{"questions":[{"id":94,"question":"Let\u2019s take it up a notch. Herbs and spices heighten flavour by adding __________ to a dish","difficulty":"easy","answers":["Aroma molecules","Vibrant colour","More mature flavours"]},{"id":87,"question":"Size matters. Tellicherry peppercorns are bigger, bolder and tastier than other varieties, but where are they grown?","difficulty":"easy","answers":["Anywhere warm and dry ","In the mountains of Kerala, India ","Rural England "]},{"id":68,"question":"You ready to roll? True cinnamon bark harvested in Sri Lanka is rolled:","difficulty":"easy","answers":["Only when wet","Delicately by hand","In bulk by large, industrial machines"]},{"id":103,"question":"What is it that makes vanilla one of the most expensive spices in the chef\u2019s stash?","difficulty":"medium","answers":["The flowers are pollinated by hand \u2013 every last one","It\u2019s a type of lotus that\u2019s fussy \u2013 only growing in a couple of areas near the equator","The pods take a long time to mature on the vine \u2013 around 18 months"]},{"id":110,"question":"Capsaicin, the fat soluble substance found in chillies that gives them their heat, is found in:","difficulty":"medium","answers":["The seeds and white","The skin and flesh","All of the above"]},{"id":92,"question":"Which of the following isn\u2019t actually a peppercorn, but a dried berry of the Peruvian peppertree, and a member of the cashew family?","difficulty":"medium","answers":["White","Green","Red"]},{"id":113,"question":"How hot is too hot? Chilli heat is measured in Scoville units. How many Scoville units does pure capsaicin have?","difficulty":"hard","answers":["150-200","150,000-200,000","15-16,000,000"]},{"id":125,"question":"In what order of ripeness are peppercorns picked?","difficulty":"hard","answers":["Green, black, white","White, green, black","Green, white, black"]},{"id":75,"question":"Chef, you know a good sort when you see her. How can you spot the difference between Cassia cinnamon and True cinnamon?","difficulty":"hard","answers":["True cinnamon is lighter in colour than Cassia cinnamon ","Cassia cinnamon is lighter in colour than True cinnamon","They cannot be told apart by their colour, only aroma and taste"]},{"id":114,"question":"Would a chilli by any other name taste just as hot? Chillies often get a different name depending if they are dried, fresh or smoked. What do you call a dried and smoked jalapeno?","difficulty":"hard","answers":["Chipotle: Dried and smoked over mesquite wood, the flavour is hot, sweet and a little bitter","Habanero: Hot and spicy, packing a punch with  over 7,000 Scoville units","Cascabel: Relatively mild, ranking lower on the Scoville scale and used for flavour more than heat"]}],"config":{"maxTime":15,"minScore":70,"threshold":6}}

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