Pizza Trivia Quiz Questions With Answers
What is pizza?
A: Pizza is a savory dish of Italian origin, consisting of a usually round, flattened base of leavened wheat-based dough topped with
tomatoes,
cheese, and various other ingredients (anchovies,
olives,
meat, etc.) baked at a high temperature, traditionally in a wood-fired
oven.
In formal settings, like a restaurant, pizza is eaten with knife and fork, but in casual settings it is eaten how?
A: Cut into wedges to be eaten while held in the hand.
Small pizzas are sometimes called what?
A: Pizzettas.
When was the term pizza first recorded?
A: In the 10th century in a Latin manuscript from the Southern Italian town of Gaeta in Lazio, on the border with Campania.
Where was modern pizza invented?
A: In Naples, Italy.
Today it is one of the most popular foods in what?
A: In the world.
Where is it a common fast food item?
A: In Europe and North America.