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Competitive Eating World Records — Daily trivia Friday, June 12, 2026: questions and answers
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Q 01Which New York seaside neighbourhood hosts the Fourth of July hot dog eating contest with a made-up origin story?
- ATimes Square
- BHarlem
- CBrooklyn Heights
- DConey Island
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Coney Island
Coney Island. A Nathan's promoter later admitted the 1916 start date was invented, and the first recorded contest came in the early 1970s.
Q 02Who set the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest record of 76 hot dogs in 10 minutes?
- AJoey Chestnut
- BPatrick Bertoletti
- CMatt Stonie
- DSonya Thomas
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Joey Chestnut
Joey Chestnut. He set it in 2021 while winning his 14th Nathan's title.
Q 03Sonya Thomas, "The Black Widow", dominated which competitive eating discipline for five straight years?
- AHot dogs
- BOysters
- CPancakes
- DChicken wings
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Chicken wings
Sonya Thomas, 'The Black Widow', dominated chicken wing eating - she won the National Buffalo Wing Festival's US championship five years running from 2007 to 2011, and ate 183 wings in 12 minutes to take the 2011 title.
Q 04What did one hot dog champion name his technique of splitting each dog in half, after a biblical figure known for dividing?
- AThe Samson method
- BThe Solomon method
- CThe Delilah method
- DThe Goliath method
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The Solomon method
The Solomon method. He separated each sausage from its bun, broke it in half and dunked the bun in water, a nod to the Judgment of Solomon.
Q 05Which organisation, founded by the Shea brothers, sanctions professional eating contests worldwide?
- AInternational Eating League
- BGlobal Competitive Eating Association
- CMajor League Eating
- DWorld Eating Federation
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Major League Eating
Major League Eating. Originally the International Federation of Competitive Eating, it runs more than a hundred events a year.
Q 06What had the then 16-time Nathan's Famous champion done to get banned from the 2024 contest?
- AFailed a mandatory weigh-in
- BSkipped the regional qualifier
- CEndorsed a vegan hot dog rival
- DDemanded a bigger appearance fee
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Endorsed a vegan hot dog rival
Endorsed a vegan hot dog rival. Joey Chestnut's sponsorship deal with Impossible Foods got him banned, and he spent that Fourth of July eating against soldiers at Fort Bliss.
Q 07Which platform streamed the hot-dog eating showdown 'Unfinished Beef'?
- AESPN+
- BNetflix
- CYouTube
- DAmazon Prime Video
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Netflix
Netflix. Joey Chestnut beat his old rival 83 to 66, though different rules kept it from counting as an official record.
Q 08Why did Miki Sudo sit out the 2021 Nathan's hot dog contest?
- AShe was 37 weeks pregnant
- BShe was suspended over a sponsorship row
- CShe had entered the men's contest instead
- DShe was quarantining with COVID-19
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She was 37 weeks pregnant
She was 37 weeks pregnant. Her partner is fellow competitive eater Nick Wehry, and she was back to win the women's title in 2022.
Q 09What does the men's winner at Nathan's Famous take home each Fourth of July?
- AA gold-plated hot dog trophy
- BA silver bun-shaped ring
- CA ketchup-red championship sash
- DA bejeweled mustard-yellow belt
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A bejeweled mustard-yellow belt
A bejeweled mustard-yellow belt. The women's division, added in 2011, gives its champion a pink belt.
Q 10Which eater nearly doubled the Nathan's hot dog record by eating 50 on his debut?
- ATakeru Kobayashi
- BKazutoyo Arai
- CHirofumi Nakajima
- DMatt Stonie
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Takeru Kobayashi
Takeru Kobayashi. The old record, set by Kazutoyo Arai, was just over 25, and Kobayashi went on to win six straight titles from 2001 to 2006.
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