🍕 World Food Quiz
Pizza is Italian, so where's the bagel from?
Pizza, pho, tacos: guess where dishes the whole world eats first came from. A few, like ramen, have a hometown you might not expect. Each answer comes with a line on how the dish began.
About this quiz
A quiz on where the world's everyday dishes, like pizza, sushi and tacos, first came from. Most you'll get from the name alone, but a few, like ramen and bagels, have surprising hometowns.
After each pick you get a line on where and how the dish took hold. Dishes that several countries argue over were left out.
- Questions
- 10
- Subject
- Social studies
- Price
- Free
- Sign-in
- Optional
- Devices
- Phone, tablet, desktop
At a glance
How to play
- Names give clues
- Wiener schnitzel means from Vienna, and pad thai means stir-fried Thai style. Chew on the name and many answers appear.
- Watch for dishes that travelled
- Ramen grew from Chinese noodles and jjajangmyeon from Chinese immigrants in Incheon. Where a dish is loved now and where it began can differ.
- Review what you missed
- The results screen gathers what you missed with the answers and explanations, so a round doubles as revision.
Score ranks
Global Food Explorer
You carry the world's food map in your head. You're in charge of restaurant picks on the trip.
Foodie Explorer
Nearly all right. One line of explanation fixes the ones that tripped you.
Confident Eater
The famous ones are safe. The twists, like ramen and bagels, are the traps.
Spoon in Hand
No worries. Start from dishes you've tasted and it comes quickly.
Frequently asked questions
- How were the origins decided?
- We followed widely accepted food history and left out dishes whose origin several countries dispute.
- Are the questions the same every time?
- Each round picks 10 at random. A friend's challenge link gives you the same questions in the same order.
- Do I need to sign in?
- No. You can play straight away without signing in.