I Eat Quizzes

Tap each answer to reveal it — keep score as you go!

Warming Up ☀️ (Q1–5)

Q1: True or false: Mushrooms are plants? False — they’re fungi 🍄

Q2: Which common white mushroom appears most often on dinner plates around the world? Button mushroom 🍽️

Q3: Name the video game where a certain Italian plumber munches mushrooms for superpowers. Super Mario Bros. 🎮

Q4: Which clever little mushroom looks like a shaggy pom-pom and is often linked to brain health? Lion’s Mane 🍄

Q5: Which tiny blue characters call mushroom-shaped houses home? The Smurfs 🧙‍♂️

Nice warm-up! Let’s sprout some brainpower…

In the Zone 🌤️ (Q6–13)

Q6: What circular patterns appear in grassy fields thanks to mushrooms growing in just the right way? Fairy Rings ✨

Q7: What’s the nickname for the underground mushroom network that helps trees and plants chat and share nutrients? The Wood Wide Web 🌳

Q8: Which big brown mushroom, named after a Dublin suburb, is often grilled or stuffed and is basically the grown-up version of a chestnut mushroom? Portobello mushroom 🍴

Q9: Which popular East Asian mushroom grows on shii trees and shares its name with them in Japanese? Shiitake mushrooms 🍄

Q10: Name the 2007 Irish horror film about backpackers who get a bit too friendly with hallucinogenic mushrooms. Shrooms 🎬

Q11: What do you call a scientist who spends their days studying fungi? Mycologist 🧪

Q12: True or false: Some mushrooms glow in the dark. True ✨

Q13: The edible mushroom Auricularia is shaped like which body part? Ear 👂

Things are heating up — mushrooms and mysteries await!

Pressure’s On 🌡️ (Q14–19)

Q14: Which video game series is packed with mushroom-inspired creatures like Vileplume, Shroomish, and Breloom? Pokémon 🎮

Q15: Back in AD 54, which Roman Emperor allegedly met his end thanks to some dodgy mushrooms? Claudius ⚔️

Q16: Which mushroom, also called “hen of the woods,” grows in big clumps at tree bases? Maitake 🍄

Q17: What distinctive cap pattern do Morels, Favolus, and Chanterelles share? Honeycomb or wrinkled caps

Q18: Which mushroom has a long history of being hallucinogenic and used in religious rituals? Psilocybin mushrooms ✨

Q19: Which video game and TV series features a terrifying mushroom-like fungus that infects humans? The Last of Us 🎮📺

Final stretch! 💨 One question stands between you and glory.

Spicy Finale 🔥🌶️🌶️

Q20: No hints. No mercy. In Walt Disney’s Fantasia (1940), which tiny mushroom character dances in the “Chinese Dance” segment of the “Nutcracker Suite,” wearing a cap and robe and brought to life by the Dewdrop Fairies? Hop Low 🍄

All answers are correct at the time of writing — quiz at your own risk 😉