This food trivia game is the food & drink edition of Rarest, where the rarest right answer wins. The prompts cover cheeses, pasta shapes, cocktails, sauces, flatbreads, apple varieties and the dishes of Italy, Japan, Mexico and many other kitchens. Everybody says Cheddar, Mozzarella or Feta; a cheese from a single Alpine valley or a pasta shape from one Italian region is worth many times more.
Play it right here: the game above locks every round to food & drink. You can play the daily round (seven prompts, the same for everyone that day) or switch to Unlimited for as many rounds as you like. For a mix of all eight categories, play Rarest, the rarest answer game on the home page.
How the food trivia game works
- You get seven prompts, each starting with "Name a…" or "Name the…", and 25 seconds per prompt (or no clock at all with No timer).
- Type any correct answer and press Enter. A wrong guess costs one second and you can try again.
- Each correct answer lands in one of six tiers, from Flicker (5 points) to Inferno (100 points). Once per round, Thermal ×2 doubles one prompt.
- After each prompt you see where your answer ranks, the best-known answers and a few of the rarest.
All 40 prompts in the food trivia game
These are the prompts the food & drink edition draws from, with how many correct answers each one accepts:
- Name a cheese (300 answers)
- Name a type of pasta (122 answers)
- Name a cocktail (300 answers)
- Name a sauce (250 answers)
- Name a type of cake (250 answers)
- Name a kind of cookie or sweet biscuit (329 answers)
- Name a type of sausage (184 answers)
- Name a chocolate bar or candy bar (201 answers)
- Name a soup (300 answers)
- Name a grape variety (300 answers)
- Name a style of beer (99 answers)
- Name a coffee drink (111 answers)
- Name a type of tea (209 answers)
- Name an Asian noodle dish (237 answers)
- Name an Italian dish (400 answers)
- Name a Mexican dish (181 answers)
- Name a Japanese dish (368 answers)
- Name an Indian dish (400 answers)
- Name a Chinese dish (400 answers)
- Name a French dish (314 answers)
- Name a Thai dish (105 answers)
- Name a Greek dish (76 answers)
- Name a Spanish dish (207 answers)
- Name a Korean dish (271 answers)
- Name a variety of apple (273 answers)
- Name a liqueur (219 answers)
- Name a style or type of pizza (83 answers)
- Name a curry dish (139 answers)
- Name a rice dish (400 answers)
- Name a salad (165 answers)
- Name a pie or tart (195 answers)
- Name a breakfast cereal (99 answers)
- Name a brand of vodka (101 answers)
- Name a chicken dish (308 answers)
- Name a type of flatbread (164 answers)
- Name a stew (349 answers)
- Name a fast food chain (250 answers)
- Name a soft drink (300 answers)
- Name a brand of beer (450 answers)
- Name a brand of chewing gum (64 answers)
Common answers vs rare answers
Here is what separates a low score from a high one in the rarest answers for a few of the prompts. The left column is what most players type; the right column shows answers from the rarest tier for that prompt.
| Prompt | What most people say | Rare answers |
|---|---|---|
| Name a cheese | Halloumi, Parmesan, Cheddar cheese | Queso de mano, Raschera, Gaperon (Inferno) |
| Name a type of pasta | Lasagna, Spaghetti, Gnocchi | Osat, Fedelini, Mezzani (Inferno) |
| Name a cocktail | Martini, Piña colada, Long Island iced tea | Fog Cutter, Batanga, Wściekły pies (Inferno) |
| Name a sauce | Ketchup, Mayonnaise, Worcestershire sauce | Pipián, Kraft Mayo, Sauce Périgueux (Inferno) |
| Name a type of cake | Cheesecake, Mille-feuille, Sponge cake | Mendiant, Kagemand, Früchtebrot (Inferno) |
| Name a kind of cookie or sweet biscuit | Oreo, KitKat, Stroopwafel | Smiley Cookie, Finskepinner, 'Nzuddi (Inferno) |
| Name a type of sausage | Chorizo, Salami, Black pudding | Cervelas de Lyon, Fläskkorv, Waldviertler (Inferno) |
| Name a chocolate bar or candy bar | Snickers, KitKat, Toblerone | Crachi, Nestlé Munch, Da-Capo (Inferno) |
| Name a soup | Borscht, Ramen, Pho | Changua, Kalehjoosh, Bouneschlupp (Inferno) |
| Name a grape variety | Cabernet Sauvignon, Pinot noir, Sauvignon blanc | Valdiguié, Tavkveri, Mavro (Inferno) |
For the rarest answers to every prompt in all eight categories, see the rarest answers list.
Tips to win the food trivia game
- Think regional cooking. Each country's dishes are lists of hundreds; the famous five are always the low tiers.
- Use the menu you know. If you have cooked Japanese, Mexican or Indian food at home, the side dishes and snacks are rare answers.
- Old varieties score. Heritage apples and traditional cheeses are long lists that few players have explored.
- Spelling is forgiving: accents, small typos and plurals are accepted.
More categories
Rarest has eight categories. Each one has its own page and its own locked game:
- Geography trivia
- Animals trivia
- Sports trivia
- Movies & TV trivia
- Music trivia
- Science trivia
- History trivia
Answer lists are built from Wikidata, and rarity comes from public Wikipedia statistics; read more on the About page.