Q 01/05

Bagels originated in the Jewish communities of which country?

A) Poland

B) Romania

C) Russia

D) Hungary

Answer · why

A) Poland

Poland. Jewish emigrants carried the bagel from there to New York, where they hawked it from pushcarts for decades before most Americans had ever hear...

Q 02/05

In which New York sitcom does a character end a 12-year strike and return to work at H&H Bagels?

A) Seinfeld

B) Mad About You

C) Friends

D) How I Met Your Mother

Answer · why

A) Seinfeld

Seinfeld. Kramer goes back only because the minimum wage has finally risen, then walks out on strike again when his manager refuses him time off to ce...

Q 03/05

Which two seeds are the traditional toppings baked onto a bagel's crust?

A) Chia and flax

B) Sunflower and pumpkin

C) Poppy and sesame

D) Caraway and fennel

Answer · why

C) Poppy and sesame

Poppy and sesame remain the two standard choices at Montreal's bagel shops, while American bakeries branched out into cinnamon raisin, chocolate chip ...

Q 04/05

The classic New York bagel brunch tops a bagel with capers, red onion and which cured fish?

A) Herring

B) Sardines

C) Anchovies

D) Lox

Answer · why

D) Lox

Lox. The name is simply Yiddish for salmon, and traditional belly lox is cured in salt and never smoked, which is why it tastes so much saltier than s...

Q 05/05

What is the traditional shape of a bagel, in the language of geometry?

A) A paraboloid

B) A torus

C) An ellipsoid

D) A helix

Answer · why

B) A torus

A torus. The hole is practical: street sellers in Eastern Europe could thread dozens of bagels on a stick or a string, which made a day's stock easy t...