Pain au chocolat - Quiz
  • 1. What is the literal translation of 'pain au chocolat'?
A) chocolate bread
B) cocoa pastry
C) sweet pastry
D) baked chocolate
  • 2. What term is used for pain au chocolat in southwestern France and French-speaking Canada?
A) couque
B) croissant
C) petit pain
D) chocolatine
  • 3. What is pain au chocolat called in Flanders, Belgium?
A) chocoladekoek
B) schokocroissant
C) couque au chocolat
D) chocoladebroodje
  • 4. What name is commonly used for this pastry in many English-speaking countries?
A) sweet chocolate roll
B) cocoa bread
C) chocolate croissant
D) chocolate puff
  • 5. What type of pastry dough is used to make pain au chocolat?
A) choux pastry dough
B) yeast-leavened laminated dough
C) sweet brioche dough
D) shortcrust pastry dough
  • 6. What is typically found in the center of a pain au chocolat?
A) one or two pieces of dark chocolate
B) milk chocolate cream
C) cocoa powder and butter
D) chocolate syrup and nuts
  • 7. How does the texture of the chocolate inside usually feel?
A) powdery and dry
B) completely liquid and runny
C) a slight bite to the texture
D) chewy like caramel
  • 8. Pain au chocolat is made of the same viennoiserie dough as what other item?
A) danish pastry
B) brioche
C) croissant
D) baguette
  • 9. Besides having a chocolate filling, how else does pain au chocolat differ from a croissant?
A) its rectangular shape
B) its star shape
C) its round shape
D) its braided shape
  • 10. In which French regions are the words 'petit pain au chocolat' or 'petit pain' used?
A) Hauts-de-France and Alsace
B) Nouvelle-Aquitaine and Occitanie
C) Corsica and Provence
D) Paris and central France
  • 11. Which term is used for the pastry in central France, southern France, and Paris?
A) petit pain
B) couque au chocolat
C) pain au chocolat
D) chocolatine
  • 12. What term is used in francophone areas of Canada outside of Quebec?
A) pain au chocolat
B) croissant au chocolat
C) chocolatine
D) chocoladebroodje
  • 13. In Germany, what terms are used interchangeably for the pastry?
A) Schokoladenbrot or Kakaokuchen
B) Schokoladenkipferl or Schokoladegebäck
C) Schokokoek or Kakaobrötchen
D) Schokocroissant or Schokobrötchen
  • 14. What is the pastry commonly known as in the Netherlands?
A) schokobrötchen
B) chocoladebroodje
C) chocoladekoek
D) napolitana
  • 15. What name is used for the pastry in Portugal and Spain?
A) napolitanas
B) chocolatines
C) cruasan de chocolate
D) croissant de chocolate
  • 16. What are they most commonly known as in Mexico?
A) cruasan de chocolate
B) chocolatines
C) napolitanas
D) chocoladebroodje
  • 17. What name is used for the pastry in El Salvador and Brazil?
A) napolitanas
B) croissant de chocolate
C) couque au chocolat
D) chocolatines
  • 18. What name is used for the pastry in Colombia?
A) cruasan de chocolate
B) chocolatines
C) croissant de chocolate
D) napolitanas
  • 19. According to legend, who allegedly introduced the croissant to France?
A) Ernest Schwarzer
B) Marie-Antoinette
C) Napoleon Bonaparte
D) August Zang
  • 20. Which historical group is credited in stories with asking to have 'chocolate in bread' in the 15th century?
A) the Germans
B) the Belgians
C) the Brits
D) the Austrians
  • 21. In what year did the word 'croissant' enter the French dictionary?
A) 1805
B) 1901
C) 1515
D) 1863
  • 22. When was the viennoiserie type of dough introduced to France?
A) mid 18th century
B) late 15th century
C) early 19th century
D) early 20th century
  • 23. Who founded the Viennese bakery in Paris at 92, rue de Richelieu?
A) Two British merchants
B) Marie-Antoinette and Louis XVI
C) A group of Belgian bakers
D) August Zang and Ernest Schwarzer
  • 24. What nationality was August Zang, one of the founders of the Viennese bakery in Paris?
A) British
B) Belgian
C) Austrian
D) French
  • 25. What was the profession of Ernest Schwarzer?
A) British soldier
B) French chef
C) Dutch baker
D) Austrian aristocrat
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