Punning with Enchiladas Trivia Quiz

Answer: Tequila Mockingbird

"To Kill a Mockingbird" is a classic novel by Harper Lee about race relations in the American South. It was later also made into a movie starring Gregory Peck.

Tequila is an alcoholic drink named after the city of Tequila in Mexico. Made from the agave plant, it is strongly associated with the country of Mexico.

Answer: They spill the beans

A taco is a type of Mexican food consisting of a tortilla rolled with filling. Since the tortilla is not sealed, the filling has a tendency to spill out. Beans are common in Mexican cuisine and can be often found to be part of a taco's filling leading to this pun on spilling the beans.

The origin of the term spill the beans to mean giving away a secret is sometimes attributed to Ancient Greece where coloured beans were used in secret ballots. If a person spilled the beans, they would end up giving away which way the voting was swaying.

Answer: Guacward

Guacamole is a dip or sauce made from avocados. Other additions can include tomatoes, basil, onions, chillies, limes and jalapenos.

The word awkward is used to describe a feeling of embarrassment. Here the words guacamole and awkward are combined to create the pun 'guacward'.

Answer: Wrap music

Mexican cuisine has various types of foods that can be classified as wraps or rolls. One example is a taquito, a small rolled up tortilla which can have many different fillings.

Rap or hip-hop music originated in the USA in the 1970s. Created by the African-Americans, the music is accompanied by rapping - talking in a rhythmic manner to the beat of the music.

Answer: Lettuce pray

In Christian families, grace is the prayer said before meals giving thanks for the food. Tacos may sometimes have lettuce as part of its filling. This gives the pun "Lettuce pray" for "Let us pray".

Answer: Hostile taco-ver

The corporate world sees various types of acquisitions and mergers in the course of regular business. A hostile takeover is one where the management or owners of a company do not want to be acquired either by any other company or the particular company that has made the acquisition bid.

This could be for any number of reasons including the target company feeling that they have been significantly undervalued.

Answer: It's Nacho problem

Nacho sounds like 'not your', leading to it being used as a substitute to come up with this pun.

Generally referred to in the plural form, nachos are tortilla chips served with cheese and dips as a snack. They are named after Ignacio "Nacho" Anaya, a Mexican restaurant manager, who created the snack in 1943 to serve unexpected patrons who arrived after the restaurant had shut down. He used readily available ingredients to whip up a snack which became so popular that it is now part of most Mexican menus.

Answer: Purrito

A burrito is a rolled up tortilla wrap that consists of various fillings. It differs from a taco in that it is rolled up while a taco is merely folded, allowing for the filling to spill out. The word 'burrito' means 'little donkey' in Spanish, the name probably deriving from the different types of fillings used in the wrap.

Answer: Vertaco

This pun again plays on the similar sounds of vertigo and vertaco - a made up word using the Mexican favourite, taco. Vertigo is a spinning or reeling sensation experienced by a person despite being stationary. It is often confused with the fear of heights.

However, a person may experience vertigo even while being at a lower level. It often leads to further feelings of nausea and headaches.

Answer: It's a wrap

"It's a wrap" is commonly used in film-making to indicate the end of the shooting. This could be for a particular scene or schedule, though it is most often used when the shooting is completed for the entire movie. Some theories postulate that wrap stands for "wind, reel and print" in this context, but there doesn't seem to be any conclusive evidence for this.

With Mexican cuisine having so many types of wraps - burritos, taquitos, tacos, chimichangas, etc., this seems like an apt phrase for a Mexican chef.