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1 Which country produces Cava sparkling wine?
A Spain (mostly in Catalonia)
2 What Israeli city gives its name to a variety of orange?
A Jaffa, also known as the Shamouti orange.
3 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.
4 What results from a stable emulsion of oil, egg yolk, and either vinegar or lemon juice?
A Mayonnaise
5 Which cultivars of the Brassica species is named after a European city?
A Brussels sprout (grown as early as the 13th century in what is now Belgium)
6 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)
7 From which modern-day countries does Jenever Gin originate?
A Netherlands and Belgium
8 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)
9 The Spanish call it Vino de Jerez; what is known by in English?
A Sherry. “Jerez” is the Spanish word for the region where Sherry is produced, and the English name is derived from that.
10 On an Indian restaurant menu, what word describes minced meat?
A Keema