Jason Plautz
The 5pm Quiz: Use Your Noodle
by Jason Plautz - July 15, 2010 - 5:00 PM

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One of my best friends in kindergarten was the son of a husband-and-wife team that ran a pasta factory. I remember always being confused at the sheer volume of their product. They tried to show me the differences, but I was too young and/or stubborn to pay attention. Now, many years later, I still find myself lost in the pasta aisle at the grocery store, trying to figure out the differences between all the boxes. Can you identify the eight types of pasta just by the picture?

Take the quiz: Use Your Noodle

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Comments (14)

  1. Wowzer! I got all of them correct. Yeah me!!

    posted by OU812 on 7-16-2009 at 5:16 pm

  2. Kramer: *Fusilli* Jerry! It’s made from Fusilli pasta. See the microphone?

    Jerry: When did you do this?

    Kramer: In my spare time. [turns to George]. You know, I’m working on one

    of you, George. I’m using ravioli. See, the hard part is to find a pasta

    that captures the individual.

    Jerry: Oh… Why Fusilli?

    Kramer: Because *you’re* silly. Get it?

    posted by duggy kong on 7-16-2009 at 6:06 pm

  3. Not me! I got the ones I eat. Farfalle, linguine, and one other one… probably by chance!

    posted by Hyacinth on 7-16-2009 at 6:59 pm

  4. Holy cow, somehow I got 100%.

    posted by Leisa on 7-16-2009 at 7:18 pm

  5. Man I fell stupid for calling it spaghetti which I guess is not it’s name, also where’s ravioli and corkscrew and bowtie pasta, and macaroni, and shells. I must be shopping at the wrong store.

    posted by SB on 7-16-2009 at 8:30 pm

  6. 6/8. Now I’m craving a big plate of spaghetti with homemade marinara and meatballs. Mmmm….

    posted by Sandy on 7-17-2009 at 2:01 am

  7. “Use Your Noodle: The Pasta Quiz
    Score: 100% (8 out of 8) ”

    Woo-hoo! (Maybe I should cut down on the carbs…)

    posted by PJ on 7-20-2009 at 1:18 pm

  8. If there’s one thing I know, it’s carbs!

    posted by Miss Moneypenny on 7-15-2010 at 10:18 pm

  9. wow…fail. 3/8. I also say bowtie and curly and shells and macaroni.
    I got linguine, fusilli and penne.

    posted by Gigi on 7-15-2010 at 10:29 pm

  10. I only knew how fusilli looked like because of the “Fusilli Jerry”.

    posted by Andi on 7-16-2010 at 2:18 am

  11. That is not linguini in the picture saying linguini… linguini is like a fat spaghetti. The picture is of fettuccine…..

    posted by Matt on 7-16-2010 at 8:51 am

  12. How in the world did I get 7/8??? I used all of the answers only once… >:/

    I only did this well because I watch way too much Food Network and Iron Chef…

    posted by Jina on 7-16-2010 at 10:25 am

  13. In the grocery store the corkscrew one is called Rigatoni…or maybe it’s a different kind of screwey one. Hmmm. My Italian ancestors are turning over in their graves.

    posted by Katie Rose on 7-16-2010 at 11:34 am

  14. @Katie Rose, don’t you mean rotini as it is very similar to fusilli? Rigatoni is a larger version of penne. By the way Jina, there is no such thing as “too much Iron Chef”.

    posted by Brad on 7-16-2010 at 12:34 pm

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