Q 01/05

Buffalo wings were first fried up in 1964 at which Buffalo, New York bar?

A) Duff's

B) Bar-Bill Tavern

C) Gabriel's Gate

D) Anchor Bar

Answer · why

D) Anchor Bar

Teressa Bellissimo, who ran the Anchor Bar with her husband Frank, is credited with first tossing the wings in hot sauce and butter in 1964.

Q 02/05

What did Pat and Harry Olivieri sell from their stand before inventing the Philly cheesesteak?

A) Soft pretzels

B) Water ice

C) Hoagies

D) Hot dogs

Answer · why

D) Hot dogs

The brothers sold hot dogs from a South Philadelphia cart in 1930 when Pat grilled chopped beef on a roll instead; a cab driver tasted it, asked for o...

Q 03/05

The Caesar salad, a fixture of American menus, was actually created on July 4, 1924 in which city?

A) San Diego

B) New Orleans

C) Las Vegas

D) Tijuana

Answer · why

D) Tijuana

Italian immigrant Caesar Cardini ran a restaurant in Tijuana serving Americans dodging Prohibition; his daughter Rosa insisted the original had Worces...

Q 04/05

Which company introduced Spam on July 5, 1937?

A) Armour

B) Oscar Mayer

C) Hormel

D) Swift

Answer · why

C) Hormel

Hormel Foods of Austin, Minnesota, launched Spam in 1937 as a canned pork shoulder and ham product; the company runs a Spam Museum in its hometown.

Q 05/05

Which US state has the highest per-capita consumption of Spam, at around seven million cans a year?

A) Alaska

B) Minnesota

C) Texas

D) Hawaii

Answer · why

D) Hawaii

Hawaii's Spam musubi, a slice of the meat on rice wrapped in nori, is a local staple; the taste dates to World War II, when Spam fed GIs stationed acr...