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Food and Drink in Idioms Trivia Quiz

Food and drink are such common realities that they of course play a major role in daily idiom. This quiz deals with idiomatic language that refers to those basic 'ingredients' of life. This quiz has a British English slant.

A multiple-choice quiz by flem-ish. Estimated time: 2 mins.

Author
flem-ish

Time
2 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
65,161

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Easy

Avg Score
9 / 10

Plays
8097

Last 3 plays: jonathanw55 (9/10), Johnmcmanners (10/10), Guest 139 (9/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. What daily vegetable do typical boxers' (and wrestlers') ears look like? Hint

potatoes

cabbage

cauliflower

lettuce

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Question 2 of 10

2. What do you spill when you let out information indiscreetly? Hint

the beans

the soup

the spaghetti

the coffee

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Question 3 of 10

3. What do most of us *not* like to work for? Hint

biscuits

a pint of bitter

meal-vouchers

peanuts

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Question 4 of 10

4. How nutty (crazy) can a person be? Hint

as a bagel

as a fruitcake

as a jelly-pudding

as a muffin

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Question 5 of 10

5. What's the popular word for a person who spends his time at home in his couch watching TV? Hint

a couch pudding

a TV-sausage

a couch potato

a potato chip

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Question 6 of 10

6. Of what is the proof in the eating? Hint

the apple-pie

the pudding

the pumpkin-pie

the bean stew

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which of these similes is the most common to follow the verb 'to go' and suggests a sudden blushing ? Hint

a beetroot

a lobster

a radish

an apple

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Question 8 of 10

8. If you are very slow they may call you as slow as molasses in ...? Hint

July

spring

January

summer

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Question 9 of 10

9. In traditional idiom you might say that an elderly person's face is as wrinkled as a ______________ ? Hint

wilted cabbage leaf

prune

sun-dried tomato

wilted lettuce salad

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Question 10 of 10

10. What is something NOT, if you take no interest in it? Hint

your daily bread and butter

your cup of tea

your plate of soup

your pint of beer

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What daily vegetable do typical boxers' (and wrestlers') ears look like?

Answer: cauliflower

2. What do you spill when you let out information indiscreetly?

Answer: the beans

3. What do most of us *not* like to work for?

Answer: peanuts

4. How nutty (crazy) can a person be?

Answer: as a fruitcake

5. What's the popular word for a person who spends his time at home in his couch watching TV?

Answer: a couch potato

6. Of what is the proof in the eating?

Answer: the pudding

7. Which of these similes is the most common to follow the verb 'to go' and suggests a sudden blushing ?

Answer: a beetroot

Of a face it can be said that it IS as red as a lobster, an apple, a radish , but you seldom use anything else than "as a beet (root)" after to go. To go as red as a beet(root) stands for a "sudden change". It suggests blushing with embarrassment.

8. If you are very slow they may call you as slow as molasses in ...?

Answer: January

9. In traditional idiom you might say that an elderly person's face is as wrinkled as a ______________ ?

Answer: prune

10. What is something NOT, if you take no interest in it?

Answer: your cup of tea

Source: Author flem-ish

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