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- Q: Which country produces Cava sparkling wine?
A: Spain (mostly in Catalonia) - Q: What Israeli city gives its name to a variety of orange?
A: Jaffa, also known as the Shamouti orange. - Q: In which country is the Marlborough wine-growing region?
A: New Zealand. It’s located in the northeast of the South Island and is New Zealand’s largest wine region. - Q: What results from a stable emulsion of oil, egg yolk, and either vinegar or lemon juice?
A: Mayonnaise - Q: Which cultivars of the Brassica species are named after a European city?
A: Brussels sprout (grown as early as the 13th century in what is now Belgium) - Q: The name of which Italian cheese literally means “re-cooked”?
A: Ricotta (it’s made from the milk whey leftover from the production of cheese) - Q: From which modern-day countries does Jenever Gin originate?
A: Netherlands and Belgium - Q: If you asked for pepperoni as a pizza topping in Italy, what would you get?
A: Bell peppers (thanks to the USA, pepperoni is a corruption of peperoni, the plural of peprerone, the Italian word for bell pepper) - Q: The Spanish call it Vino de Jerez; what is it known as in English?
A: Sherry. “Jerez” is the Spanish name for the region where Sherry is produced, and the English name comes from that. - Q: On an Indian restaurant menu, what word describes minced meat?
A: Keema