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  1. A dish of marinated grilled meat shaved from a vertical rotisserie and served in flatbread is called shawarma in which culinary tradition?

    Answer: Middle Eastern

    Shawarma is a Middle Eastern preparation of spit-roasted meat, related to Greek gyros and Turkish doner.

  2. Which cuisine uses a tandoor, a cylindrical clay oven, to cook naan bread and marinated chicken?

    Answer: Indian

    The tandoor oven is central to North Indian cuisine, producing naan and tandoori chicken.

  3. Poutine, a dish of french fries topped with cheese curds and gravy, originated in which cuisine?

    Answer: Canadian (Quebec)

    Poutine originated in rural Quebec, Canada, in the 1950s.

  4. A cook wraps seasoned rice and fillings in seaweed, slices it into rounds, and serves it with pickled ginger. Which cuisine is this?

    Answer: Japanese

    Sushi rolls (makizushi) made with nori, vinegared rice, and pickled ginger are Japanese.

  5. Which cuisine is famous for goulash, a paprika-rich meat stew?

    Answer: Hungarian

    Goulash originated with Hungarian herdsmen and paprika is its defining spice.

  6. Jerk chicken, seasoned with allspice and Scotch bonnet peppers and cooked over pimento wood, comes from which cuisine?

    Answer: Jamaican

    Jerk seasoning and cooking style are signature elements of Jamaican cuisine.

  7. Pierogi, dumplings filled with potato, cheese, or sauerkraut, are most associated with which cuisine?

    Answer: Polish

    Pierogi are Poland's national dish, though similar dumplings exist across Eastern Europe.