North American Restaurant Slogans and Advertising Trivia Quiz | Hobbies

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1. In 2008, which Canadian casual dining restaurant would assure you that "You're Among Friends"?

Answer: Boston Pizza

Boston Pizza is one of Canada's largest casual dining franchises. It started in Edmonton Alberta and has over 300 locations in Canada alone. In the United States it is known as "Boston's The Gourmet".

2. This popular fast food chain had instant success in 1988-89 when they released an advertising campaign that had a song known as the "____________ $1,000 000 Dollar Menu Song". In the lyrics, it used all the items that were on the menu at that time. What was the name of the fast food chain that goes in the blank?

Answer: McDonald's

Here are the lyrics to the popular song. I can't help you with the melody though.

"Big Mac, Mc DLT, a Quarter-Pounder with some cheese, Filet-O-Fish, a hamburger, a cheeseburger, a Happy Meal.
McNuggets, tasty golden french fries, regular or larger size, and salads: chef or garden, or a chicken salad oriental.
Big Big Breakfast, Egg McMuffin, hot hot cakes, and sausage. Maybe biscuits, bacon, egg and cheese, a sausage, Danish, hash browns too.
And for dessert hot apple pies, and sundaes three varieties, a soft-serve cone, three kinds of shakes, and chocolaty chip cookies.
And to drink a Coca-Cola, Diet Coke, and orange drink, A Sprite and coffee, decaf too, A low-fat milk, also an orange juice.
I love McDonald's, good time great taste, and I get this all at one place... The good time great taste of McDonald's!"

McDonald's has had great success with many different ad campaigns with many different celebrities as well such as Venus Williams, Destiny's Child, Justin Timberlake and Micheal Jordon Just to name a few.

3. Back in 2004, this popular casual dining chain had a catchy doo wop tune done a cappella style. It started off with "I want my baby back, baby back, baby back, I want my baby back, baby back, baby back... ". What restaurant had this song?

Answer: Chili's

You may remember Fat Bastard singing this song to Mini Me in the second Austin Powers film. Advertising Age magazine listed the song as #1 on its "10 Songs Most Likely to Get Stuck in Your Head" when the campaign was launched.

4. In the 1980s, which pizza company warned us to "Avoid the Noid"?

Answer: Domino's Pizza

The Noid was a speedy little guy in a red suit who was always trying to wreck Domino's Pizza. The Noid became so popular that there were two video games made after him. One was named "Avoid the Noid" and it was designed for home computers. The other one was named "Yo Noid!" and it was for the Nintendo Entertainment System.

In 1989, Kenneth Lamar Noid thought the ads were a personal attack on him and he held two employees of a Domino's restaurant in Atlanta, Georgia, hostage for over five hours. Don't worry, no one was injured.

5. In 2004, which fast food chain came out with a burger that, according to the commercial, was so hot you couldn't talk while you were eating it or you would risk setting things on fire?

Answer: Dairy Queen

Their pitch person from 1971 until 2001 was no other than every one's favorite neighborhood pest Dennis the Menace. The company decided to get rid of him when they figured that children could no longer identify with the character.

6. Back in 1984, this fast food chain had a slogan that would forever become a part of American culture. Which company coined the phrase "Where's the beef?"?

Answer: Wendy's

The original lady who spoke the phrase was later fired for doing a Prego spaghetti commercial. In the Prego commercial she says that she "finally found the beef".

After the "Where's the beef?" campaign, Wendy's founder Dave Thomas took over as the official spokes person until his unfortunate passing in 2002.

7. Every year around February this Canadian based quick service restaurant encourages us to "roll up the rim to win" (you have to roll the R's when you say it). Which restaurant is this?

Answer: Tim Horton's

This is a huge yearly contest where customers roll up the side of their coffee cup to see if they have won a prize. It's almost as big in Canada as McDonald's Monopoly.

8. Which popular children's themed restaurant is know as the place "Where a kid can be a kid"?

Answer: Chuck E. Cheese's

Fun for all. These restaurants are loaded with games, small rides and animatronic figures that even play songs. You win tickets on every game that you play and you can redeem them for cool toys and stuff. Even adults can be kids for a while at this place.

9. What popular submarine chain is always encouraging us to "Eat Fresh"?

Answer: Subway

Back in the 1990s, they had a really bad gimmick where they would not cut your bun in half lengthwise, they would only cut the top off in a V formation, so it kind of looked like a hot dog bun with a top.

Subway had another add campaign featuring Jared Fogle. He was the man who went from 425 lbs to 240 lbs on a Subway Sandwich diet which consisted of a six inch turkey sub for lunch and a foot long veggie sub for dinner. He became an instant celebrity and is recognized world wide.

10. Up until the mid 1990s, this company would boast that its products were "Finger Licking Good"?

Answer: KFC

Even after he had sold the entire chain in 1964, the colonel himself would regularly visit random stores to help out in the kitchen.

Source: Author drinxwilson

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North American Restaurant Slogans and Advertising Quiz

Even though most of these restaurants are recognized worldwide, they are primarily noticed in North America. There are both casual and quick service restaurants. Dig in.

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