I thought that I’d do you a little quiz. A quiz about biscuits. Of course what I mean by a biscuit isn’t necessarily what you call a biscuit. You probably call it a cookie. And what you call a biscuit I am more likely to call a scone. For the record I am talking about the British word and the British names for specific biscuits which may or may not be known in other places. I’ll give a brief description of a couple of biscuits and then four choices for the origin of the name. The quiz is simple. Pick the correct origin.

Bourbon
Two dark chocolate flavoured biscuits with a thin layer of chocolate cream between them.
a)named after bourbon whiskey because the original recipe included it
b)named after the French dynasty
c)named for the Ile Bourbon, the former name of Reunion Island
d)named for the village of Barbon in Cumbria, England

Bath Oliver
a hard, dry, unsweetened biscuit that goes well with a strongly flavoured cheese
a)named for the doctor William Oliver who lived in Bath
b)named for Oliver Cromwell, the Bath part of the name coming from the use of water in the baking process
c)the original sales material featured a painting of a child being bathed
d)originally described by Charles Dickens in the novel Oliver Twist

Garibaldi
a thin hard biscuit with dried currants
a)created at the Garibaldi school in Nottinghamshire
b)created by Italian baker Anton Garibaldi
c)named for the revolutionary Giuseppe Garibaldi
d)originally from the Porta Garibaldi district of Milan

Butter Osborne
a semi sweet digestive biscuit
a)named for the creator of the recipe Annabel Osborne
b)named for one of the Royal residences, Osborne house
c)created in the Australian suburb of Osborne, Adelaide
d)named for a fictional cook in a PG Wodehouse novel

Jammie Dodger
two round biscuits with a strawberry jam between them and a heart shaped hole in the upper biscuit
a)originally created in America but now only found in the Uk. Named for the Brooklyn Dodgers where they were first sold at games in 1912
b)named after the Artful Dodger in Oliver Twist
c)named after a comic book character Roger The Dodger
d)named in honour of British cricketer Roger Whysall

Marie
A sweet round biscuit for dunking in tea
a)named for Marie Antoinette
b)named in honour of the marriage of Maria Alexandrovna of Russia
c)originally from a recipe similar to church wafers and named for the virgin Mary
d)named in honour of Maria I Queen of Portugal

Nice
a coconut flavoured sugar coated biscuit
a)just called “nice” because it is nice
b)named for the mother of Nicodromus in Greek Mythology
c)named for Harry Nice, the Governor of Maryland (1877 - 1941)
d)named for the city of Nice in France

Well, I know none of them and am never good at guessing. Don't make fun of me! As you will see from my answers, I did not cheat. Here goes:

Bourbon - a (sounds good!)
Bath Oliver - a
Garibaldi (my favorite sandwich in Madison!) - d
Butter Osborne - b
Jammie Dodger - c
Marie - a
Nice - d

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Originally posted by Kalleh:
Well, I know none of them and am never good at guessing. Don't make fun of me! As you will see from my answers, I did not cheat. Here goes:

Bourbon - a (sounds good!)
Bath Oliver - a
Garibaldi (my favorite sandwich in Madison!) - d
Butter Osborne - b
Jammie Dodger - c
Marie - a
Nice - d

Not terrible. You got three right.

I flunked...