Quiz: Name These 100 Dishes (Part 1)

[C] Pizza | The only food that's acceptable to eat for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and 3 AM regret—Italy's gift that Americans perfected by adding pineapple.

[B] Pasta | Over 600 shapes exist worldwide, each claiming to hold sauce better than the others—carbohydrate geometry at its most delicious.

[B] French Fries | Belgium invented them, France named them, and America supersized them—the potato's greatest transformation story.

[D] Ice Cream | Brain freeze is your nervous system's way of saying "slow down"—but nobody in history has ever listened to that warning.

[C] Chocolate | The Aztecs used cacao beans as currency, meaning they literally ate money—history's most delicious economic system.

[A] Crispy Fried Chicken | Scientists proved the perfect crunch happens at 62 decibels—louder than normal conversation, quieter than your guilt.

[A] Cheeseburger | Americans eat 50 billion burgers yearly—enough to circle Earth 32 times, though they'd get soggy by mile three.

[B] Garlic Bread | The side dish that upstages every main course, turning vampire protection into a carb-loaded experience.

[B] Barbecue | Every region claims theirs is authentic while drowning meat in completely different sauces—democracy through smoke and sauce.

[B] Cheese | Basically milk's way of achieving immortality—some wheels age longer than most Hollywood marriages.

[B] Chocolate Chip Cookies | Ruth Wakefield invented them by accident in 1938 when she ran out of baker's chocolate—history's most profitable mistake.

[D] Bread | Sliced bread became the benchmark for all great inventions in 1928—setting the bar surprisingly low for human achievement.

[D] Chocolate Brownie | The corner piece versus center piece debate has destroyed more friendships than Monopoly.

[C] Steak | People who order well-done steak make chefs cry into their $300 Japanese knives—protein persecution at its worst.

[C] Taco | Hard shell or soft? Wrong—the correct answer is both, preferably within the same meal.

[D] Sandwich | The Earl of Sandwich invented it to avoid leaving the gambling table—laziness that launched a million lunch boxes.

[A] Grilled Meat | Humans have been grilling meat for 1.8 million years, making it literally the oldest recipe your dad still manages to burn.

[B] Potatoes | Can be mashed, fried, baked, boiled, or turned into vodka—the Swiss Army vegetable of the food world.

[C] Noodles | Marco Polo didn't bring them from China to Italy—that's a myth, unlike the very real joy of slurping.

[A] Grilled Cheese Sandwich | The optimal flip time is 3 minutes per side at medium heat—wisdom gained from thousands of burnt offerings.

[C] Lasagne | Garfield's obsession made it the only pasta with its own comic strip fanbase—marketing through Monday hatred.

[D] Strawberries | The only fruit with seeds on the outside, technically making them inside-out—nature's rebellious berry.

[A] Pancakes | The ancient Greeks ate them with honey at the Olympics—performance enhancement through maple syrup's ancestors.

[D] Waffles | Those pockets aren't just for syrup—they're engineered for optimal butter distribution, according to Belgian scientists who clearly had priorities.

[A] Nachos | Ignacio "Nacho" Anaya invented them in 1943 for military wives—the most successful improvisation in snack history.

[B] Quesadilla | Literally means "little cheesy thing" in Spanish—the most honest food name ever created.

[D] Croissants | Contain 55 layers of butter and dough if made correctly—edible architecture that flakes everywhere.

[A] Chicken | Crosses every cultural cuisine boundary without a passport—the universal protein diplomat.

[A] Fried Rice | Born from leftover rice because ancient Chinese chefs refused to waste food—sustainability before it was trendy.

[C] Ice Cream Sundae | Invented to circumvent Blue Laws banning ice cream sodas on Sundays—dessert's greatest legal loophole.