Q 01/05

A long-told but false legend claims that an English king once knighted which cut of steak?

A) Tenderloin

B) Sirloin

C) Striploin

D) Brisket

Answer · why

B) Sirloin

Sirloin really comes from the Old French surlonge, meaning above the loin. The knighting pun was in print by 1630, and versions of the tale credit at ...

Q 02/05

A raw steak is red not because of blood but because of which protein found in the animal's muscles?

A) Myosin

B) Collagen

C) Myoglobin

D) Tropomyosin

Answer · why

C) Myoglobin

Myoglobin, not blood, gives raw meat its colour. Heat changes the protein as a steak cooks, which is why the meat turns from red to pink to brown.

Q 03/05

Outback Steakhouse, the Australian-themed casual dining chain, was founded not in Australia but in which US state?

A) Florida

B) Texas

C) California

D) Nevada

Answer · why

A) Florida

Florida is where Outback Steakhouse began, with a first restaurant in Tampa in 1988. Behind the Australian theme, the menu is American cuisine.

Q 04/05

Which dish of finely chopped raw beef, usually topped with a raw egg yolk, was originally named for its sauce?

A) Carpaccio

B) Stroganoff

C) Bourguignon

D) Tartare

Answer · why

D) Tartare

Steak tartare was first called steak à la tartare, meaning served with tartar sauce. By 1938 Larousse Gastronomique described it with a raw egg yolk a...

Q 05/05

Pat and Harry Olivieri are credited with inventing which sandwich at their 1930s hot dog stand near the Italian Market?

A) Cheesesteak

B) Italian beef

C) French dip

D) Steak bomb

Answer · why

A) Cheesesteak

Cheesesteak lore says the first version had no cheese at all, just chopped beef and grilled onions on a roll. By the family's account, the cheese arri...