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Quiz about A loaf of bread a jug of wine and thou

A loaf of bread, a jug of wine, and thou. Quiz

The title is a line from Omar Khayyam. Bread is not only a necessity, but an art, with an impressive variety of flavors and ingredients. Let us explore ten of them. Enjoy!

A photo quiz by DeepHistory. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
DeepHistory

Time
4 mins

Type
Photo Quiz

Quiz #
372,850

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
8 / 10

Plays
820

Last 3 plays: Rumpo (7/10), Guest 213 (7/10), Shiary (7/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. The bread shown in the image is a bammy. In which country did it orginate? Hint

Cuba

Jamaica

Dominican Republic

Bahamas

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Question 2 of 10

2. The bread shown here is a bagel. Bagels have Poland as their country of origin. They were brought in the USA by immigrants of which religion? Hint

Roman Catholic

Jewish

Eastern Orthodox

Muslim

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Question 3 of 10

3. On 23rd February, this bread is remembered in the United States. The fruit serving as the main ingredient gives its name to the bread. What is the name of the bread? Hint

Banana Bread

Pineapple Bread

Orange Bread

Lemon Bread

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Question 4 of 10

4. The bread shown in the image is called "Bara Brith". This is a Welsh phrase. Its meaning in English forms the alternative name of the bread. What does "Bara Brith" mean in English? Hint

Speckled Bread

Patterned Bread

Plain Bread

Fresh Bread

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Question 5 of 10

5. Here comes an unleavened flatbread, originating from Afghanistan, India, Nepal and the whole South Asia. While it is sometimes called roti or poli, which is its most used name? Hint

Challah

Chapati

Bolani

Cesnica

6. This bread is a wafer, which originates from Central and Eastern Europe. The bread is decorated with images of religious figures, such as Jesus Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary. With what event in the Christian calendar is this bread associated? Hint

Christmas

Transformation of Jesus

Easter

Baptism of Jesus

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Question 7 of 10

7. This bread is a crispbread. It comes chiefly from Nordic countries, like Norway and Sweden. It also has an alternative name. Which one? Hint

Soft bread

Hard bread

Sweet bread

Bitter bread

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Question 8 of 10

8. This is a Scallion pancake, also known as Green Onion Pancake. In which Asian country did it originate? Hint

India

Afghanistan

Saudi Arabia

China

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Question 9 of 10

9. Although we have talked about bagels earlier in this quiz, the Montreal-style bagel bears an impressive distinction. It was the first bagel to have gone to where? Hint

Antarctica

Space

Mariana Trench

Mount Everest

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Question 10 of 10

10. This bread is a Pandoro. It comes from Italy, where it was produced from the days of the Antiquity. Its name comes from the phrase "Pan d'oro". What does that phrase mean? Hint

Black Bread

Golden Bread

White Bread

Rich Bread

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. The bread shown in the image is a bammy. In which country did it orginate?

Answer: Jamaica

Bammies were made even before Columbus arrived in the Americas. It is possible bammies come from the flatbreads eaten by the original inhabitants of Jamaica, the Arawaks.

2. The bread shown here is a bagel. Bagels have Poland as their country of origin. They were brought in the USA by immigrants of which religion?

Answer: Jewish

For decades, bagels in New York were produced by Bagel Bakers Local 338, with all bakeries making bagels having signed a contract with it. In both Canada and the United States, bagels are popular in cities with large Jewish populations.

3. On 23rd February, this bread is remembered in the United States. The fruit serving as the main ingredient gives its name to the bread. What is the name of the bread?

Answer: Banana Bread

Bananas were first imported in the US in the 1870s. The first banana bread recipes appeared in cookbooks of the 1930s, during the Great Depression.

4. The bread shown in the image is called "Bara Brith". This is a Welsh phrase. Its meaning in English forms the alternative name of the bread. What does "Bara Brith" mean in English?

Answer: Speckled Bread

There are two versions of Bara Brith, both from Wales. The first one is a yeast bread, like the barmbrack of Ireland and the other is like a fruitcake without yeast. The second version had greater shelf life from the first.

5. Here comes an unleavened flatbread, originating from Afghanistan, India, Nepal and the whole South Asia. While it is sometimes called roti or poli, which is its most used name?

Answer: Chapati

In Indian languages, "Chapati" means "flattened round", which is the shape of the bread. A document written by Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak, who was the vizier of Akbar, the Mughal Emperor of India, writes about chapati.

Answer: Christmas

Christmas wafers were first used in Poland during the Middle Ages. Around the 10th Century, Polish families started to practice the breaking of Christmas wafers as a custom, which is today observed by Polish families around the world.

7. This bread is a crispbread. It comes chiefly from Nordic countries, like Norway and Sweden. It also has an alternative name. Which one?

Answer: Hard bread

Crispbread first appeared in Sweden around 500 A.D. It differed from the traditional crispbread in a main aspect: the frst crispbreads had a hole in the middle of the wafer, so as they could be stored on sticks under the roofs of houses.

8. This is a Scallion pancake, also known as Green Onion Pancake. In which Asian country did it originate?

Answer: China

In contrast to European and American pancakes, scallion ones are made not with batter, but dough.
There was a story in China that Marco Polo brought scallion pancakes to Europe after his travels and that pizza is, in fact, an evolution of the scallion pancake. Yet, it has been proven that pizza existed in Europe long before the birth of Marco Polo.

9. Although we have talked about bagels earlier in this quiz, the Montreal-style bagel bears an impressive distinction. It was the first bagel to have gone to where?

Answer: Space

It was Gregory Chamitoff, an astronaut grown in Montreal, who took some Montreal-style bagels with him on two separate occasions: when he ventured on STS-124 as a passenger and ISS Expedition 17.
This sort of bagel is still baked in Montreal always in wood ovens. The two varieties of Montreal-style bagel are black-seed and white-seed.

10. This bread is a Pandoro. It comes from Italy, where it was produced from the days of the Antiquity. Its name comes from the phrase "Pan d'oro". What does that phrase mean?

Answer: Golden Bread

Pandoro is mentioned in several works of the era of the Roman Empire, such as the accounts of Livy and Virgil, as well as Pliny the Elder. In 1945, Benito Mussolini ate a Pandoro shortly before his execution.

Source: Author DeepHistory

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