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