Welcome to Five Course Trivia! Five days a week, we’ll post five questions about something from the culinary world, from soup to nuts and all dishes in between.

In honor of a question we got right at trivia last night (as well as recent travels), today’s post is all about Italian breads. Enjoy!

1. A single unit of the Italian bread known as grissini is probably better known to you as what ten-letter word?

2. Name the Italian bread seen here, originally from Milan, is a sweet bread often featuring raisins or candied fruits, and is eaten around Christmastime?

3. Name the bread used in the sandwich seen here.

4. What wheat flour bread shown here takes its name from the Italian for “slipper”, as in 1982, Francesco Favaron, the creator of the bread, thought it had a similar shape to his wife’s slippers?

5. Similar in style to pizza, name the bread seen here, which employs olive oil, herbs, and salt.

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1. Breadstick
2. Panettone
3. Muffuletta (same as the sandwich name)
4. Ciabatta
5. Focaccia