80 Noodles Trivia Questions with Answers

80 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?

Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
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What is the name of the thick wheat noodle used in the Chinese dish biangbiang noodles?

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Biangbiang mian

Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
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Which pasta shape is named after the Italian word for “little bells”?

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Campanelle

Easy Easy difficulty.
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Which Filipino noodle dish is commonly made with wheat noodles, chicken, vegetables and soy-based seasoning?

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Pancit canton

Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
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Which Burmese noodle soup is traditionally made with fish broth, rice noodles and chickpea flour?

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Mohinga

Hard Hard difficulty.
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At which Chinese archaeological site were 4,000-year-old noodles discovered in 2005?

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Lajia

Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
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Which Italian pasta is traditionally shaped as a long, flat ribbon and is associated with the city of Bologna?

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Tagliatelle

Easy Easy difficulty.
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Which Korean noodle soup is traditionally made with hand-cut wheat noodles and is called kalguksu?

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Kalguksu

Easy Easy difficulty.
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What is the name of the Thai stir-fried noodle dish traditionally made with rice noodles, tamarind, fish sauce and palm sugar?

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Pad Thai

Easy Easy difficulty.
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Which thick Japanese wheat noodle is strongly associated with Kagawa Prefecture, historically called Sanuki?

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Udon

Easy Easy difficulty.
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Which Japanese noodle dish is commonly cooked on a teppan and topped with pickled ginger, seaweed powder and bonito flakes?

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Yakisoba

Easy Easy difficulty.
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Which Italian pasta shape has a hollow corkscrew form and a name derived from the Italian word for “corkscrew”?

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Cavatappi

Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
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Which noodle soup is strongly associated with Lanzhou and traditionally uses halal beef broth?

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Lanzhou beef noodle soup

Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
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Which Sichuan noodle dish is named “ants climbing a tree” because minced meat resembles ants on noodles?

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Ants climbing a tree

Easy Easy difficulty.
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Which pasta shape has a name meaning “little ears” in Italian?

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Orecchiette

Easy Easy difficulty.
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Which Indonesian fried noodle dish is commonly made with yellow wheat noodles?

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Mie goreng

Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
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What German egg noodle is traditionally made by scraping dough into boiling water?

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Spätzle

Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
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Which Japanese noodle is made from konjac and is often sold as translucent strands?

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Shirataki

Easy Easy difficulty.
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What is the name of the Italian pasta shaped like small rice grains?

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Orzo

Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
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Which Chinese noodle is traditionally hand-pulled by stretching and folding wheat dough?

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Lamian

Easy Easy difficulty.
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What Korean noodle dish uses glass noodles made from sweet-potato starch?

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Japchae

Easy Easy difficulty.
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Which Japanese noodle is made from thin wheat dough and traditionally served chilled with dipping sauce?

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Somen

Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
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Which Chinese noodle dish is traditionally associated with a spicy Sichuan sauce containing chili oil and Sichuan pepper?

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Dan dan noodles

Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
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What alkaline ingredient gives ramen noodles their characteristic springy texture and yellowish color?

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Kansui

Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
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Who invented instant noodles and founded Nissin Foods, the company that launched Chicken Ramen in 1958?

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Momofuku Ando

Easy Easy difficulty.
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Which Vietnamese noodle soup is commonly written with the three-letter name “pho” in English?

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Phở

Easy Easy difficulty.
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Which Japanese noodle is traditionally made with buckwheat flour and shares its name with the Japanese word for buckwheat?

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Soba

Easy Easy difficulty.
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What does the Cantonese name “chow mein” literally translate as in English?

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Stir-fried noodles

Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
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In Italian, what does the word “vermicelli” literally mean, referring to the pasta’s thin, worm-like shape?

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Little worms

Easy Easy difficulty.
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Which Nissin product became the world’s first noodles sold in a cup when it launched in Japan in 1971?

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Cup Noodles

Easy Easy difficulty.
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What was the name of Momofuku Ando’s first instant noodle product, launched in Japan in 1958?

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Chicken Ramen