Chicken tikka masala - Quiz
  • 1. Who mentioned chicken tikka masala as a symbol of Britain's multiculturalism in 2001?
A) The social scientist Binod Baral
B) The historian of food Lizzie Collingham
C) The scholar of human geography Peter Jackson
D) The British Foreign Secretary Robin Cook
  • 2. What did Robin Cook claim about chicken tikka masala in his 2001 speech?
A) It is a true British national dish illustrating Britain's absorption and adaptation of external influences.
B) It is the most authentic Indian dish served in Britain.
C) It is a dish that should be considered purely Indian.
D) It is a dish that has remained unchanged since its Indian origins.
  • 3. According to Binod Baral and Basanta Adhikari, what does chicken tikka masala represent?
A) The rejection of British culinary influences.
B) A dish that has no cultural significance.
C) The fusion of British and Indian culinary traditions.
D) A purely Indian dish with no British influence.
  • 4. How does Peter Jackson describe the evolution of chicken tikka masala?
A) As an elaborate process of cultural assimilation and rejection resulting in its indigenisation.
B) As a simple process of cultural appropriation.
C) As a process that maintained its purely Indian characteristics.
D) As a process that rejected British culinary influences.
  • 5. What criticism did Indian chefs and commentators have regarding Robin Cook's speech?
A) They agreed that it was a true British national dish.
B) They praised it for highlighting the dish's Indian origins.
C) They had no criticism of the speech.
D) They considered it disrespectful to Indian cuisine, viewing the dish as appropriated by White British colonialists.
  • 6. What point does Panikos Panayi make about Robin Cook's speech?
A) Cook's speech was universally accepted without criticism.
B) Cook's speech was entirely incorrect and misleading.
C) Cook's central point that immigration influenced British food was correct.
D) Cook's speech had no impact on the perception of British cuisine.
  • 7. What does Elizabeth Buettner note about popular dishes like chicken tikka masala?
A) They are universally accepted as authentic Indian dishes.
B) They are only celebrated and never mocked.
C) They are mocked as the antithesis of 'real' Indian food and celebrated as a 'British national dish.'
D) They are only mocked and never celebrated.
  • 8. What was Raghavan Iyer's opinion on the authenticity of chicken tikka masala?
A) The dish should not be considered authentic in any form.
B) The British version is more authentic than the original.
C) The authentic version had no sauce, but the British version with sauce took on a personality of its own.
D) The authentic version always included a sauce.
  • 9. According to Sidney Mintz, what is there no such thing as?
A) A national cuisine, as cooking and eating habits do not respect national borders.
B) A multicultural society.
C) A national dish.
D) A fusion cuisine.
  • 10. What example do Anupama Preetha and Anderleen Lazarus use to illustrate Sidney Mintz's statement?
A) A dish that has no cultural significance.
B) A purely Indian dish with no external influences.
C) Chicken tikka masala, created across borders with ingredients and procedures used in other dishes.
D) A dish that respects national borders.
  • 11. What does Lizzie Collingham say about the authenticity of Indian food in Britain?
A) Indian food in Britain is uniform and consistent.
B) What Indians eat is highly variable, influenced by caste, regional origin, religion, and wealth.
C) Indian food in Britain is always inauthentic.
D) Indian food in Britain is always authentic.
  • 12. What development in British Indian restaurants began in 1968?
A) The removal of all Indian dishes.
B) The installation of Punjabi-style tandoor ovens.
C) The exclusive use of British ingredients.
D) The closure of Indian restaurants.
  • 13. How does Stephen Fielding describe chicken tikka masala in the context of British Bangladeshi restaurant dishes?
A) As the least popular dish.
B) As a dish with no popularity.
C) As a dish that is unpopular among British people.
D) As the most popular dish.
  • 14. What approach have more upmarket Indian restaurants taken in response to chicken tikka masala?
A) They have sought to be more authentic, serving individual, original recipes.
B) They have adopted the chicken tikka masala recipe.
C) They have stopped serving Indian dishes.
D) They have focused on standardizing their recipes.
  • 15. What does Gordon Ramsay praise about the London restaurant Tamarind?
A) It serves standard chicken tikka masala.
B) It has no distinct culinary style.
C) It is a million miles from standard chicken tikka masala fare.
D) It focuses on British cuisine.
  • 16. Who is credited with helping to popularize chicken tikka masala in Britain?
A) Peter Grove
B) Gulam Noon
C) Colleen Grove
D) Mrs Balbir Singh
  • 17. Which community's chefs are credited with the creation of chicken tikka masala in Britain?
A) Bangladeshi migrant chefs
B) Indian migrant chefs
C) British chefs
D) Punjabi chefs
  • 18. In which decade were chicken tikka masala and other British Indian dishes developed?
A) 1980s
B) 1960s
C) 1970s
D) 1990s
  • 19. Which region is suggested to be the origin of the dish that chicken tikka masala is derived from?
A) Tamil Nadu
B) Gujarat
C) Kerala
D) Punjab
  • 20. In which year did supermarkets begin selling chicken tikka masala as a chilled meal?
A) 1990
B) 1983
C) 2005
D) 2000
  • 21. In which country has chicken tikka masala been used as a taco filling?
A) Canada
B) United States
C) India
D) United Kingdom
  • 22. What type of bread does BBC Good Food propose using for chicken tikka masala pizzas?
A) Naan flatbreads
B) Roti
C) Pita bread
D) Regular pizza dough
  • 23. From which language is the word 'tikka' borrowed?
A) Punjabi
B) Hindi-Urdu
C) Sanskrit
D) Arabic
  • 24. Who is credited with creating chicken tikka (without a sauce) during the Mughal era?
A) Sultan Ahmed Ansari
B) Ali Ahmed Aslam
C) Mughal Emperor Babur
D) Peter Grove
  • 25. Who challenged the claim that Ali Ahmed Aslam created chicken tikka masala?
A) Iqbal Wahhab
B) Lizzie Collingham
C) Robin Cook
D) Peter Grove
  • 26. Who claimed to have created chicken tikka masala in the 1950s?
A) Iqbal Wahhab
B) Sultan Ahmed Ansari
C) Ali Ahmed Aslam
D) Peter Grove
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