Q 01/05

Which 1979 mod film was directed by Franc Roddam, the creator of the MasterChef format?

A) Quadrophenia

B) Breaking Glass

C) Rude Boy

D) Radio On

Answer · why

A) Quadrophenia

Quadrophenia, built on The Who's 1973 rock opera, was Franc Roddam's first feature. He went on to create the builders-abroad drama Auf Wiedersehen, Pe...

Q 02/05

Which US broadcaster launched MasterChef in July 2010 with Gordon Ramsay judging from episode one?

A) NBC

B) Fox

C) ABC

D) CBS

Answer · why

B) Fox

Fox premiered MasterChef on July 27, 2010, but it was not America's first go at the format: PBS had run a version called MasterChef USA from 2000 to 2...

Q 03/05

Which MasterChef challenge hands every contestant an identical set of ingredients to cook from?

A) Immunity Challenge

B) Invention Test

C) Mystery Box

D) Team Challenge

Answer · why

C) Mystery Box

The Mystery Box gives each cook the same box of ingredients and allows nothing else, so the dishes reveal pure technique and imagination. The Inventio...

Q 04/05

Which MasterChef US champion, the show's first blind contestant, later opened a Houston gastropub?

A) Courtney Lapresi

B) Claudia Sandoval

C) Luca Manfè

D) Christine Hà

Answer · why

D) Christine Hà

Christine Hà lost her sight to neuromyelitis optica, a condition in which the immune system attacks the optic nerves, and won season 3 in 2012. Her ga...

Q 05/05

Which Boston-born Through the Keyhole co-host presented the original MasterChef from 1990 to 2000?

A) Loyd Grossman

B) Keith Floyd

C) David Frost

D) Ainsley Harriott

Answer · why

A) Loyd Grossman

Loyd Grossman's much-parodied Anglo-American accent fronted the show for a decade. He launched a sauce range in 1995 that a 2003 survey named the UK's...