Q 01/05

What is the traditional location of the annual Nathan's Famous International Hot Dog Eating Contest?

A) Miami Beach, Florida

B) Times Square, New York

C) Coney Island, New York

D) Santa Monica Pier, California

Answer · why

C) Coney Island, New York

Coney Island, New York, hosts the contest outside Nathan's original stand at Surf and Stillwell Avenues; in 2020 the pandemic forced it to go ahead wi...

Q 02/05

Joey Chestnut has trained by stretching his stomach with water, protein supplements and what other liquid?

A) Milk

B) Beer

C) Olive oil

D) Vegetable broth

Answer · why

A) Milk

Milk and water go down by the half gallon after Chestnut has fasted for days, stretching his empty stomach before a practice run.

Q 03/05

Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest is held each year on which American holiday?

A) Memorial Day

B) Independence Day

C) Labor Day

D) Veterans Day

Answer · why

B) Independence Day

Independence Day is the fixture now, but the first contests in the early 1970s were small: organizers would wait for big men to walk by and ask them t...

Q 04/05

Who set the women's Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest record of 51 hot dogs in 2024?

A) Michelle Lesco

B) Sonya Thomas

C) Miki Sudo

D) Molly Schuyler

Answer · why

C) Miki Sudo

Miki Sudo ate 51 hot dogs and buns to break her own record of 48.5, then defended the title a year later with only 33.

Q 05/05

Which technique breaks each hot dog in half and dunks the bun in water?

A) The Bun Buster

B) The Anaconda Approach

C) The Kobayashi Shake

D) The Solomon Method

Answer · why

D) The Solomon Method

The Solomon Method is Takeru Kobayashi's: snap the frank in two, eat both halves at once, then the soaked bun. The name is said to nod to King Solomon...