By Old Pete
July 10 2014

1.              Which is the odd one out   -  Alberino , Rioja, Navarra, Jumilla, Cahors , Penedes, Rueda, Priorat  all are Spanish wines / grapes  - Cahors is French.

2.              Curry Night: true or false?   (a) Chilli peppers originated in Sri Lanka.   T/F ;   False   - Mexico  ( b) ‘Papadom’ means “father’s snack” in Hindi.   T/F ;   False  (c )   Vindaloo was originally a Portuguese dish. T/F   True  - originally pork pickled in vinegar with added spices  - originated in the then Portuguese colony of Goa. (d) Mulligatawny Soup was invented by an Irish officer serving in the Indian army T/ F  False -  invented by servants  of the Raj to comply with their masters wishes to have a soup as first course at dinner.

3.             What is the link between   The Marx Brothers  - Beijing   - the origins of Russia  - DUCK or DUCKS  - Duck Soup  - Marx brothers film  - Peking Duck  - and Muscovy was the original “ Russian “state  it also the name of a breed of DUCK

4.              What is the  food connection between number 3 and number 9 .     Both Phil Vickery  and Matt Dawson have won Celebrity Master chef.

5.              Where am I  -  an iconic institution beloved of politicos ,journalists  and allegedly spies – a fund has been set up to save it.  It’ s name  does not necessarily imply a progressive military  attitude.   The Gay Hussar restaurant –Soho -  London

6.              Drinking Holes  - the following appear in various Film , books or TV shows –link the establishment to the fiction.   Ten – Forward  ; ( Star Trek  Next Generation )  The Bull ; ( The Archers ) Moes Tavern ; ( The Simpsons )  The Slaughtered Lamb ;  ( An American Werewolf in London ) The Hand and Racquet ; ( Hancocks Half Hour ) The Crow and Crown  ; ( Withnail and I)  The Oxford bar. ( The Rebus novels of Ian Rankin )

7.              Which country or region would you associate with the following -   (a) chips and thick gravy covered in cheese curds  ; ( Poutain - Canada – specifically Quebec )  (b) Salmon or similar   baked in pastry with boiled eggs and potato.( Cubliac – Russia ) ( c)  Tripe in cider and cream ; ( Tripes a la mode de Caen – Normandy )  (d)  a stew of shellfish  with meat or chicken thickened with stock and vegetables   notably okra. ( Gumbo  - Louisiana   USA )          

8.              The following all have food items or dishes named after them – what are the food items.- Bismark ,( Herrings )  Countess Walewska   ( Sole )   Henry 1V  ( of France ) ( Chicken in the pot )   Rossini ,     ( Fillet steak with pate and truffles )  Dame Nellie Melba  ( Peaches /ice cream ) , Wellington ( Beef)

9.   Where in the British Isles would you be if the butcher was selling Spaul  and Gigot.- Scotland where  the old terms derived from the French  are still occasionally used  - spaull = epaul  or shoulder of lamb  – Gigot =leg of lamb

10.           How did  two thoroughfares illustrate the difference between sensible and less than sensible drinking.   Gin Lane and Beer Alley  - two famous cartoons by Hogarth.