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Wasabi

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 4mins

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Class
Date
1.

The oldest record of wasabi as a food dates back to the...

a)

8th century AD

b)

10th century AD

c)

3rd century BC

d)

19th century AD

2.

The popularity of wasabi in English-speaking countries has coincided with that of sushi, growing steadily starting in about...

a)

2000

b)

1970

c)

1980

d)

2010

3.

Due to constraints that limit the Japanese wasabi plant's mass cultivation and thus increase its price and decrease availability outside Japan, what plant is generally used in place of the Japanese wasabi?

a)

Chili pepper

b)

Horseradish

c)

Carrot

d)

Potato

4.

In some high-end restaurants the paste is prepared when the customer orders and is made using a grater to grate the stem; once the paste is prepared, if left uncovered, it loses flavour in...

a)

40 minutes

b)

12 hours

c)

1 hour

d)

15 minutes

5.

Fresh wasabi leaves can be eaten raw, having the spicy flavor of wasabi stems, but a common side effect is...

a)

Headache

b)

Diarrhea

c)

Vomit

d)

Drunken-like feeling

6.

As of 2016, which Japanese prefecture produced more Wasabi than the others?

a)

Kochi

b)

Nagano

c)

Shizuoka

d)

Iwate

7.

As the demand for real wasabi is higher than what can be produced within Japan, Japan imports copious amounts of wasabi!

a)

False

b)

True

8.

A special wasabi grater is highly suggested because it breaks down the wasabi plant.

Such a grater has its own name, which is...

a)

Wasabi-dono

b)

Wasabi-sama

c)

Wasabigane

d)

Oroshigane

9.

Wasabi was used to prevent...

a)

Drunkness

b)

Migraine

c)

Food poisoning

d)

Back pain

10.

Excavations of archeological remains have revealed that Japanese ate wasabi (wasabia japonica Matsumura) as early as...

a)

200 AD

b)

1000 BC

c)

14000 BC

d)

5000 BC

11.

The 2011 Ig Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to the researchers for determining

(IG Nobel prize is a satiric prize celebrating unusual or trivial achievements in scientific research)

a)

the ideal density of airborne wasabi to wake people in the event of an emergency.

b)

probabilty of Diarrhea related to quantity of leaves ingested

c)

average quantity of ingested wasabi needed to trigger momentary blindness