What's in the Refrigerator? Trivia Quiz

Answer: Tomato

The tomato is not a vegetable but a fruit or berry. It is a member of the nightshade plant family that also includes flowers such as the petunia but also other foodstuffs such as the potato and eggplant. They were first grown in the Andes of South America.

Answer: Cucumber

The cucumber is a member of the gourd family of plants that also includes pumpkins, melons and squash. Usually eaten raw in salads or sandwiches, you can also pickle them. They were originally grown in Southern Asia.

While a courgette/zucchini looks a lot like a cucumber, these particular cucumbers have the small prickly projections on their skin that are typical of cucumbers used for pickling. Courgettes/zucchini are smooth skinned.

Answer: Lettuce

Lettuce is a leaf vegetable that is part of the sunflower plant family that also includes flowers such as daisies and asters. It was first grown in ancient Egypt, where its seeds were used for making oil and the leaves were just thrown away.

Answer: Raspberries

Raspberries are an edible fruit that comes from the rose plant family that also includes the blackberry and the strawberry. Believe it or not, raspberries are not always red: they can also be black, purple, blue, gold or yellow.

Answer: Yogurt

The basic process is to heat the milk to around 80 degrees Centigrade (to kill unwanted bacteria), then cool the milk to 45 degrees, add the bacterial culture, maintain the temperature for 4-7 hours and, voilą, there you have it, yogurt.
Not only is it tasty, but it provides the body with calcium, protein, riboflavin and vitamins B6 and B12 (which are apparently good for you).

Answer: Cheese

Cheese is one of the most versatile things you will find in your fridge. There are hundreds of different types, all with their own particular tastes. The types of ways it can be used, from starters to deserts, are perhaps even more numerous than the number of different cheeses.
Most cheese are made from cow's milk, but there are also cheeses made from the milk of ewes, goats, sheep and even buffaloes! Yes, buffalo -- mozzarella, a cheese from southern Italy, is made from the milk of the Italian buffalo.

Answer: Seafood

There are many types of seafood -- fish (numerous types), crustaceans (crabs, shrimp, lobster, crayfish), molluscs (clams, oysters, scallops), echinoderms (sea urchins) as well as some edible sea plants such as seaweed.
By the time it reaches your plate, your fish may have been fried, baked, or boiled and it may well have been coated with batter or breadcrumbs. In Great Britain, the chances are that whatever kind of fish you are eating, it will be served with chips (or what Americans call French fries).

Answer: Juice

The best juice is made by squeezing a fruit or vegetable directly into a glass and drinking it with nothing added. When you squeeze something like an orange you also get what is known as pulp ('lumpy bits' to you and me) in your juice, but don't be put off by those. If you really insist on your juice with the pulp removed, you can buy cartons of juice that way too.
Juice also comes in other forms, such as smoothies or frozen into popsicles.

Answer: Eggs

And the answer is sausages. Really, it is. You've never eaten pig's eggs? They're delicious... ok, just kidding. You're right, no matter how long you make a pig sit in a hutch it will never lay an egg.
However, bacon, ham and pork sausages do all come from the unfortunate porker. So, too, do various terrines and pates, pork chops, loin of pork, pork ribs and numerous other things from which you can make a really tasty meal.

Answer: Beer

You can even buy refrigerators designed just for keeping beer cold. (They don't get as cold as a regular refrigerator, so they are useless for keeping things like milk or cheese fresh, but they are ideal for keeping beer at just the right temperature.) Don't be fooled if the contents of your brother's refrigerator don't look just like the picture -- beer comes in cans as well as bottles.