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The History and Natural History of Spices

According to the Kama Sutra, what does mixing pepper, long pepper and honey do?

1. Make a nice stirfry

2. Give you luck

3. Earn you money

4. Subjugate women to your will

Which of these was the earliest trade route?

The Incense Route

2. The Silk Road

The Cinnamon Route

The Steppe Route

What were spices first used for?

Flavouring Food

Medicines

Tea

Pest control

When did sugar become a common ingredient in Europe?

13th century

14th century

15th century

16th century

Which spice comes from the flower buds of a tree in the Myrtaceae family?

Cloves

Cinnamon

Ginger

Cardamom

Which of these isn’t a prescription in The Ebers Papyrus, an Egyptian hieratic scroll?

Old book cooked in oil

The film of dampness which is found on the wood of ships

Rotted cereals

Ground up Incisor teeth

Which spice was identified in nostrils of the mummy of pharaoh Rameses II? (c. 1200 BCE)

Paprika

Turmeric

Chilli

Black Peppercorns

What qualities did Greek physician Dioscorides believe Aniseed did not have?

Sweetening the breath

Countering the poison of venomous animals

Promoting Sexual Union

Cleaning teeth

Which plant appears in Homer’s Odyssey (eighth century BCE) as ‘selinon’?

Celeriac

Celery

Cabbage

Cauliflower

For the 1483 coronation of Richard III, how much ginger was purchased?

26lb

8lb

100lb

1lb

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