Q 01/05

Which cable network launched Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern after its pilot rated well in reruns?

A) Food Network

B) Travel Channel

C) Discovery Channel

D) National Geographic

Answer · why

B) Travel Channel

Travel Channel was Zimmern's own pick: he had talked to Food Network but feared getting lost among its star chefs.

Q 02/05

Which common nut does Andrew Zimmern say he cannot stand because it tastes soapy to him?

A) Almonds

B) Pistachios

C) Walnuts

D) Pecans

Answer · why

C) 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 03/05

Andrew Zimmern, the host of Bizarre Foods, shares his summer birthday with which American holiday?

A) Labor Day

B) Constitution Day

C) Memorial Day

D) Fourth of July

Answer · why

D) 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 04/05

In which city was Andrew Zimmern born and raised before addiction treatment took him to Minnesota?

A) New York

B) Philadelphia

C) Boston

D) Los Angeles

Answer · why

A) 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 05/05

Which Scandinavian fish dish did Andrew Zimmern introduce to Adam Richman on Man v. Food?

A) Lutefisk

B) Gravlax

C) Surströmming

D) Rakfisk

Answer · why

A) Lutefisk

Lutefisk is dried whitefish cured in lye, which leaves it gelatinous. Zimmern put it in front of Richman in 2009.