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