Q 01/05

The family friend who lent a teenage Fred DeLuca the money to open Subway was what kind of scientist?

A) Chemist

B) Physicist

C) Geologist

D) Biologist

Answer · why

B) Physicist

Physicist: he was helping to design nuclear power plants when he put up the cash so the 17-year-old could pay for college, and the two founding famili...

Q 02/05

What was the Subway chain's original name when its first shop opened in 1965?

A) Fred's Famous Footlongs

B) Pete's Super Submarines

C) Bridgeport Subs

D) DeLuca's Deli

Answer · why

B) Pete's Super Submarines

Pete's Super Submarines honoured the family friend who put up the money, but on local radio the name sounded like 'pizza marines', so the partners cha...

Q 03/05

How much did Fred DeLuca borrow to open the first Subway?

A) $1,000

B) $5,000

C) $10,000

D) $25,000

Answer · why

A) $1,000

He was 17 and hoping to fund medical school; the chain he built was sold to Roark Capital for $9.6 billion in 2023.

Q 04/05

About how many Subway restaurants were there worldwide as of 2023?

A) 370

B) 3,700

C) 37,000

D) 370,000

Answer · why

C) 37,000

37,000 or so, in more than 100 countries, was a retreat: Subway's own website still boasted of more than 40,000 shops in 2019, before years of closure...

Q 05/05

In 2008 Subway launched a famous promotion selling every regular one-foot sandwich for how much?

A) $1

B) $5

C) $10

D) $20

Answer · why

B) $5

$5 was meant as a limited-time price, but the deal and its jingle caught on so fast that it became the chain's most successful promotion and stayed on...