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Sending Their Best Trivia Quiz


A quiz on some of the delicious food that immigrants brought to the United States and adapted as their own.

A multiple-choice quiz by Joepetz. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
Joepetz
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
403,841
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
7 / 10
Plays
421
Last 3 plays: Guest 8 (3/10), Guest 206 (6/10), Guest 23 (5/10).
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Question 1 of 10
1. "As American as apple pie" is an unusual phrase because the apple pie is not an American creation. It was brought to America by immigrants and originated in which country? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. Pizza originated in Italy and was introduced to America by Italian immigrants in the late 19th century. Which of the following pizza developments is an American creation? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. The hamburger was created in its namesake city of Hamburg, Germany. How did the original hamburger differ from its American counterpart? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. Tacos originated in Mexico and were brought to the United States by Mexican/Spanish immigrants in the Southwest. Who originally created the taco? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. The jelly bean's origin is lost to history. However, the process of coating a soft center with a hard shell has its origins in which other treat? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. An American creation, the California roll is a variety of which Asian food? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. Chop suey has a bad reputation in the United States. According to the most popular legend, it was created by Chinese-American railroad workers but what kind of dish is it? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. Chicken parmigiana, despite being labelled an Italian staple, actually originated in the United States. The dish is based on the Italian dish melanzana parmigiana which is made with what ingredient? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. Hot dogs originated in Frankfurt, Germany but it was German immigrants to the Midwest who advanced it by doing what? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. Chicken Francese was first created in Rochester, New York by immigrants from what country? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. "As American as apple pie" is an unusual phrase because the apple pie is not an American creation. It was brought to America by immigrants and originated in which country?

Answer: England

The earliest recorded reference to an apple pie comes from England in the fourteenth century. Apple pies were very popular in Europe and were introduced in American primarily by English immigrants but also Swedish ones. It took some time before apple pies were made in America, however, because the only native apples were crabapples.

It took a while before apple seeds from Europe grew into fruit producing apple trees.
2. Pizza originated in Italy and was introduced to America by Italian immigrants in the late 19th century. Which of the following pizza developments is an American creation?

Answer: Trenton tomato pie

The tomato pie was created by Italian immigrants in Trenton, New Jersey. It is essentially a pizza with the sauce on top of the cheese and the toppings. It was invented in 1910 at Joe's Tomato Pie. It is sometimes called a Trenton tomato pie or a New Jersey tomato pie.

Hawaiian pizza is a Canadian invention. Tomatoes were first added to pizzas in the late 18th century in Italy. Many Europeans considered tomatoes to be poisonous, thus tomatoes were inexpensive and readily available to the poor who added it to their flatbreads. Tomatoes were largely sweet in those days and thus pizzas were more sweet than savory.

Cheese was first added to pizza (or a precursor to pizza) in Ancient Rome. The dish was popular with Jews in Rome because it was kosher for Passover. The meal spread and became popular with Roman soldiers who added the cheese.
3. The hamburger was created in its namesake city of Hamburg, Germany. How did the original hamburger differ from its American counterpart?

Answer: The American hamburger was between two slices of bread.

The original hamburger was called a Hamburg steak and was a roasted steak of ground beef served over bread. The traditional American hamburger is believed to have originated in Connecticut by Dutch immigrants. They served it as a sandwich with the meat patty between two slices of bread. Today, the bread slices have evolved into buns.

They called it a steak sandwich and it was often served with different toppings, most popularly cheese.
4. Tacos originated in Mexico and were brought to the United States by Mexican/Spanish immigrants in the Southwest. Who originally created the taco?

Answer: Native people in Mexico

Tacos originated in the Valley of Mexico and were created by Native Americans who wrapped fish in soft bread. The dish was adapted by the Spanish when they arrived in Mexico and were often the star of large feasts.

When the taco arrived in the United States, Americans changed it up by using hard shell tacos instead of flat tortillas or soft bread wrapping.
5. The jelly bean's origin is lost to history. However, the process of coating a soft center with a hard shell has its origins in which other treat?

Answer: Turkish delight

The first known recorded use of the word jelly bean comes from 1861 where a Boston candy maker encouraged his customers to send jelly beans to Union troops. However, the jelly bean did not originate in the U.S. as there have long been similar treats in Europe and Asia for centuries. Turkish delight is a candy consisting of chopped nuts and fruits stuck together with molten sugar and coated with sugar.

The same process was used to create the jelly bean. The soft center of the jelly bean was incredibly sticky and was unpopular until confectioners learned to create the coating.
6. An American creation, the California roll is a variety of which Asian food?

Answer: Sushi

A California roll is a type of sushi made with crab, imitation crab, cucumber or avocado wrapped in rice. It is believed to have been created in the 1960s in Los Angeles, although the name came much later. The idea for the California roll came from Japanese restaurant owners who wanted to bring in a wide variety of customers but thought traditional Japanese cuisine may not have been appealing to them. Today, the California roll is one of the most popular types of sushi in the United States.
7. Chop suey has a bad reputation in the United States. According to the most popular legend, it was created by Chinese-American railroad workers but what kind of dish is it?

Answer: Mishmash of different ingredients

Chop suey originated as a meal made from a variety of leftovers typically consisting of a meat, vegetables, eggs and rice. It is widely believed to have been created in the United States by Chinese railroad workers who were often poor and living squalid conditions.

They would share their leftovers with another to create new dishes. Another chop suey creation myth is that it was created by a Chinese restaurant owner in Los Angeles who was forced to feed inebriated men and concocted chop suey from the scraps leftover from previous meals rather than waste fresh food.
8. Chicken parmigiana, despite being labelled an Italian staple, actually originated in the United States. The dish is based on the Italian dish melanzana parmigiana which is made with what ingredient?

Answer: Eggplant

Chicken parmigiana was created by Italian immigrants in the late 19th, early 20th century. They adapted the traditional dish melanzana parmigiana or eggplant parmigiana. Many of the immigrants were from poor farm towns in southern Italy where eggplant was readily available but meat was not. Meat, particularly chicken, was much more inexpensive in the U.S.

By the 1950s, chicken parmigiana was considered a staple in every fancy restaurant in the United States. By the 1980s, it became a much more casual meal.
9. Hot dogs originated in Frankfurt, Germany but it was German immigrants to the Midwest who advanced it by doing what?

Answer: Putting it on a bun

The frankfurter or wiener got its name from the cities of Frankfurt and Vienna. Sausages were very popular in the Germanic countries in Europe and German immigrants brought sausages to the United States. Sausages were colloquially called dogs in English because Germans sometimes used dog meat.

In the U.S., hot dogs were first served on buns and became popular meals for working class men in factories. The term hot dog can mean just the sausage itself and the sausage on the bun.
10. Chicken Francese was first created in Rochester, New York by immigrants from what country?

Answer: Italy

Chicken Francese is a dish consisting of chicken in a lemon sauce. Despite its name, the dish is an Italian-American one, not French. The "Francese" refers to the lemon-butter sauce. It was first created in the 1950s and possibly with veal. However, veal was very expensive and thus unaffordable to many working class Italian-Americans and chicken was used instead.
Source: Author Joepetz

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