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KBJT Friday food quiz

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Karen Barnes
Oct 31, 2025
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A few months ago, my cousin Andy suggested we – as in our extended family – could do some kind of quiz every day and share the results on a WhatsApp group. We do one called Quiz of the Day – it’s a bit annoying as the adverts often get stuck and overshadow the questions, but it’s become a daily, five-minute ritual that connects cousins who live far apart. I like that about it because we don’t get to see each other often enough.

It occurred to me a weekly food quiz could be fun to compile and share with you lovely lot on Fridays – a mix of simpler and more geeky questions; 10 each time. Annoyingly, I don’t have the tech to make the answers interactive so you’ll have to note them on a piece of paper with a pen.

Here goes. Let me know what you think…

Answers at the bottom (in teeny-tiny type!)

1 In what year did MasterChef first appear on TV?

a) 1988

b) 1997

c) 1990

d) 1992

2 Who said this: “People who love to eat are always the best people” ?

a) Nigella

b) Delia

c)…

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