Q 01/05

Which tyre company launched a restaurant and hotel guide in 1900 to get motorists driving more?

A) Pirelli

B) Dunlop

C) Michelin

D) Goodyear

Answer · why

C) Michelin

Michelin gave away nearly 35,000 copies of its first guide, hoping more driving would wear out more tyres. Its stars for superior restaurants followed...

Q 02/05

Which tropical fruit, once so costly that it signalled great wealth, became an architectural symbol of hospitality?

A) Pineapple

B) Coconut

C) Breadfruit

D) Papaya

Answer · why

A) Pineapple

Pineapple was so expensive to import or raise in hothouses that hosts put one on show at dinner parties, reusing it until it rotted. Carved versions t...

Q 03/05

Which giant dog breed did monks at an Alpine travellers' hospice keep to rescue people lost in the snow?

A) Newfoundland

B) St. Bernard

C) Great Pyrenees

D) Leonberger

Answer · why

B) St. Bernard

St. Bernard dogs are named after the hospice on the Great St Bernard Pass, which acquired its first dogs between 1660 and 1670. The last recorded Alpi...

Q 04/05

Which serving method did Yoshiaki Shiraishi bring to his sushi restaurant after watching beer bottles at a brewery?

A) Vending machine

B) Ticket machine

C) Serving hatch

D) Conveyor belt

Answer · why

D) Conveyor belt

Conveyor belt sushi was Shiraishi's answer to a staffing problem in his small restaurant. After five years of development he opened the first in 1958 ...

Q 05/05

Which fast-food founder began by serving chicken dishes to travellers at a Shell service station in the 1930s?

A) Colonel Sanders

B) Dave Thomas

C) S. Truett Cathy

D) Carl Karcher

Answer · why

A) Colonel Sanders

Colonel Sanders fed his first customers in his own living quarters beside the pumps in North Corbin, Kentucky. He sold the restaurant at 65 after a ne...