Q 01/05

The word "hamburger" derives from the name of which German city?

A) Hamburg

B) Munich

C) Bremen

D) Frankfurt

Answer · why

A) Hamburg

Exactly how the city and the sandwich are linked is still contested; one theory credits Hamburg America Line ships that began sailing to New York in 1...

Q 02/05

"Hamburger Charlie" Nagreen claims to have sold the first hamburger at an 1885 county fair in which state?

A) Michigan

B) Wisconsin

C) Illinois

D) Minnesota

Answer · why

B) Wisconsin

He was 15 and flattened a meatball between two slices of bread so fairgoers could eat while walking; he returned to the Seymour fair every year until ...

Q 03/05

Louis' Lunch, which claims to have served the first hamburger in 1900, is in which city?

A) Hartford, Connecticut

B) Providence, Rhode Island

C) New Haven, Connecticut

D) Boston, Massachusetts

Answer · why

C) New Haven, Connecticut

The Library of Congress endorsed the claim in 2000; the burgers are still cooked in cast-iron vertical broilers made in 1898 and served on toast.

Q 04/05

Ask for which condiment at Louis' Lunch and you can be shown the door?

A) Mustard

B) Mayonnaise

C) Relish

D) Ketchup

Answer · why

D) Ketchup

The only permitted toppings are cheese spread, tomato and onion, and a sign warns that this is not Burger King and you do not get it your way.

Q 05/05

At which event was the hamburger called "the innovation of a food vendor on the pike"?

A) 1904 St. Louis World's Fair

B) 1893 Chicago World's Fair

C) 1901 Pan-American Exposition

D) 1876 Centennial Exposition

Answer · why

A) 1904 St. Louis World's Fair

The Chicago Daily Tribune had already described a five-cent hamburger steak sandwich cooked "while you wait" back in 1896.