From which country does spaghetti originate?

a. China
b. Italy
c. Hungary

  All the farmers in the world produce enough food so that, if it were divided between us, we could all eat how many calories each day?

a. 1,600
b. 3,200
c. 2,700

  A tomato is a

a. fruit
b. vegetable
c. herb

  What is the most expensive spice in the world?
a. saffron
b. turmeric
c. marjoram
  What food did the Incas not only grow and eat, but worship, in 500 BC, burying them with their dead?

a. potatoes
b. olives
c. cocoa beans

  What is the most commonly eaten food in the world?

a. maize
b. rice
c. wheat

  Which vegetable really helps you see in the dark?

a. radishes
b. carrots
c. Indian beans

  Which country is the biggest provider of apples?

a. South Africa
b. New Zealand
c. Russia

  Which edible fruit is related to the highly poisonous belladonna plant?

a. tomato
b. orange
c. papaya

  Which herb should you eat to get rid of bad breath?

a. parsley
b. sage
c. coriander

  Who first discovered chocolate?

a. the Peruvians
b. the Mayan people
c. the Mongolians

 

 

         
 
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  Answers: 1a; 2c; 3a; 4a; 5a; 6a; 7b; 8c; 9a; 10a; 11b - the Mayas, ancient American Indian peoples, who drank a bitter drink made from the cocoa bean called 'xocoatl' or 'chocolatl'