Can You Guess the Type of Pasta from the Shape?
Prove your powers of pasta perception with this tortellini-awesome food quiz!
There are LOTS of different kinds of pasta. Do you know all of them? No?
Some of them? Maybe!
Well grab a penne and paper and take this epic types of pasta quiz!
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What type of pasta is this?
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What's the proper name for this pasta shape?
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Can you guess which one this is? Hint - it's the one that's a bit like a shell!
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What pasta dish do you think this is?
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Is this ravioli or spaghetti?
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And what's this spirally-thing called when it's at home?
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Name that twisty thing!
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What's the name of this dish made from big thick layers of pasta?
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This pasta shape is named after a part of the body. What is it?
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What's this?
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Both cannelloni and rigatoni are pasta tubes. But which one's bigger?
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Linguini is basically spaghetti but a bit flatter. True or false?
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What are these?
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BONUS PASTA HISTORY QUESTION!It's likely that pasta came from noodles - and was first invented in China thousands of years before your favourite tomato-ey spagbol. There are loads of different types of both pasta and noodles - and each can be made from lots of different ingredients.So, are there ACTUALLY any real differences between pasta and noodles?
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Nailed it! High score! Wait...that's a ravioli! AAAARGH!
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Nice score! This quiz was fiendish!
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Could be worse! You could be a couple of tortellinis with eyes!
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Oh dear. Have you no respect for pasta shapes?Disgraceful.