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1. A cocktail with vodka and tomato juice was named after the eldest daughter of Henry VIII. What was her name?
2. A kind of cake was named after a female monarch that reigned for 64 years. The cake she was especially fond of contained butter, flour, sugar and eggs and was filled (for example) with raspberry jam. What was her name?
3. According to www.2travelandeat.com/France, the recipe I hint at in this question was developed purely by accident. Henri Charpentier, assistant to the chief cook, spilled some alcoholic beverage over pancakes he had baked for Edward, Prince of Wales (later Edward VII). The alcohol took fire and Charpentier acted as if this was intended. The new recipe was named after the partner of Edward at this supper. What was her christian name?
4. Auguste Escoffier named a recipe with peach and raspberry after an Australian opera diva born as Helen Porter Mitchell. What was her artist's name?
5. The recipe known as pavlova is a type of pastry filled with several fruits. It was named after Anna Pavlova, the famous prima ballerina who danced her most successful number on the night she would die. What was this dance?
6. A recipe with lobster, celery, onions, carrots and egg yolk was named after a Belgian princess married to Umberto II, king of Italy from May 9th, 1946 until June 12th, 1946. Who was this Belgian princess?
7. A creamy chicken soup was named after the mistress of King Charles VII of France. She was portrayed by Jean Fouquet as the Madonna feeding her Child. What is her name?
8. A rather expensive recipe consists of crumbed sole with truffle. It was named after the most famous (and perhaps also the most expensive) mistress of King Louis XV of France. Her real name was Jeanne Antoinnette Poisson, but what was her nickname?
9. June 11th, 1889. The Napolitan pizza baker Raffaele Esposito "invents" a pizza with toppings in the colours of the Italian flag: tomatoes (red), mozzarella (white) and basil (green). After which Italian queen does he name this classic pizza variety?
10. A type of plum was named after the first wife of King Francis I of France. What was her name?
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