It's a hot, soft food with a terrific taste. It's a food that's 7,000 years old yet still one of the most beloved in the world. It's the pasta, with all its varieties, tastes and shapes. Are you ready to prove to us you know your pasta?
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Which pasta shape is shown here?
Rollatini
Spaghetti
Bucatini
Farfalle
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What are the minimum ingredients needed to make pasta?
You only need two ingredients to make pasta dough: Flour made from coarsely ground durum wheat, and water.
flour and water
flour, water and virgin oil
flour, water and olive oil
flour, water and eggs
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Which pasta shape is shown here?
Angel hair
Filini
Fettucine
Spaghetti
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Pasta is made from what type of wheat?
Durum wheat
Soft red winter wheat
Spelt wheat
Hard red winter wheat
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Why are there are so many pasta shapes?
The various shapes belong to different schools of cooking in Italy
Different shapes work better in different recipes
Chefs used to compete with each other in what shapes they could create
Kids need lots of pasta shapes for crafts
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Which pasta shape is shown here?
Elbow macaroni
Farfalle
Penne
Rigatoni
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What is America's favorite pasta?
By a wide margin.
Macaroni
Linguine
Ravioli
Spaghetti
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Which nation is credited with inventing pasta?
The Chinese were eating pasta as early as 5,000 B.C.
China
France
Italy
Greece
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Pastas are often named for their resemblance to other things. Which pasta was named for its butterfly shape?
Farfalle means butterfly in Italian.
Lasagne
Rotini
Farfalle
Cannelloni
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Which pasta shape is shown here?
Vermicelli
Cannelloni
Garganelli
Penne
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Which pasta are you eating if you're eating "little ears?"
Who is credited with bringing macaroni to America?
While serving as the United States' ambassador to France, Thomas Jefferson sent crates of macaroni, along with a pasta-making machine, back to America.
Thomas Jefferson
Benjamin Franklin
Christopher Columbus
James Madison
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