Quiz: Place or Food? Only the Quickest Trivia Pros Will Get a Perfect Score

Want to test your knowledge of geography and food this Monday morning? Well, you’ve come to the right place. If you consider yourself a culture aficionado, with a love of travel and trying new experiences, then this quiz is for you. But there’s a catch: the challenge below has a three-minute time limit. Can you identify if all 42 things are a place or food in that short of time? It won’t be easy!

So, how’d you do? Even if you knew all 42 answers, the time limit makes the quiz so much more challenging. If you got a perfect score, we’re impressed, and you can consider yourself a true trivia pro!

Many of the food items included in this quiz are tricky because they’re regional or connected to a specific cultural group. If you’re an American, dishes like baklava, borscht, or bulgur might be very unfamiliar to you. All the more reason to broaden your horizons and try different types of cuisine.

But even across America, there are many specific dishes that tend to stay in certain pockets of the country. Earlier this year, Food & Wine published data from a survey conducted by Talker Research and HelloFresh, in which a survey determined the most iconic food in each state. And while many items on the list are pretty universal, such as potatoes in Idaho or steak in Wyoming, others are less popular country-wide.

Most Iconic Food in All 50 States

Some of the specialized foods on the list include Arizona’s Sonoran hot dogs, a style that originated in Mexico, Delaware’s scrapple, a breakfast made from pork scraps, and Hawaii’s laulau, a vegetarian dish. There’s also Minnesota’s Juicy Lucy, which is a stuffed cheeseburger, and Montana’s huckleberry, a type of berry.

As someone who loves to try different kinds of food from around the world, I’ve actually never had any of these I just mentioned. It wouldn’t be common to eat these foods if you’re not in the area, and even if you are, you might not come across the dishes.

See the full list of foods per state, as reported by Food & Wine.

Alabama: banana pudding, pinto beans, and cornbread

Alaska: seafood, muktuk

Arizona: Mexican cuisine, Sonoran hot dogs

Arkansas: catfish, country fried chicken

California: Mexican food, burgers, shrimp tacos

Colorado: green chili on anything, Rocky Mountain oysters

Connecticut: clam chowder, pizza

Delaware: scrapple, Bengali cuisine

Florida: seafood, Key lime pie, fresh orange juice

Georgia: peach cobbler, seafood boils

Hawaii: laulau, poke, loco moco

Idaho: potatoes

Illinois: deep dish pizza, Chicago-style hot dogs

Indiana: corn, pork tenderloin sandwich

Iowa: corn, pork chops

Kansas: barbecue, steak, chili with cinnamon rolls

Kentucky: fried chicken

Louisiana: crawfish, Cajun cuisine, gumbo

Maine: lobster

Maryland: crab cakes

Massachusetts: clam chowder, seafood

Michigan: cherry pie, Coney Island dogs

Minnesota: Juicy Lucy, Tater Tot hotdish, walleye

Mississippi: fried catfish, soul food

Missouri: barbecue

Montana: steak, wild game, huckleberry

Nebraska: Runza sandwiches

Nevada: buffets, Mexican food

New Hampshire: seafood, apple cider doughnuts

New Jersey: Italian food, pizza, Taylor ham, egg and cheese sandwich

New Mexico: green chilis, enchiladas

New York: pizza, bagel and cream cheese

North Carolina: barbecue, Knoephla soup

North Dakota: hotdish, Knoephla soup, and Tater Tot hotdish

Ohio: Buckeyes

Oklahoma: chicken fried steak, comfort food

Oregon: salmon, marionberry pie

Pennsylvania: pierogies, cheesesteaks

Rhode Island: seafood, clam cakes, chowder

South Carolina: soul food

South Dakota: fry bread

Tennessee: barbecue

Texas: Tex Mex, barbecue

Utah: Jello salad, fry sauce, funeral potatoes

Vermont: pancakes with maple syrup, mac and cheese

Virginia: ham

Washington: apples, salmon

West Virginia: pepperoni rolls

Wisconsin: cheese, fish fry

Wyoming: steak

How many of these foods have you tried? It might be time to brush up on your food knowledge for more trivia challenges! Keep up with the Mental Floss quiz page for daily quizzes on a variety of different topics.