Food and sexuality - Quiz
Food and sexuality
  • 1. What are two foods famously said to be aphrodisiacs?
A) Bread and cheese
B) Rice and beans
C) Chocolate and oysters
D) Apples and bananas
  • 2. What do some cultures consume to increase sexual potency?
A) Animal testicles
B) Root vegetables
C) Exotic fruits
D) Seaweed
  • 3. What does the cherry symbolically associate with?
A) Gluttony
B) Longevity
C) Fertility
D) Virginity
  • 4. What is the name of the act where foods like whipped cream and melted chocolate are used for intimate titillation?
A) Grazing
B) Feasting
C) Dining
D) Sploshing
  • 5. Which artist created the 1998 art show titled Reflect?
A) Salonia
B) Neal D. Barnard
C) Sidney Wilfred Mintz
D) Monali Meher
  • 6. Who authored 'Tasting food, tasting freedom'?
A) Rosalyn M. Meadow
B) Shamloul
C) Lillie Weiss
D) Sidney Wilfred Mintz
  • 7. Which book contains a chapter titled 'Food and Sex'?
A) Reflect
B) Breaking the food seduction
C) Tasting food, tasting freedom
D) Women's conflicts about eating and sexuality
  • 8. Who wrote 'Women's conflicts about eating and sexuality'?
A) Monali Meher
B) Salonia et al.
C) Neal D. Barnard and Joanne Stepaniak
D) Rosalyn M. Meadow and Lillie Weiss
  • 9. What did the 2006 study by Salonia et al. evaluate?
A) The sexual function of women who ate chocolate daily versus those who did not
B) The effects of oysters on male sexual performance
C) The chemical components of natural aphrodisiacs
D) The history of food symbolism in cinema
  • 10. What did Salonia et al. conclude about chocolate consumption and sexual function?
A) It causes immediate euphoria
B) It drastically decreases sexual satisfaction
C) It does not affect sexual function
D) It significantly increases sexual desire
  • 11. According to Shamloul (2010), what is the evidence regarding natural aphrodisiacs enhancing sexual desire?
A) They are proven treatments for sexual dysfunction
B) They exclusively affect female genital functioning
C) There is overwhelming proof of their effectiveness
D) There is little scientific evidence suggesting they are effective
  • 12. Which chemical component in chocolate is claimed by Afoakwa (2008) to increase pleasure and sexual drive?
A) N-acylethanolamines
B) Phenylethylamine
C) Serotonin
D) Flavonoids
  • 13. Which component in chocolate is claimed to increase sensitivity and euphoria?
A) Caffeine
B) Sugar
C) Phenylethylamine
D) N-acylethanolamines
  • 14. What do flavonoids and serotonin in chocolate reportedly regulate to increase female genital functioning?
A) Respiratory rates
B) Digestive enzymes
C) Vasoconstriction and dilation
D) Blood sugar levels
  • 15. What is the overall conclusion regarding whether chocolate is an aphrodisiac, given the conflicting views?
A) It is definitively proven to be an aphrodisiac
B) It only works for men
C) Firm conclusions cannot be drawn due to a lack of current scientific evidence
D) It is scientifically proven to have no effect whatsoever
  • 16. In what mediums has the relationship between food and sex been explored, aside from art?
A) Radio and podcasts
B) Music and dance
C) Books and cinema
D) Architecture and sculpture
  • 17. Where was the 1991 exhibition of 19th- and 20th-century American food and sex related artworks held?
A) New York Historical Society show
B) Sidney Mintz museum
C) Salonia research institute
D) Monali Meher gallery
  • 18. Besides appearance and texture, what makes some foods considered sensual?
A) Temperature
B) Origin
C) Taste
D) Cost
  • 19. What biblical food item provides symbolism mentioned in the text?
A) Manna
B) The sacred fig
C) Forbidden fruit
D) The last supper bread
  • 20. How are food items used in poetry and slang?
A) To indicate dietary restrictions
B) As literal descriptions of anatomy
C) Metaphorically in sexual terminology
D) To describe cooking recipes
  • 21. Which 1985 movie explores the relationship between food and sexuality?
A) Like Water for Chocolate
B) Tampopo
C) Sausage Party
D) Chocolat
  • 22. In what year was the movie Like Water for Chocolate released?
A) 2024
B) 1985
C) 2000
D) 1992
  • 23. Which movie from 2000 is listed as exploring food and sexuality?
A) Like Water for Chocolate
B) The Taste of Things
C) Tampopo
D) Chocolat
  • 24. What is the release year of the movie The Taste of Things?
A) 2024
B) 1992
C) 2005
D) 2017
  • 25. Which song using food metaphors for sex was released in 1979?
A) Candy Shop
B) Le Banana Split
C) Les sucettes
D) Peaches & Cream
  • 26. Which song featuring food metaphors for sex was released in 2001?
A) Lollipop
B) Bon Appétit
C) Candy Shop
D) Peaches & Cream
  • 27. Which song was released in 2005?
A) Candy Shop
B) Bon Appétit
C) Peaches & Cream
D) Lollipop
  • 28. What song using food metaphors for sex was released in 2008?
A) Lollipop
B) Candy Shop
C) Le Banana Split
D) Les sucettes
  • 29. Which song featuring food metaphors for sex was released in 2017?
A) Candy Shop
B) Peaches & Cream
C) Bon Appétit
D) Lollipop
  • 30. Whose album cover for Whipped Cream & Other Delights features a woman covered in whipped cream?
A) Paris Hilton
B) Andy Warhol
C) The Velvet Underground & Nico
D) Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass
  • 31. In what year was the album Whipped Cream & Other Delights released?
A) 1985
B) 1965
C) 1979
D) 1967
  • 32. Which celebrity was featured in Carl's Jr. advertisements rapturously eating a burger?
A) Nico
B) Paris Hilton
C) Andy Warhol
D) Herb Alpert
  • 33. What is perhaps the most iconic phallic food mentioned in the text?
A) Cucumber
B) Sausage
C) Carrot
D) Banana
  • 34. Who designed the iconic record sleeve featuring a banana for The Velvet Underground & Nico?
A) Paris Hilton
B) Not specified
C) Andy Warhol
D) Herb Alpert
  • 35. In what year was the album The Velvet Underground & Nico released?
A) 1967
B) 1979
C) 1985
D) 1965
  • 36. Which animated film uses sausage and hot dog phallic symbolism?
A) Tampopo
B) Chocolat
C) Sausage Party
D) Call Me by Your Name
  • 37. In what year was the film Sausage Party released?
A) 2000
B) 2017
C) 2016
D) 1992
  • 38. Which of the following is listed as a phallic food?
A) Zucchini
B) Pomegranate
C) Melon
D) Papaya
  • 39. Which of the following is given as an example of a yonic food?
A) Fig
B) Sausage
C) Carrot
D) Zucchini
  • 40. Which food is listed as yonic?
A) Hot dog
B) Cucumber
C) Banana
D) Oyster
  • 41. Which fruit is mentioned as both yonic and symbolic of the buttocks?
A) Peach
B) Apple
C) Papaya
D) Orange
  • 42. Which of these foods symbolizes breasts according to the text?
A) Banana
B) Fig
C) Eggplant
D) Melon
  • 43. Which film sexualizes the peach through an analogy with homosexual male desire?
A) The Taste of Things
B) Sausage Party
C) Tampopo
D) Call Me by Your Name
  • 44. In what year was Call Me by Your Name released?
A) 2016
B) 1985
C) 2017
D) 2000
  • 45. Which social media emoji is commonly used with a sexual connotation to refer to the penis?
A) Eggplant emoji
B) Peach emoji
C) Melon emoji
D) Banana emoji
  • 46. Which social media emoji is commonly used to refer to the buttocks?
A) Eggplant emoji
B) Sausage emoji
C) Peach emoji
D) Carrot emoji
  • 47. Food symbolism often works through a combination of shape and what else?
A) Gestures
B) Sounds
C) Colors
D) Smells
  • 48. Which gesture is specifically mentioned as part of food symbolism?
A) Peeling
B) Baking
C) Cooking
D) Freezing
  • 49. Which physical action is noted as contributing to food symbolism?
A) Boiling
B) Wobbling
C) Freezing
D) Roasting
  • 50. Many iconic uses of food symbolism are deliberately comic, excessive, or what else?
A) Scientific
B) Boring
C) Tragic
D) Ironic
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