Chinese noodles - Quiz
Chinese noodles
  • 1. What are Chinese noodles generally made from?
A) Wheat flour, rice flour, or mung bean starch
B) Corn flour, potato starch, or oat flour
C) Rye flour, soybean paste, or millet
D) Barley flour, tapioca, or sweet potato starch
  • 2. Which type of noodles is more commonly produced in northern China?
A) Wheat noodles
B) Mung bean noodles
C) Tapioca noodles
D) Rice noodles
  • 3. Which type of noodles is more typical of southern China?
A) Wheat noodles
B) Oat noodles
C) Rice noodles
D) Barley noodles
  • 4. What technology is used for wheat noodles in northern China?
A) High-pressure hydraulic pressing
B) Ancient wooden noodles mold technology
C) Modern automated extrusion molding
D) Manual bamboo rolling technology
  • 5. What ingredients may be added to wheat flour noodles to give them a different color or flavor?
A) Egg, lye, and cereal
B) Vinegar, oil, and yeast
C) Soy sauce, sesame, and spices
D) Sugar, milk, and butter
  • 6. What is sometimes added in low quantities to change the texture and tenderness of the noodle strands?
A) Egg whites, arrowroot or tapioca starch
B) Gelatin, rice starch, or butter
C) Baking soda, cornstarch, or lard
D) Wheat gluten, potato flour, or oil
  • 7. Which illegal chemical cross-linker is quite commonly used in East Asia to whiten noodles and improve texture?
A) Melamine
B) Calcium carbide
C) Formaldehyde
D) Borax
  • 8. What are the basic ingredients used to make the dough for Chinese noodles?
A) Flour, salt, and water
B) Flour, oil, and eggs
C) Flour, sugar, and milk
D) Flour, yeast, and butter
  • 9. After mixing the dough by hand to form bar shapes, what is the next step in the cooking method described?
A) Frying the bars in hot oil
B) Bending the bars for proofing
C) Freezing the bars instantly
D) Cutting the bars into cubes
  • 10. What type of flour are Chinese type noodles generally made from?
A) All-purpose white flours
B) Hard wheat flours
C) Whole grain pastry flours
D) Soft wheat flours
  • 11. What are the characteristics of hard wheat flours used for Chinese noodles?
A) Dark brown color and soft mushy texture
B) Bright creamy white or bright yellow color and firm texture
C) Dull grey color and crumbly texture
D) Transparent appearance and sticky texture
  • 12. When was the automatic noodle machine invented?
A) 1920s
B) 1950s
C) 1970s
D) 1930s
  • 13. Within how many hours are fresh noodles often consumed due to quick discoloration?
A) 12 hours
B) 72 hours
C) 48 hours
D) 24 hours
  • 14. How long can the shelf life of fresh noodles be extended if stored under refrigeration?
A) 1 month
B) 3–5 days
C) 1–2 weeks
D) 24 hours
  • 15. How are fresh noodle strands dried in the dried processing method?
A) By sunlight or in a controlled chamber
B) By freezing and vacuum drying
C) By smoking over wood fire
D) By microwave radiation or hot air blowers
  • 16. After parboiling, what are Chinese noodles rinsed in?
A) Cold water
B) Vinegar water
C) Hot boiling broth
D) Saltwater solution
  • 17. What is applied to boiled noodles after draining to prevent sticking?
A) Cold running water
B) 1–2% vegetable oil
C) 5% sesame oil
D) A dusting of cornstarch
  • 18. Which type of noodle strands are steamed in a steamer and softened with water through rinsing?
A) Raw wheat dough strands
B) Mung bean starch strands
C) Fresh alkaline noodle strands
D) Dried rice noodle strands
  • 19. What are rice or other starch-based noodles typically made with?
A) Starch, salt, and vegetable oil
B) Rice flour, wheat flour, and water
C) Only the starch or rice flour and water
D) Rice flour, eggs, and lye
  • 20. Which types of noodles can be dried to create a shelf-stable product to be eaten months after production?
A) Fresh alkaline noodles
B) Cut and extruded noodles
C) Steamed and boiled noodles
D) Peeled, pulled and kneaded noodles
  • 21. Where were noodles invented?
A) China
B) Korea
C) Italy
D) Japan
  • 22. How many dish varieties are prepared using Chinese noodles in China?
A) Exactly one thousand
B) Hundreds
C) Tens of thousands
D) Only a few dozen
  • 23. Which Southeast Asian country is mentioned in the text as having adopted Chinese noodles?
A) Egypt
B) Brazil
C) Malaysia
D) Australia
  • 24. Is there a single Chinese word equivalent to the Western concept of 'noodles'?
A) Only in Mandarin
B) Yes
C) No
D) Only in Cantonese
  • 25. What are wheat noodles called in Japanese?
A) Myeon
B) Mien
C) Men
D) Mee
  • 26. What are wheat noodles called in Thai?
A) Men
B) Myeon
C) Fun
D) Mee
  • 27. What are wheat noodles called in Korean?
A) Myeon
B) Fun
C) Mein
D) Mee
  • 28. Which language uses 'mee' for wheat noodles and 'hoon' or 'hun' for non-wheat noodles?
A) Japanese
B) Cantonese
C) Mandarin
D) Hokkien (Min Nan)
  • 29. What are some noodles named after?
A) The chef who invented them
B) The time of day they are eaten
C) The province capital's weather
D) Their principal ingredient
  • 30. During which historical period is the earliest written record of noodles from?
A) Eastern Han period
B) Song dynasty
C) Western Han dynasty
D) Tang dynasty
  • 31. Along which route did Chinese noodle-making traditions spread to Central Asia?
A) The Tea Horse Road
B) The Maritime Spice Route
C) The Trans-Siberian Route
D) The Silk Road
  • 32. What were noodles known as in Persia?
A) Laomian
B) Laksha
C) Itriya
D) Tang bing
  • 33. What does the Farsi word 'laksha' mean?
A) Wheat cake
B) Crispy
C) Slippery
D) Long life
  • 34. Through whose influence did noodles spread westwards to Sicily and Spain?
A) Persian influence
B) Mongol influence
C) Arab influence
D) Roman influence
  • 35. What were noodles known as in Sicily and Spain?
A) Laomian
B) Itriya
C) Tang bing
D) Laksha
  • 36. Sometime after which century did noodles spread from Sicily to mainland Italy?
A) Twelfth century
B) Fifth century
C) Fifteenth century
D) Tenth century
  • 37. During which dynasty were noodle shops very popular in cities and remained open all night?
A) Song dynasty
B) Qing dynasty
C) Eastern Han dynasty
D) Western Han dynasty
  • 38. What were Chinese wheat noodles known as during earlier dynastic periods?
A) Alimentary paste
B) Imitation noodles
C) Soup cake
D) Slippery starch
  • 39. What is the Chinese term for 'soup cake'?
A) 拉麵
B) 湯餅
C) 黃朝英
D) 靖康緗素雜記
  • 40. What is the pinyin for the term 'soup cake'?
A) lào miàn
B) tāng bǐng
C) jìngkāngxiāngsùzájì
D) lì shā
  • 41. Who wrote the work 'A delightful mixed discussion on various scholarly topics'?
A) Gil Marks
B) Huáng Cháo Yīng
C) Sima Qian
D) Marco Polo
  • 42. In ancient times, what term was used collectively for bready foods like pasta?
A) Laksha
B) Mian
C) Tang
D) Bing
  • 43. Until what year could most dried Chinese noodles in the United States not be sold labelled as 'noodles'?
A) 2001
B) 1945
C) 1978
D) 1992
  • 44. Which food historian documented that Chinese noodle-making traditions spread along the Silk Road?
A) Ibn Battuta
B) Gil Marks
C) Marco Polo
D) Huáng Cháo Yīng
  • 45. Why do Chinese wheat noodles not require salt in the boiling liquid?
A) Because they are usually made from salted dough
B) Because salt ruins their texture
C) Because they are pre-salted externally
D) Because they absorb salt from the air
  • 46. What is the Chinese term for lye-water noodles?
A) Chow mein
B) Lamian
C) Jiǎn miàn
D) Yóu miàn
  • 47. How is the smell and taste of lye-water noodles described?
A) Sweet
B) Eggy
C) Sour
D) Salty
  • 48. Which chemical is NOT mentioned as a source of lye in noodles?
A) Calcium hydroxide
B) Sodium carbonate
C) Sodium chloride
D) Potassium hydroxide
  • 49. What are starch noodles made using?
A) Wheat flour only
B) Ground rice grains
C) Oat flour and water
D) Various plant starches
  • 50. What is the scientific name for the oat used for noodles in China?
A) Triticum aestivum
B) Oryza sativa
C) Avena nuda
D) Panicum miliaceum
  • 51. What is a characteristic of the process of making oat noodles?
A) Slicing them from large sheets
B) Pressing them through metal holes
C) Steaming them in bamboo baskets
D) Twisting them on a marble plate
  • 52. What crop were the oldest archaeological noodles in China made from?
A) Millet
B) Oats
C) Rice
D) Wheat
  • 53. In what year did archaeologists report finding 4000-year-old noodles at the Lajia site?
A) 2000
B) 2005
C) 1995
D) 2010
  • 54. What type of modern Chinese noodle did the ancient millet noodles resemble?
A) Wonton noodles
B) Lamian
C) Lo mein
D) Chow mein
  • 55. Which of the following is listed as a Chinese noodle dish?
A) Ramen
B) Ban mian
C) Pad thai
D) Pho
  • 56. Is Char kway teow listed as a Chinese noodle dish in the text?
A) Yes
B) Only in footnotes
C) Only in the introduction
D) No
  • 57. Which stir-fried noodle dish is included in the provided list?
A) Chow mein
B) Pan fried rice
C) Lo mein stir
D) Crispy wonton
  • 58. Which of the following dishes incorporates noodles according to the text?
A) Dim sum
B) Dumplings
C) Laksa
D) Sushi
  • 59. What is the name of the noodle dish starting with the letter L that is not Laksa or Lamian?
A) Liching
B) Lo mein
C) Ling nan
D) Long soup
  • 60. Which noodle dish features 'Re gan mian'?
A) It is an oat noodle topping
B) It is a brand of lye water
C) It is a type of rice slurry
D) Re gan mian is the dish itself
  • 61. Which noodle dish finishes the alphabetical list in the text?
A) Zhejiang noodles
B) Zhajiangmian
C) Zha jiang
D) Zhuniang
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