
D) British Empire
  • 81. Which Greek word means 'fermented pastry' and is a suggested origin for pitta?
A) πίσσα (pissa)
B) πIνIζI (pinza)
C) πήτεα (pḗtea)
D) πικτή (pikte)
  • 82. Which Greek word means 'pitch' and is a suggested etymology for pizza?
A) πίσσα (pissa)
B) πικτή (pikte)
C) πήτεα (pḗtea)
D) πIτIς (pitis)
  • 83. Which Greek word means 'bran' and is a suggested etymology for pizza?
A) πήτεα (pḗtea)
B) πικτή (pikte)
C) πίσσα (pissa)
D) πIνIζI (pinza)
  • 84. What Latin verb does the dialectal word pinza originate from?
A) pudere
B) pinsere
C) pikte
D) picta
  • 85. Who brought the Lombardic word bizzo or pizzo to Italy in the middle of the 6th century AD?
A) The Trojan refugees
B) The Persian soldiers
C) The invading Lombards
D) The Byzantine monks
  • 86. What year was pizza Margherita supposedly invented according to popular legend?
A) 997
B) 1905
C) 2009
D) 1889
  • 87. How many different pizzas did Raffaele Esposito create for the queen?
A) Three
B) One
C) Twelve
D) Two
  • 88. In what year was the True Neapolitan Pizza Association founded?
A) 2009
B) 1984
C) 1905
D) 2017
  • 89. At what type of restaurant is pizza NOT commonly sold according to the text?
A) Via delivery
B) Mediterranean restaurants
C) Pizzerias
D) Steakhouses
  • 90. What does the Latin word picta derive from?
A) Lombardic bizzo
B) Ancient Greek πίσσα (pissa)
C) Latin pinsere
D) Ancient Greek πικτή (pikte)
  • 91. Which historical work mentions Trojans eating their tables?
A) The Aeneid
B) EU TSG Registry
C) Etymological Dictionary of the Italian Language
D) Codex diplomaticus Caietanus
  • 92. In which book of the Aeneid does Celaeno foretell the eating of tables?
A) Book X
B) Book VII
C) Book I
D) Book III
  • 93. In which book of the Aeneid do Aeneas and his men actually eat their tables?
A) Book VII
B) Book XII
C) Book V
D) Book III
  • 94. What year was the fresco depicting a pizza-like dish discovered in Pompeii?
A) 2009
B) 2017
C) 2023
D) 1889
  • 95. Where was Lombardi's opened in 1905?
A) London
B) Naples
C) Gaeta
D) New York City
  • 96. Which country requested the registration of Neapolitan pizza with the EU in 2009?
A) United Kingdom
B) United States
C) Greece
D) Italy
  • 97. What type of food is pizza frequently sold as on the street?
A) Breakfast cereal
B) Street food
C) Preserved ration
D) Fine dining dessert
  • 98. What is the long paddle used to slide a pizza into an oven called?
A) Peel
B) Spatula
C) Flippers
D) Paddle
  • 99. What is typically sprinkled on a peel before use?
A) Flour
B) Sugar
C) Cornmeal
D) Olive oil
  • 100. What happens when you cook pizza directly on a metal surface at home?
A) The metal melts into the dough
B) Too rapid heat transfer burns the crust
C) The crust becomes extra crispy and perfect
D) It takes too long to cook
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