Q 01/05

The first restaurant built with Stanley Meston's golden-arches design opened in May 1953 in which city?

A) Phoenix

B) San Bernardino

C) Des Plaines

D) Downey

Answer · why

A) Phoenix

The first Meston-designed building, with two yellow parabolic arches flanking the stand, opened in Phoenix, Arizona, in May 1953 under franchisee Neil...

Q 02/05

McDonald's adopted 'I'm Lovin' It' as its slogan in which year?

A) 1999

B) 2003

C) 2007

D) 2011

Answer · why

B) 2003

McDonald's launched 'I'm Lovin' It' in September 2003, debuting in Germany with a Justin Timberlake jingle, replacing earlier lines such as 'You deser...

Q 03/05

Despite closing every Sunday, Chick-fil-A led US fast-food chains in 2022 by which measure?

A) Number of restaurants

B) Sales per restaurant

C) Total annual sales

D) Advertising spending

Answer · why

B) Sales per restaurant

Sales per restaurant: about $6.7 million each in 2022, the most of any US fast-food chain, though founder Truett Cathy shut on Sundays so that staff c...

Q 04/05

The Big Mac was created in 1967 by franchisee Jim Delligatti near which Pennsylvania city?

A) Pittsburgh

B) Philadelphia

C) Harrisburg

D) Allentown

Answer · why

A) Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh: Delligatti owned about a dozen McDonald's in the area and, told to use only standard ingredients, went rogue and ordered bigger sesame-see...

Q 05/05

Who played the original Ronald McDonald in 1963 TV ads after a stint as Bozo the Clown?

A) Willard Scott

B) Bob Keeshan

C) Soupy Sales

D) Fred Rogers

Answer · why

A) Willard Scott

Willard Scott, later the Today show's weatherman, had appeared at local McDonald's as Bozo; when the show went off the air, the franchisees asked him ...