Fiendish - Absolutely Fiendish

[Daniel Rogov]

Sent to me by one of my faithful correspondents, what is surely the most fiendishly difficult food quiz I have ever seen. Of course to some of the questions the ideal answer might be "who cares", but fun to look at at any rate in the on-line Guardian at http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/ ... odanddrink

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Rogov

[Bill Spohn]

So what did you score?

[Daniel Rogov]

So what did you score?

Bill, Hi.....

Let's put it this way....if I score a wine as badly as I scored on this "test", I would not advise drinking it.

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Rogov

[Leanne S]

21 out of 40. There were even a few I didn't guess blindly on. It was pretty UK-centric, though.

[Bill Spohn]

Yeah, 25 for me. Humbling.

[Robin Garr]

A very weak 19 here. In fairness, though, the test was extremely Brit-centric, and I am not. I think I did better on the Continental bits.

[Trevor F]

A spot of 'googling' will answer those questions.Should have scored 40

[Gamliel K]

What is surely the most fiendishly difficult food quiz I have ever seen.

Rogov,

Fiendishly difficult is one way to describe this quiz . . . stupid is another. I gave up after question 16. Who cares in which movie some woman lies naked on a cart of sushi, or which chef likes to buy spy gadgets. What exactly does such knowledge have to do with the appreciation of food?

Gamliel

[Bill Spohn]

Who care in which movie some woman lies naked on a cart of sushi

Well I, for one, can muster a certain degree of interest in such things.....

I agree, though, that it wasn't really a good test of foodie knowledge.

[Matilda L]

21 out of 40. And most of that was guessing. I haven't heard of half of these people or things. What a sheltered colonial life I must lead. However, according to the quiz results, "Your knowledge could be deeper, but you certainly know enough to have a pretentious conversation about 'sourcing' at a dinner party - and who could reasonably ask for more?"

Matilda
(just going into the kitchen to source a cup of tea)

[Ilan T]

I agree with everyone who said that the test is extremely stupid, but am still proud of my 22 (gotten mostly by guessing).