Spice It Up Trivia Quiz

Answer: Paprika

Paprika is made from dried capsicum peppers. It can be mild or sweet. It's also used to color or decorate foods such as deviled eggs due to its distinctive orange red color.

Answer: Jamaican jerk

Allspice is the berry of the pimento tree native to Jamaica and other Caribbean countries. It has the flavors of cinnamon, clove and nutmeg, thus its name allspice.

Answer: Cinnamon

Cinnamon is one of the oldest recorded spices we recognize today. There are records from ancient Greece and Egypt as well as biblical references to it. It is used in sweet and savory dishes including chocolate and coffee.

Answer: The stigmas of a crocus

There are only three stigmas per crocus sativus so saffron production is labor intensive. It is the most expensive spice by weight in the world. It is used in Indian and Southeast Asian recipes.

Answer: Cilantro

All parts of the Coriander plant are edible: the stems, leaves, flowers, seeds and roots. In North and Central America, the leaves are commonly chopped and mixed with meat or beans.

Answer: Cloves

Cloves are dried flower buds of an evergreen tree. Whole cloves are rarely eaten but used to infuse flavor into cooking foods. Ground cloves are used in dishes such as pumpkin pie.

Answer: Nutmeg

Mace and nutmeg are very similar, but mace's lighter color makes it a better choice when you do not want dark specks in your food. One hundred pounds of nutmeg seeds yield one pound of mace.

Answer: Chili

Cayenne is known as the red chili pepper. Most chili blends also contain garlic and salt along with other spices.

Answer: Yellow

Peppercorns are the fruit of the pepper vine. In the US, most families have shakers of salt and pepper sitting out on the kitchen table or stove or both.

Answer: salt

Salt is a mineral. For most people, it is the only rock we eat. But it's still named by many as the most common "spice" in the world.