Trivia questions (5 of 15)
- Multiple Choice
1. What Caribbean word for "barbecue" shares its name with a Mexican shredded meat dish?
The first use of "barbacoa" in print was by Gonzalo Fernández De Oviedo y Valdés, a Spanish explorer who met the Caribbean Taíno people during his travels.
- Multiple Choice
2. Kingsford charcoal originated in Detroit, Michigan, and was created to utilize leftover wood from the production of the _________ Model T automobile.
FUN FACT
The initial Kingsford Charcoal plant was designed by Thomas Edison to be as efficient as possible at reclaiming and torching the wood leftover from Henry Ford's Model T factory.
- Multiple Choice
3. Which fast food chain originally started in San Bernardino, California, as a BBQ restaurant in 1940?
FUN FACT
McDonald's Bar-Be-Que opened on May 15, 1940, and was a massive success. At the time, their main menu item was hot dogs, but they soon realized burgers were the real moneymaker and revamped into McDonald's in 1948.
- Multiple Choice
4. North Carolina BBQ sauce is thinner, generally used on whole hog cooking, and is made primarily with crushed red peppers and ____________.
BBQ sauce in North Carolina can be traced back hundreds of years and is unlike most sauces used in BBQ preparation. Generally consisting of vinegar, crushed red peppers, hot sauce, and various spices, it tends to have a more pronounced acidity more in common with African cooking.
- Multiple Choice
5. Which southern state is home to Jones Bar-B-Q diner, the oldest BBQ restaurant in the U.S.?
Jones Bar-B-Q diner has been a Marianna, Arkansas, staple since the early 1900s, when Joe Jones began selling meats he'd smoked in a self-dug hole each day until he ran out. It is possibly the oldest operating restaurant in the state and the oldest Black-owned business in the southern U.S.
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