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title: "Take the big Unipage food quiz!"
description: "What is the oldest chip shop sauce? Is a cucumber a vegetable? And do you know what an Opperdoezer is? Grab a pen and paper, and find out if you're a real foodie in the big Unipage food quiz!"
url: "https://unipage.be/en/blog/take-the-big-unipage-food-quiz"
date: "2022-11-01"
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# Take the big Unipage food quiz!

1. Too thick, too thin! A real Belgian chip is... A. 9 mm thick B. 11 mm thick C. 13 mm thick

**2. I go to the shop and buy: basil, garlic, pine nuts, Parmesan cheese and a bottle of olive oil. What am I going to make?**A. PestoB. TzatzikiC. Hummus

**3. True or false? Pizza Hut once delivered pizzas to space.**

**4. Do you know what an*****Opperdoezer*****is exactly?**A. A delicious Ghent biscuitB. A Dutch potatoC. A Christmas turkey

5. In the past, everyone went to the farmer for fresh vegetables, but today we eat kiwis from New Zealand, chicken from Brazil and avocados from Kenya. How many kilometres does the food on our plate travel on average? A. 20,000 km B. 30,000 km C. 40,000 km

**6. Complete with just one word: a typical Moroccan … makes you feel like you're in a …**

**7. Brain teaser! Who was it again who invented the Coca-Cola recipe?**A. Pharmacist John PembertonB. Doctor Alexander FlemingC. Chemist Felix Hoffmann

**8. Do you know what the oldest chip shop sauce is?**A. PicklesB. Stew sauceC. Onion sauce

**9. True or false? Cucumbers are not actually vegetables, but fruit!**

10. If you suffer from *lachanophobia*, then you are afraid of...A. spaghetti strandsB. red meatC. vegetables

**11. What is an essential ingredient in the Indonesian condiment sambal?**A. Chilli pepperB. Italian Gorgonzola cheeseC. Mexican oregano

**12. A few years ago, a real 'sweet war' broke out at the Ghent Vegetable Market. Which sweet did two market traders argue about?**A. NapoleonsB. GuimauvesC. Cuberdons

13. The ideal chips are made from... A. Bintje B. Charlotte C. Nicola

**14. And the award for the best restaurant in the world goes to…**A. Nonno in BolzanoB. Noma in CopenhagenC. NouMoe in Overijssel

15. Chips with... a curry sausage in Antwerp and a frikandel in West Flanders. But what do the people of Limburg ask for? A. A boulet B. A frikadel C. A long hamburger

**16. Which vegetable should you ferment if you want to make sauerkraut?**A. White cabbageB. Savoy cabbageC. Kale

**17. What is not included in classic hummus?**A. Sesame pasteB. ChickpeasC. Parsley

**18. Sing along! In 1967, De Strangers sang: ‘Who put sugar in the …?’**

**19. Giveaway! Crispy chips, spicy shawarma, deliciously melted cheese and fresh vegetables. Which dish contains all of these ingredients?**A. Hairdressing salonB. LaundretteC. Kapsalon

**20. What is the name of that traditional Greek side dish – with yoghurt, garlic and cucumber?**A. TzatzikiB. BaklavaC. Souvlaki

**21. True or false? French fries were most likely invented in the 17th century, somewhere between Dinant and Liège, in the Meuse region. The villagers had a habit of frying small fish, but when the Meuse froze over completely and there were no more fish to be caught, they resorted to frying 'potato sticks' in the pan.**

**22. Do you know what salsify is also called?**A. Third-rate asparagusB. Lazy woman's asparagusC. Poor man's asparagus  

**23. Hot, hot, hot! Which fiery sauce is also a state in Mexico?**A. HidalgoB. TabascoC. Yucatán

**24. What are the most popular 'chip days'?**A. Friday and SaturdayB. Saturday and SundayC. Friday and Sunday

**25. Which region is the fish dish 'escavèche' from?**A. LiègeB. ChimayC. Dinant

**26. If you order a glass of 'rice wine' in a Japanese restaurant, you will get...**A. SakeB. HighballsC. Umeshu

**27. Which sauce is still the most popular in our chip shops?**A. Stew sauceB. KetchupC. Mayonnaise

**28. When do the people of West Flanders serve 'lukken' – or butter waffles – at the table?**A. New Year's DayB. EasterC. 1 November

**29. Asparagus has the grand title of...**A. 'the queen of vegetables'B. 'the princess of vegetables'C. 'the first lady of vegetables'

**30. True or false? 80 per cent of Belgians always go to the same chip shop.**

## The answers

1B, 2A, 3 TRUE, 4B, 5B, 6 ‘TAJINE’, 7A, 8C, 9 TRUE, 10C, 11A, 12C, 13A, 14B, 15C, 16A, 17C, 18 'PEA SOUP', 19C, 20A, 21 TRUE, 22C, 23B, 24C, 25B, 26A, 27C, 28A, 29A and 30 TRUE.

 

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