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World Food true or false
Dishes, ingredients and food facts from around the world.
122 questionsHaan (true) or Na (false)Fact-checked Nov 2026
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The Kellogg School of Management is connected to the cornflakes brand.
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Haan: true
The school is named after John L. Kellogg, son of Will Keith Kellogg, the founder of the cereal company.
The Hawaiian pizza was invented in Hawaii.
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Na: false
The Hawaiian pizza was invented in Canada by a Greek named Sam Panopoulos in 1962.
John Dory was a famous British chef.
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Na: false
John Dory is a fish.
Coffee beans are actually seeds.
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Haan: true
They’re called beans because they look like legumes.
Açaí bowls are a kind of rice porridge.
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Na: false
Açaí bowls are a thick smoothie dish.
Boba is a coconut dessert.
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Na: false
Boba is another name for bubble tea.
The words dessert and desert have the same origin.
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Na: false
Dessert comes from desservir (removing what has been served). Desert comes from deserere (abandon).
The Pad in Pad Thai means noodles.
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Na: false
The Pad in Pad Thai means stir-fried.
Caesar salad has been named after Julius Caesar.
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Na: false
Caesar salad got its name from its inventor, Caesar Cardini, an Italian–American restaurateur in Mexico.
Bulletproof coffee is a high-calorie coffee drink intended to replace breakfast.
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Haan: true
It’s popular among people who follow a keto diet.
Sailors in old times who ate the ship's rats were protected from scurvy.
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Haan: true
Scurvy is caused by a lack of Vitamin C, which most animals can produce in their bodies.
Modern pizza was born in Naples around the 18th century.
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Haan: true
Poor Neapolitans who spent a lot of time outside would buy a slice and eat it while walking.
Blue Weber Agave is an exotic fish.
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Na: false
It is a plant and the base ingredient of tequila.
Kosher describes food that complies with traditional Jewish law.
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Haan: true
Some of the main kosher dietary guidelines ban certain food pairings — particularly that of meat and dairy.
Cream of tartar is the same as tartar sauce.
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Na: false
Cream of tartar is a dry white powder whereas tartar sauce is a mayonnaise-based sauce.
Coca Cola received a major backlash for changing its traditional recipe in the mid 1980s.
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Haan: true
The protests were successful and Coca Cola had to do away with their 'New Coke' formula.
Chewing gum was originally made from natural latex.
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Haan: true
Chicle, the milky latex of the sapodilla tree, was used to make gum. Most gum today uses a synthetic base.
A taco is a traditional Mexican dish.
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Haan: true
In the 18th century, taco meant a paper wrapped around gunpowder, used in Mexican silver mines.
Waldorf salad contains walnuts.
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Haan: true
The salad is named after the Waldorf-Astoria hotel in NYC where it was created for a charity ball.
General Tso's chicken is named after a Qing dynasty statesman and military leader.
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Haan: true
Though it's more popular in North America than China.
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