Olive Oil quiz

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1. 1 Easy

   Which drink joins olive oil and bread in the Mediterranean triad?

   Answer: Wine

   Why: When UNESCO first listed the Mediterranean diet in 2010, the four countries named were Spain, Greece, Italy and Morocco.

2. 2 Medium

   Which taste do official tasters score as a positive in olive oil?

   Answer: Bitter

   Why: Bitterness marks oil from green or just-turning olives, and panels score it as a positive next to fruity and pungent.

3. 3 Hard

   How much polyphenol per 20 g must oil have for the EU health claim?

   Answer: 5 mg

   Why: A 2020 study found that refining strips out all the hydroxytyrosol and tyrosol, the very compounds this claim counts.

4. 4 Easy

   Which French city's soap was limited to olive oil in 1688?

   Answer: Marseille

   Why: Today the name stands for a method, not a place, so soap made far from Marseille can be sold as Marseille soap.

5. 5 Medium

   Which language gave Spanish its word for oil, 'aceite'?

   Answer: Arabic

   Why: Spanish took its word for the olive itself, aceituna, from Arabic too, from azzaytúna.

6. 6 Hard

   Which word names the slow mixing of olive paste before extraction?

   Answer: Malaxation

   Why: Skip it and the oil stays mixed into the fruit water as an emulsion, so very little of it can be extracted.