Food Quiz: 25 Questions to Test Your Culinary Smarts

Updated: Apr. 24, 2024

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Hungry for a food quiz? Test your smarts (and your stomach) with some food-related trivia questions.

Grab your forks and get ready to dine on some food trivia. We all eat, but how much do you really know about what goes on your plate and in your mouth? While this food quiz will give you an array of fun facts to dish up at dinner parties, just knowing a bit more about food could help you make more informed decisions about what to eat moving forward. We even threw in a few questions based on food surveys so you can see how your opinions stack up against the rest of the population.

Can you pass this food quiz?

Is a tomato a fruit or a vegetable? Who invented pizza? Is a hot dog a sandwich? Those are just a few facts to ponder. Eager for the answers? This food quiz has all of the information you’re searching for—and more.

Pro tip: Don’t take this quiz on an empty stomach.

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Originally Published: April 19, 2022

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Emma Taubenfeld is a former assistant editor for Reader’s Digest who writes about digital lifestyle topics such as memes, social media captions, pickup lines and cute pets. When she’s not working, you can find Emma reading corny young adult novels, creating carefully curated playlists and figuring out how to spice up boxed mac and cheese.