Tasty Women Trivia Quiz

Answer: Mary Tudor

The cocktail I describe is the Bloody Mary.

Mary Tudor (1516-1558), the daughter of Henry VIII and his first wife Catherine of Aragon, was crowned Queen of England and Ireland at the age of 39. Because of her tyrannical reign, she was nicknamed Bloody Mary.

Elisabeth (1533-1603) was the second daughter of Henry VIII. Her mother was Anna Boleyn. She was Queen of England and Ireland from 1558 until her death.

Jane Seymour (1509-1537) was the third wife of Henry VIII. She gave birth to Edward, the later king Edward VI.

Mary Stuart (1542-1587) was not the daughter of Henry VIII, but of King James V. She was crowned Queen of Scotland when she only was 7 days old. She abdicated in 1567.

Answer: Victoria of England

In this question, I hint at the Victoria sponge cake. This name is of course not mentioned in the question: that would make the answer too obvious.
Queen Victoria was born in 1819. She was crowned Queen of England at the age of 18 and remained Queen until her death in 1901.

Cleopatra was of course the famous last Farao of Egypt. She was born in 69 B.C. and ascended the throne in 51 B.C. After having had relationships with Julius Caesar and with Mark Anthony, she committed suicide in 30 B.C. Simple arithmetics teach us that she reigned for 21 years.

Catherine II was born in 1729. She was crowned Czarina of Russia in 1762 and reigned until her death in 1796. Her reign lasted 34 years.

Isabel I of Castilia was born in 1451. She became Queen of Castilia in 1474 and married Ferdinand of Aragon in order to reunite (almost) all the Iberian peninsula.

Answer: Suzette

This recipe is known as crêpe Suzette. The last name of Suzette is not mentioned by www.2travelandeat.com/France.
The other christian names are also familiar in the kitchen, but not in relation to pancakes. Nicola, Charlotte and Manon are some varieties of the potato.

Answer: Nellie Melba

Nellie Melba was born in 1861 and died in 1931. She adopted the artist's name Melba in memory of her first professional performance in Melbourne (May 17th, 1884). The dessert I asked for is named Peach Melba, although there would also be a recipe with apricot in stead of peach.

Kiri te Kanawa is an opera diva born in New Zealand (March 6th, 1944).

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf was born December 9th, 1915 in Poland.

Renate Tebaldi finally was an Italian opera diva born February 1st, 1922.

Neither Kiri te Kanawa nor Elisabeth Schwarkopf nor Renate Tebaldi adopted an artist's name.

By the way, Auguste Escoffier (1846-1935) published his main oeuvre ("Le Guide Culinaire") in 1903.

Answer: The Dying Swan

"The Dying Swan" is a notorious ballet dance with music of "The Carnival of the Animals" by Saint-Saens. Tchaikowksy's ballet suite "Swan Lake" has also a fragment named "The Dying Swan", namely the final dance by the main character Odette. "Gisele" is a ballet suite by Adolphe Adam. "The Fire Bird" is a ballet suite by Igor Stravinsky, that quite shocked the musical world (as well as his ballet suite "The Rite of Spring").

Answer: Marie-Jose

The recipe I refer to is called Lobster Marie-José de Savoie.

Marie-José (August 4th, 1906 - January 27th, 2001) married Umberto on January 30th, 1930. Ever since her marriage, she was named Marie-José de Savoie.

Charlotte (June 7th, 1840 - Janaury 19th, 1927) married Maximilian of Austria on July 27th, 1857. Maximilian was crowned Emperor of Mexico on April 10th, 1864.

Josephine (October 18th, 1872 - January 6th, 1958) married Charles, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen on May 28th, 1894.

Stefanie (May 21st, 1864 - August 23rd, 1945) married Rudolf, Archduke of Austria-Hungary on May 10th, 1881. Rudolf died January 30th, 1889 and Stefanie remarried eleven years later. Her second husband, Elemer, was Prince Lonyay de Nagy Lonya and Vasaros Nameny.

Answer: Agnes Sorel

This soup is named Crème Agnès Sorel. The recipe is sometimes enriched with mushrooms or asparagus.

Agnès Sorel (1422 - 1450) was admired as one of the most beautiful women of France. The painting by Jean Fouquet still reveals an astonishing beauty.

Diane de Poitiers (1499 - 1566) was the mistress of King Henry II of France.

Maria de Medici (1573 - 1642), member of the famous Florentine family, was the wife of King Henry IV of France.

Gabrielle d'Estrée (1571 - 1599) was the mistress of the same King Henry IV. The picture of Gabrielle is also quite famous. She was painted in bath, together with her sister, the Duchess of Villars.

Answer: Madame de Pompadour

The recipe is named Sole à la Pompadour.

Madame de Pompadour (1721 -1764) was married to General Charles Le Normand d'Etiolles. She became mistress of Louis XV in 1745.

Madame de Montespan (1640 -1707) was the mistress of Louis XIV, better known as "Le Roi soleil" (The Sun King). Her real name was Françoise Athénaïs de Rochechouart - no wonder she is better known by her nickname.

Madame Butterfly is not a real person. Her name is the title character of an opera by Giacomo Puccini, and her role is that of a Japanese geisha who falls in love with an American officer.

Madame de Merteuil is a character of the novel "Dangerous Liaisons" by Choderlos de Laclos. This role is played by Glenn Close in the movie "Dangerous Liaisons" and by Annette Benning in the movie "Valmont".

Answer: Margherita

Margherita was married to king Umberto I.

Pizza Verona does really exist, but is named after a city instead of a person. Verona is the city in northern Italy that became world famous as Shakespeare situated the story of Romeo and Juliet in this city. Nowadays, Verona's tourist attractions include the Roman arena, in which Italian operas are performed in open air during summer.

Marina is not a type of pizza. It is a popular Italian girl's name. The Belgian singer Rocco Granata had a great hit with the song "Marina" in 1959.

Laura is a popular nickname of the sun. Laura was also the dearly beloved of the Italian poet Petrarca.

Answer: Claude

The plum I hint at is the Reine Claude. Claude is mostly used as a boy's name in France, but sometimes a girl can carry this name also.
By the way, Reine Claude (the queen - not the plum) was the daughter of King Louis XII.

Francis knew Françoise de Chateaubriand very well indeed. She was his first mistress.

After having dumped Françoise, Francis fell in love with Anne Pisseulieu, his second mistress.

When Reine Claude died, Francis remarried Eleonore of Austria, daughter of king Philip I of Spain.

Looking back on this question, King Francis would perhaps state that this question is vowed "to all the girls he loved before".