Question 1

Ice cream must have this at least this much butterfat to be classifed as ice cream by the Food and Drug Administration:

Accepted Answer

10%

Question 2

What distinguishes French vanilla ice cream from plain ole vanilla ice cream?

Accepted Answer

the use of egg yolks

Question 3

The waffle cone was invented when an ice cream vendor ran out of sugar cones at the the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair.

Accepted Answer

true

Question 4

Unlike ice cream, this frozen dairy dessert always contains egg yolks.  It's softer than ice cream and kept at a warmer temperature.

Accepted Answer

frozen custard, custard

Question 5

Cookie Puss and Fudgie the Whale are ice cream cakes invented by this iconic ice cream stand that also invented soft serve:

Accepted Answer

Carvel

Question 6

This Italian version of ice cream is denser because it's slow-churned, allowing less air to incorporate.  It also contains more milk and less cream than American ice cream.

Accepted Answer

gelato

Question 7

Häagen-Dazs is Danish for "happy days."

Accepted Answer

false

Question 8

Essential ingredients for a banana split include three scoops of ice cream, a banana, whipped cream, maraschino cherries, nuts, and:

Accepted Answer

caramel, chocolate, pineapple, or strawberry topping

Question 9

Which ingredient is sometimes added to a milkshake--a blending of ice cream and milk--to add sweetness and nuttiness?

Accepted Answer

malted milk powder

Question 10

From the Italian word for foam, this dessert terrine contains cherry, pistachio, and chocolate ice cream with candied fruit and nuts.

Accepted Answer

spumoni, spumone

Question 11

Often added to a punch bowl with gingerale and fruit juice, this frozen product is by made adding milk or cream to fruit juice or fruit puree.

Accepted Answer

sherbet

Question 12

Bastani is an Iranian version of ice cream that incorporates the following:

Accepted Answer

rose water

Question 13

Indian ice cream, called kulfi, is created by caramelizing milk and sugar by slowly cooking them together.  Which is NOT a traditional kulfi flavor?

Accepted Answer

cranberry

Question 14

Frusen Gladje, an eighties ice cream brand which is now defunct, means "frozen joy" in Swedish.

Accepted Answer

true

Question 15

This dessert consists of cake and ice cream topped with a dome of toasted meringue.  It's actually available in all 50 states.

Accepted Answer

baked Alaska, bombe Alaska

Ice Cream Lovers Quiz

2) What distinguishes French vanilla ice cream from plain ole vanilla ice cream?

3) The waffle cone was invented when an ice cream vendor ran out of sugar cones at the the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair.

4) Unlike ice cream, this frozen dairy dessert always contains egg yolks. It's softer than ice cream and kept at a warmer temperature.

5) Cookie Puss and Fudgie the Whale are ice cream cakes invented by this iconic ice cream stand that also invented soft serve:

6) This Italian version of ice cream is denser because it's slow-churned, allowing less air to incorporate. It also contains more milk and less cream than American ice cream.

7) Häagen-Dazs is Danish for "happy days."

8) Essential ingredients for a banana split include three scoops of ice cream, a banana, whipped cream, maraschino cherries, nuts, and:

9) Which ingredient is sometimes added to a milkshake--a blending of ice cream and milk--to add sweetness and nuttiness?

10) From the Italian word for foam, this dessert terrine contains cherry, pistachio, and chocolate ice cream with candied fruit and nuts.

11) Often added to a punch bowl with gingerale and fruit juice, this frozen product is by made adding milk or cream to fruit juice or fruit puree.

12) Bastani is an Iranian version of ice cream that incorporates the following:

13) Indian ice cream, called kulfi, is created by caramelizing milk and sugar by slowly cooking them together. Which is NOT a traditional kulfi flavor?

14) Frusen Gladje, an eighties ice cream brand which is now defunct, means "frozen joy" in Swedish.

15) This dessert consists of cake and ice cream topped with a dome of toasted meringue. It's actually available in all 50 states.