Soup Quiz: Questions and Answers About Soups

Popular Soup Quiz

1. What do the soups gazpacho, salmorejo, and vichyssoise have in common?
2. Which thick vegetable soup of Italian origin has a name that literally means "mix-up"?
3. Which soup originating from South Indian cuisine has a name that literally means "pepper-water"?
4. In 1962, artist Andy Warhol incorporated the cans of which brand of soup into his art?
5. Which vegetable is the main ingredient in borscht?
6. Pasta e fagioli is a classic Italian soup with a name that literally translates to pasta and what?
7. Which classic Scottish soup consists of leeks and chicken stock?
8. Which stew is the official state cuisine of Louisiana?
9. If someone 'inspissates' a soup, what have they done to it?
10. Creme Dubarry is a French soup with which main vegetable ingredient?
11. What soup is also known as "Jewish penicillin"?
12. Which smooth, creamy, highly seasoned soup of French origin is classically based on a strained broth of crustaceans?
13. Which modern soup brand's name was chosen because the founders intended to set up their factory at a specific site in south London?
14. Which birds' nests have been used as a delicacy in soup for over 400 years, particularly in Chinese cuisine?
15. Which region of the United States is associated with clam chowder?
16. Bouillabaisse is a traditional French fish soup originating in which city?
17. Miso soup is considered to be one of the two basic soup types of which country's cuisine?
18. What's the main ingredient in gazpacho soup?
19. Also known as cilantro, which herb is often paired with carrots in soup?
20. Cawl is a traditional soup from which country?

Answers

1. All are served cold
2. Minestrone
3. Mulligatawny
4. Campbell's soup cans
5. Beetroot
6. Beans
7. Cock-a-leekie soup
8. Gumbo
9. Thicken it
10. Cauliflower soup
11. Chicken soup
12. Bisque
13. New Covent Garden
14. Swallows
15. New England
16. Marseille
17. Japan
18. Tomatoes
19. Coriander
20. Wales