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  • 1. What are dessert pizza and sweet pizza used for?
A) Only traditional breakfast foods
B) Traditional soup bases
C) Strictly savory Italian pasta dishes
D) A variety of dishes resembling a pizza
  • 2. What kind of base do some dessert pizzas have instead of yeast dough?
A) A cookie-like base
B) A hard cornmeal base
C) A solid chocolate base
D) A flaky pastry base
  • 3. In what way do dessert pizzas with cookie-like bases resemble a traditional pizza?
A) In being served exclusively as a main course
B) In being baked in a brick oven at high heat
C) In containing tomato sauce and cheese
D) In having a flat round shape with a distinct base and topping
  • 4. Who has criticized many mass-produced pizzas by American pizza chains?
A) The United Nations for lacking protein
B) Agricultural boards for excessive flour usage
C) Critics for having an unhealthy balance of ingredients
D) Italian chefs for using too much garlic
  • 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) 1,500 mg
C) 3,400 mg
D) 7,200 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) Phyllo dough layered with cheese and butter
D) Pizza dough folded around a filling
  • 8. How is a stromboli prepared compared to a calzone?
A) Folded in a triangular shape
B) Rolled around a filling
C) Layered like a multi-tier cake
D) Fried in oil instead of baked
  • 9. Where is coca consumed mainly?
A) Alsace and neighboring regions
B) Catalonia and neighboring regions
C) Tuscany and Liguria
D) Stone Town and Zanzibar
  • 10. Outside of Spain, where has coca extended to?
A) Tanzania
B) Algeria
C) Japan
D) Canada
  • 11. What versions of coca exist?
A) Only plain dough versions
B) Sweet and savory versions
C) Only spicy meat versions
D) Only sweet fruit versions
  • 12. Farina or cecina is a regional dish associated with which areas?
A) Catalan and Algerian
B) Levantine and Armenian
C) Alsatian and Swiss
D) Ligurian and Tuscan
  • 13. How is farinata or cecina often baked and sold?
A) Fried in a pan and sold in whole circles
B) Baked in a brick oven, weighed and sold by the slice
C) Steamed in bamboo baskets and sold in pairs
D) Rolled into tubes and sold frozen
  • 14. Flammekueche is a food speciality of which region?
A) Alsace region
B) Catalonia region
C) Romagna region
D) Ligurian region
  • 15. What is focaccia?
A) A deep-fried pocket of pizza dough
B) A sweet chocolate pastry
C) A thin Middle Eastern flatbread with minced meat
D) A flat leavened oven-baked Italian bread
  • 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) Stone Town
B) Levantine
C) Atlantic Canadian
D) Romagna
  • 18. What is garlic fingers garnished with?
A) Chopped meat and caraway seeds
B) Minced meat, tomatoes, and peppers
C) Cooked onions, anchovies, and olives
D) Melted butter, garlic, cheese, and sometimes bacon
  • 19. Semsek is a dish from which culture?
A) Armenian
B) Georgian
C) Swiss
D) Japanese
  • 20. How is the dough shaped for semsek?
A) Shaped into a circle with braided edges
B) Rolled into a long cylinder
C) Formed into a boat-like shape
D) Stretched into an oval
  • 21. What tops a semsek?
A) Sauce applied strictly after baking
B) Melted butter, garlic, and cheese
C) A mixture of seasoned minced meat and puréed roasted vegetables
D) Cooked onions, anchovies, and olives
  • 22. Khachapuri is a dish from which country?
A) Turkish
B) Italian
C) German
D) Georgian
  • 23. What are possible forms of khachapuri?
A) A thin flatbread with minced meat and vegetables
B) A fried calzone filled with beef and onions
C) A cheese-filled bread, or a boat-shaped dough topped with cheese, butter and an egg
D) A multi-layer cake made of pizza dough
  • 24. What is içli pide, or simply pide?
A) A Swiss tart
B) A Turkish dish
C) A Japanese hotplate dish
D) An Armenian flatbread
  • 25. What shape is içli pide usually formed in?
A) A strict square shape
B) An oval shape with braided edges
C) A boat-like shape
D) A multi-layered round 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 deep-fried Italian calzone
B) A Middle Eastern flatbread topped with minced meat
C) A bagel with traditional pizza toppings
D) A German onion tart with diced bacon
  • 28. How is the base and meat layer of lahmacun described?
A) The base is cookie-like, and the meat is sweet
B) The base resembles filo dough, and the meat is raw
C) The base is thick leavened bread, and the meat is pure beef without vegetables
D) The base is very thin, and the layer of meat often includes chopped vegetables
  • 29. Manakish is what type of dish?
A) An Italian-American tomato pie
B) A Swiss tart specialty
C) A frozen snack product
D) A Levantine flatbread dish
  • 30. What is matzah pizza?
A) An Armenian meat pie
B) A Turkish flatbread
C) A Georgian cheese boat
D) A Jewish pizza dish
  • 31. What is okonomiyaki often referred to as?
A) White pizza
B) Turkish pizza
C) Macedonian pizza
D) Japanese pizza
  • 32. Where is okonomiyaki cooked?
A) In a brick oven
B) In a multi-tier steamer
C) On a hotplate
D) In deep frying oil
  • 33. How do panzerotti differ from calzones?
A) Sweet rather than savory
B) Rolled rather than folded
C) Thin rather than thick
D) Fried rather than baked
  • 34. What is pastrmajlija nicknamed?
A) White pizza
B) Macedonian pizza
C) Japanese pizza
D) Turkish pizza
  • 35. What is pastrmajlija made from?
A) A bread pie made from dough and meat
B) A tart filled with caraway seeds and bacon
C) A bagel with melted butter and garlic
D) A flat leavened bread with cooked onions
  • 36. What shape is pastrmajlija usually?
A) Circle-shaped with braided edges
B) Square-shaped with multiple layers
C) Boat-shaped with an egg
D) Oval-shaped with chopped meat on top of it
  • 37. What is piadina?
A) A Japanese hotplate snack
B) A thin Italian flatbread
C) A thick German onion tart
D) A Swiss dessert tart
  • 38. In which historical region is piadina typically prepared?
A) Alsace region
B) Catalonia region
C) Romagna historical region
D) Ligurian region
  • 39. What distinguishes pinsa bread?
A) It is a frozen snack product
B) It is a multi-layer pizza cake
C) It is a pizza fried in oil
D) It is a flatbread with sauce applied after baking
  • 40. What is pissaladière similar to?
A) An Armenian semsek
B) A Georgian khachapuri
C) An Italian pizza
D) A Japanese okonomiyaki
  • 41. What are the toppings on a pissaladière?
A) Minced meat and puréed roasted vegetables
B) Cooked onions, anchovies, and olives
C) Melted butter, garlic, cheese, and bacon
D) Minced beef, onions, and an egg
  • 42. What is a pizza bagel?
A) A pizza rolled into a tight cylinder
B) A deep-fried bread dough pocket
C) A bagel with toppings similar to that of traditional pizzas
D) A multi-layer bread pie
  • 43. What is a pizza cake?
A) A multiple-layer pizza
B) A sweet chocolate pizza
C) A dessert pizza with a cookie base
D) A flatbread with sauce applied after baking
  • 44. What are pizza rolls?
A) A freshly baked Levantine flatbread
B) A fresh street food in Zanzibar
C) A traditional Italian-American tomato pie
D) A frozen snack product
  • 45. What is pizza strips?
A) A tomato pie of Italian-American origin
B) A German caraway bread
C) An Atlantic Canadian garlic bread
D) A Swiss onion tart
  • 46. Sfiha is what type of dish?
A) A Japanese hotplate specialty
B) A Georgian boat-shaped dough
C) A frozen American snack
D) A Levantine flatbread with toppings
  • 47. What is wähe?
A) A Macedonian bread pie
B) A Swiss type of tart
C) An Italian thin flatbread
D) A Turkish meat pide
  • 48. Where is Zanzibar pizza served as a street food?
A) Stone Town, Zanzibar, Tanzania
B) Romagna, Italy
C) Catalonia, Spain
D) Alsace, France
  • 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 cookie-like sweet base
C) A very thin flatbread base with sauce applied after baking
D) A thick leavened bread dough
  • 50. What is Zanzibar pizza filled with?
A) Minced beef, onions, and an egg
B) Melted butter, garlic, and cheese
C) Cooked onions, anchovies, and olives
D) Seasoned minced meat and puréed roasted vegetables
  • 51. What is zwiebelkuchen?
A) A Turkish flatbread
B) An Italian tomato pie
C) A German onion tart
D) A Swiss cheese bread
  • 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) Peter Boizot
B) Gennaro Lombardi
C) Raffaele Esposito
D) Darius the Great
  • 54. In what year was Neapolitan pizza registered as a TSG dish by the EU?
A) 1999
B) 2017
C) 1984
D) 2009
  • 55. What was the value of the US pizza market in 2017?
A) $76 billion
B) $128 billion
C) $44 billion
D) $12 billion
  • 56. What is a person who makes pizza called?
A) Gelatier
B) Pizzaiolo
C) Panettieri
D) Barista
  • 57. Which empire's soldiers baked flatbreads with cheese and dates on their battle shields in the 6th century BC?
A) Achaemenid Empire
B) Byzantine Empire
C) Roman Empire
D) Ottoman Empire
  • 58. When did pizzerias in Naples start having tables for clients to sit and eat?
A) About 1830
B) About 1905
C) About 1750
D) About 997
  • 59. What was the name of the queen who allegedly inspired the pizza Margherita?
A) Queen Victoria
B) Queen Elizabeth
C) Queen Margherita
D) Queen Isabella
  • 60. What is the name of the country's first pizzeria, which opened in New York City in 1905?
A) PizzaExpress
B) Totonno's
C) Lombardi's
D) Pizzeria Brandi
  • 61. Who opened London's first known pizzeria, PizzaExpress, in 1965?
A) Darius the Great
B) Raffaele Esposito
C) Peter Boizot
D) Gennaro Lombardi
  • 62. In what document was the word pizza first recorded in 997 AD?
A) Aeneid Book III
B) The Etymological Dictionary of the Italian Language
C) The royal decree of Capodimonte
D) Codex diplomaticus Caietanus
  • 63. Which suggested etymology connects pizza to the Latin word pinsere?
A) Dialectal pinza meaning 'clamp'
B) Greek pitta meaning 'round flat bread'
C) Lombardic bizzo meaning 'mouthful'
D) Greek pissa meaning 'pitch'
  • 64. What does the Lombardic word bizzo or pizzo mean?
A) Mouthful
B) Clamp
C) Fermented pastry
D) Flat bread
  • 65. In what decade was the word pizza borrowed from Italian into English?
A) 1950s
B) 1880s
C) 1930s
D) 1900s
  • 66. Which historical exchange made the addition of tomatoes to pizza possible?
A) Silk Road trade
B) Byzantine expansion
C) Columbian Exchange
D) Industrial Revolution
  • 67. Where is the headquarters of the Associazione Verace Pizza Napoletana located?
A) Naples
B) New York
C) Gaeta
D) Rome
  • 68. What ingredient represents the color white on a pizza Margherita?
A) Garlic
B) Lard
C) Ricotta
D) Mozzarella
  • 69. What ingredient represents the color green on a pizza Margherita?
A) Basil
B) Spinach
C) Oregano
D) Olive oil
  • 70. What was the global pizza market worth in 2017?
A) US$44 billion
B) US$128 billion
C) US$10 billion
D) US$500 billion
  • 71. How many pizzerias were there in the US in 2017?
A) 100,000
B) 76,000
C) 500
D) 12,000
  • 72. What percentage of the US population consumed pizza on any given day between 2017 and March 2020?
A) About 50%
B) About 25%
C) About 11%
D) About 5%
  • 73. What town is mentioned in the earliest recorded Latin manuscript containing the term pizza?
A) Gaeta
B) Naples
C) Pompeii
D) Rome
  • 74. In which region is Gaeta located, near the border with Campania?
A) Tuscany
B) Calabria
C) Apulia
D) Lazio
  • 75. Who was the ruler of the Persian Empire when soldiers baked flatbreads on their shields?
A) Cyrus the Great
B) Darius the Great
C) Darius III
D) Xerxes
  • 76. What is the name of the queen of the Harpies in the Aeneid?
A) Margherita
B) Dido
C) Cassandra
D) Celaeno
  • 77. What shop name does Raffaele Esposito's original shop now go by?
A) PizzaExpress
B) Verace Pizza
C) Pizzeria Brandi
D) Lombardi's
  • 78. How many outlets did Peter Boizot's chain expand to across the UK and Ireland before expanding overseas?
A) Exactly 12
B) Over 76,000
C) Over 500
D) Over 5,000
  • 79. What type of document is the Codex diplomaticus Caietanus?
A) A restaurant menu from Naples
B) An epic poetry book
C) A royal decree by the queen
D) A notarial Latin document
  • 80. The town of Gaeta was still part of which empire when the 997 AD document was written?
A) Ottoman Empire
B) Roman Empire
C) British Empire
D) Byzantine Empire
  • 81. Which Greek word means 'fermented pastry' and is a suggested origin for pitta?
A) πIνIζI (pinza)
B) πίσσα (pissa)
C) πήτεα (pḗtea)
D) πικτή (pikte)
  • 82. Which Greek word means 'pitch' and is a suggested etymology for pizza?
A) πίσσα (pissa)
B) πIτIς (pitis)
C) πικτή (pikte)
D) πήτεα (pḗtea)
  • 83. Which Greek word means 'bran' and is a suggested etymology for pizza?
A) πIνIζI (pinza)
B) πήτεα (pḗtea)
C) πικτή (pikte)
D) πίσσα (pissa)
  • 84. What Latin verb does the dialectal word pinza originate from?
A) picta
B) pudere
C) pinsere
D) pikte
  • 85. Who brought the Lombardic word bizzo or pizzo to Italy in the middle of the 6th century AD?
A) The invading Lombards
B) The Byzantine monks
C) The Persian soldiers
D) The Trojan refugees
  • 86. What year was pizza Margherita supposedly invented according to popular legend?
A) 997
B) 1905
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) 2009
B) 1984
C) 2017
D) 1905
  • 89. At what type of restaurant is pizza NOT commonly sold according to the text?
A) Mediterranean restaurants
B) Via delivery
C) Steakhouses
D) Pizzerias
  • 90. What does the Latin word picta derive from?
A) Latin pinsere
B) Ancient Greek πίσσα (pissa)
C) Ancient Greek πικτή (pikte)
D) Lombardic bizzo
  • 91. Which historical work mentions Trojans eating their tables?
A) Etymological Dictionary of the Italian Language
B) Codex diplomaticus Caietanus
C) The Aeneid
D) EU TSG Registry
  • 92. In which book of the Aeneid does Celaeno foretell the eating of tables?
A) Book I
B) Book X
C) Book III
D) Book VII
  • 93. In which book of the Aeneid do Aeneas and his men actually eat their tables?
A) Book III
B) Book XII
C) Book VII
D) Book V
  • 94. What year was the fresco depicting a pizza-like dish discovered in Pompeii?
A) 2009
B) 2017
C) 2023
D) 1889
  • 95. Where was Lombardi's opened in 1905?
A) Naples
B) New York City
C) London
D) Gaeta
  • 96. Which country requested the registration of Neapolitan pizza with the EU in 2009?
A) United States
B) Greece
C) United Kingdom
D) Italy
  • 97. What type of food is pizza frequently sold as on the street?
A) Preserved ration
B) Fine dining dessert
C) Breakfast cereal
D) Street food
  • 98. What is the long paddle used to slide a pizza into an oven called?
A) Flippers
B) Peel
C) Paddle
D) Spatula
  • 99. What is typically sprinkled on a peel before use?
A) Flour
B) Sugar
C) Cornmeal
D) Olive oil
  • 100. What happens when you cook pizza directly on a metal surface at home?
A) It takes too long to cook
B) Too rapid heat transfer burns the crust
C) The metal melts into the dough
D) The crust becomes extra crispy and perfect
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