Oxford Press recently released their Oxford Companion to American Food and Drink, and the editor has posted this quiz about hamburger chains on the Oxford University Press blog. Here are the first three questions. The answers are at the OUP page.
1. The first national hamburger chain was:
A. McDonald’s
B. Bob’s Big Boy
C. White Tower
D. White Castle
E. Wimpy2. The first McDonald’s hamburger stand was opened in:
A. Des Plaines, Illinois
B. San Bernardino, California
C. Reno, Nevada
D. New York City
E. Dallas, Texas3. The best word that describes White Castle’s first hamburger patties is that they were:
A. Square
B. Round
C. Thick
D. Oval
E. Big
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2 Comments
Oh I totally sucked at that quiz!!! Well, I suck at most quizzes, thats probably why I cook and am not an engineer or something like that.
Not only do I love hamburgers, but I’m a historian-in-training, and I failed the quiz! Oh, the humiliation.