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40 free Andrew Zimmern trivia questions with answers — trivia quiz, new questions added Oct 2026.
Andrew Zimmern has built a career on saying yes to the plate in front of him. As the host of Bizarre Foods he ate his way across dozens of countries, treating dishes that make most viewers flinch as a way into the cultures that prize them. The story behind the host is just as striking: a privileged childhood, a fall into addiction, a fresh start in Minnesota kitchens, and a second act as a chef, author, producer and campaigner against hunger. This quiz covers the whole menu, from his early life and restaurant years to the shows, spin-offs, awards and memorable bites along the way. It suits fans of food television and anyone who likes a good comeback story.
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Q 01Which cable network launched Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern after its pilot rated well in reruns?
Travel Channel
Travel Channel was Zimmern's own pick: he had talked to Food Network but feared getting lost among its star chefs.
Q 02Which common nut does Andrew Zimmern say he cannot stand because it tastes soapy to him?
Walnuts
Walnuts were the one food Zimmern named as a dislike in 2012, after six seasons of eating things like bat paste and durian on camera.
Q 03Andrew Zimmern, the host of Bizarre Foods, shares his summer birthday with which American holiday?
Fourth of July
Fourth of July fireworks double as his birthday candles: Zimmern was born on July 4, 1961, the son of an advertising executive.
Q 04In which city was Andrew Zimmern born and raised before addiction treatment took him to Minnesota?
New York
New York was home: he grew up on the Upper East Side and later ran kitchens in the city's fine dining restaurants.
Q 05Which Scandinavian fish dish did Andrew Zimmern introduce to Adam Richman on Man v. Food?
Lutefisk
Lutefisk is dried whitefish cured in lye, which leaves it gelatinous. Zimmern put it in front of Richman in 2009.
Q 06Which fellow TV host joined Andrew Zimmern for a Bizarre Foods special of tarantula pops and cockroaches?
Anthony Bourdain
Anthony Bourdain swapped visits with Zimmern in 2007: each man guest-starred on the other's show.
Q 07In which country did Andrew Zimmern eat hákarl, a fermented shark, and puffin on Bizarre Foods?
Iceland
Iceland served him hákarl, which Zimmern said smelled horrific yet tasted far better than it smelled.
Q 08In which US state did Andrew Zimmern try jellied moose nose and whale muktuk on Bizarre Foods?
Alaska
Alaska's menu also ran to walrus, seal soup and reindeer pizza, and Zimmern took a sled dog tour between meals.
Q 09Andrew Zimmern made Family Dinner for Magnolia Network, a venture with which home-renovation couple?
Chip and Joanna Gaines
Chip and Joanna Gaines, of Fixer Upper fame, relaunched the old DIY Network under the Magnolia name in 2022.
Q 10Andrew Zimmern's Minnesota episode of Bizarre Foods served alligator, ostrich and spaghetti in which style?
On a stick
On a stick is the fairground way: the same episode offered a reuben sandwich and meatballs skewered to match.
Q 11Which culinary honor, named for a cook whose open houses he attended as a boy, has Andrew Zimmern won?
James Beard Award
James Beard Award number one came in 2010, for Outstanding TV Food Personality, and three more followed by 2017.
Q 12From which liberal arts college did Andrew Zimmern graduate in 1984 with a degree in history and art history?
Vassar
Vassar followed the Dalton School, the private school Zimmern attended as a boy.
Q 13Which addiction treatment center did Andrew Zimmern enter in 1992, a place where he went on to volunteer?
Hazelden
Hazelden began in 1949 as a Minnesota farmhouse retreat. Zimmern arrived there after close friends staged an intervention.
Q 21The documentary that became Andrew Zimmern's Bizarre Foods explored unusual dishes from which continent?
Asia
Asia came first: the pilot took Zimmern to Japan, Thailand and Malaysia for frog sashimi, fruit bat and durian.
Q 22Andrew Zimmern ate balut and soup Number Five in the first regular Bizarre Foods episode, set in which country?
Philippines
The Philippines episode also sent Zimmern to Puerto Princesa's underground river park, where he ate mangrove worms.
Q 23Which animal, kept as a household pet in many countries, did Andrew Zimmern eat in Quito on Bizarre Foods?
Guinea pig
Guinea pig headed the Ecuador episode, which also had Zimmern eating lemon ants and piranha on the Napo River.
Q 14While homeless for about a year around 1990, how did future TV host Andrew Zimmern say he survived?
Stealing purses
Stealing purses from cafes and selling the contents carried him through a year he puts down to severe drug and alcohol addiction.
Q 15Lucky Cricket, the restaurant Andrew Zimmern opened in suburban Minnesota in 2018, served which cuisine?
Chinese
Chinese cooking was the draw at Lucky Cricket, which opened to rough reviews, closed for a remodel in 2019 and reopened before shutting for good.
Q 16Which meat starred in the most popular dishes of AZ Canteen, the food truck Andrew Zimmern launched in 2012?
Goat
Goat was the truck's signature, and Zimmern went on to develop a goat sausage with the meat purveyor Pat LaFrieda.
Q 17The Zimmern List, Andrew Zimmern's city-by-city guide to his favorite places to eat, won which award?
Daytime Emmy
Daytime Emmy success came in 2020, when the series won its category and Zimmern was also nominated as its host.
Q 18Which news channel aired What's Eating America, Andrew Zimmern's series on politics seen through food?
MSNBC
MSNBC ran the series, which came from Intuitive Content, the production company Zimmern founded in 2014.
Q 19Andrew Zimmern has served as a Global Goodwill Ambassador for The Nature Conservancy and which United Nations agency?
World Food Programme
World Food Programme work sits beside his role as the International Rescue Committee's Voice for Nutrition.
Q 20In a 2016 series, which locals guided Andrew Zimmern to the hidden places to eat in each city?
Local drivers
Local drivers, from a rickshaw driver in Hyderabad to a Nashville cabbie, were his guides in Driven by Food because they are the first people a traveler talks to.
Q 24Which snake's still-beating heart did Andrew Zimmern eat in Vietnam during the first season of Bizarre Foods?
Cobra
Cobra arrived in parts, dried bones included, in an episode that also poured coffee made from civet droppings.
Q 25On which Mediterranean island did Andrew Zimmern try casu marzu, a notorious rotten cheese, on Bizarre Foods?
Sardinia
Sardinia also put sea urchins on his plate, in an episode about what the island's residents like to eat.
Q 26Which wild animals did Andrew Zimmern feed meat to in Harar during the Ethiopia episode of Bizarre Foods?
Hyenas
Hyenas shared the bill with a visit to Africa's largest market in Addis Ababa and a taste of camel kidney.
Q 27On Bizarre Foods in Texas, Andrew Zimmern toured the kitchens of which organization to taste its food?
NASA
NASA let him sample space food behind the scenes, a change from the chocolate bacon and fried alligator of the Texas State Fair.
Q 28Which poisonous amphibians did Andrew Zimmern make a meal of in the Australian Outback on Bizarre Foods?
Cane toads
Cane toads joined wallaby and barbecued crocodile on the menu for that trip.
Q 29In Seoul for Bizarre Foods, Andrew Zimmern made his first fresh batch of which fermented Korean staple?
Kimchi
Kimchi-making was a break from eating: the same trip had him tackle san-nakji, a dish of raw octopus.
Q 30Which US state gave Andrew Zimmern Spam musubi, tempura Spam and a bowl of poi on Bizarre Foods?
Hawaii
Hawaii's Spam tour did not stop there: the episode also featured a pineapple upside-down cake made with it.