Q 01/05

Which rum cocktail does the Caribe Hilton claim its bartender Ramón Marrero created in 1954?

A) Cuba Libre

B) Piña colada

C) Daiquiri

D) Planter's Punch

Answer · why

B) Piña colada

Piña colada is the drink the hotel says Marrero spent three months perfecting from rum, coconut cream and pineapple juice. Puerto Rico made it the isl...

Q 02/05

Which warm treat, once reserved for VIPs, does DoubleTree by Hilton hand every guest at check-in?

A) Glazed cinnamon roll

B) Salted soft pretzel

C) Blueberry streusel muffin

D) Chocolate chip cookie

Answer · why

D) Chocolate chip cookie

Chocolate chip cookie dough from DoubleTree was baked in orbit in 2019 by astronaut Luca Parmitano, who used a prototype oven aboard the ISS.

Q 03/05

Which Beatle spent his 1969 honeymoon holding a week-long bed-in for peace at the Hilton Amsterdam?

A) George Harrison

B) Paul McCartney

C) John Lennon

D) Ringo Starr

Answer · why

C) John Lennon

John Lennon and Yoko Ono invited the world's press into their suite every day for a week, turning a honeymoon into an anti-war protest staged from bed...

Q 04/05

Which dessert does the Palmer House, now a Hilton, claim to have invented for the 1893 World's Fair?

A) Brownie

B) Cupcake

C) Sundae

D) Cheesecake

Answer · why

A) Brownie

Brownie tradition credits socialite Bertha Palmer, who is said to have asked the hotel's pastry chef for a sweet smaller than a slice of cake that lad...

Q 05/05

Which US president was shot outside the Washington Hilton in 1981 as he walked to his limousine?

A) Gerald Ford

B) Ronald Reagan

C) Jimmy Carter

D) George H. W. Bush

Answer · why

B) Ronald Reagan

Ronald Reagan was seriously wounded by John Hinckley Jr. but survived, and locals sometimes call the hotel the Hinckley Hilton.