Food & Drink Around the World: Flavors, Origins, and Surprises

1. Which of these has the highest caffeine content per typical cup: espresso, black tea, hot chocolate, or lemonade?

2. What connects latte and café au lait?

3. Which country is most closely associated with sushi's modern form?

4. Which recent food-related headline is a safe current-events hook?

5. The word barbecue is thought to come from a term used for what?

6. Which city is most closely linked to the cocktail called the martini?

7. Among croissant, bagel, tortilla, and violin, which item is the odd one out?

8. Clue 1: I am a frozen dessert. Clue 2: I often use egg yolks and sugar. Clue 3: I am especially associated with Italy. What am I?

9. What connects olive oil and the Mediterranean region?

10. Which came first: the cultivation of coffee in Ethiopia, the spread of tea culture in Britain, or the invention of the can opener?