Operator Icebreaker

What fast food restaurant is credited with introducing the first modern-day drive-thru window?

• Sonic

• Wendy's

• McDonald's

• Burger King

Answer explanation

Introduced in November, 1970.

What is the oldest soft drink in America?

• Dr. Pepper

• Coca-Cola

• Pepsi

• Schweppes

Answer explanation

Originally made in Morrison's Old Corner Drug Store in Waco, Texas, the drink's unique flavor was a hit when it was first sold in 1885.

What did McDonald's restaurants first introduce in 1968?

• Happy Meal

• Ronald McDonald

• Big Mac

• Egg McMuffin

Answer explanation

The Big Mac was introduced systemwide in 1968, followed by the Egg McMuffin (1973) and the Happy Meal (1979). Ronald McDonald was introduced prior to everything in 1963.

Where was the first Pizza Hut built?

• Albany, New York

• Wichita, Kansas

• Grand Prairie, Texas

• Los Angeles, California

Answer explanation

Founded by two college students who borrowed $600 from their mother in 1958 to rent a small building and purchase some second-hand equipment.

What fast food restaurant introduced a popular advertising campaign in 1997 that featured a talking chihuahua?

• Del Taco

• Domino's Pizza

• Pizza Hut

• Taco Bell

Answer explanation

Gidget, the 8-pound, 11-inch tall Chihuahua, became so popular it eventually branched out to include toys, T-shirts and other promotional products!

What fast food restaurant boasts that you can "Have it your way"?

• Burger King

• El Pollo Loco

• Subway

• Papa John's

Answer explanation

Introduced in 1974 in an attempt to change the prevailing cookie-cutter image of assembly-line fast food restaurants.

What fast food restaurant was originally founded in the small town of Guasave on Mexico's Pacific Coast?

• Taco Bell

• Del Taco

• El Pollo Loco

• Taco Cabana

Answer explanation

Founded in 1975 by Juan Francisco "Pancho" Ochoa, he had expanded to 85 restaurants across Norther Mexico by 1979! The franchise was purchased by Denny's in 1983 and by 2004 they were operating 300+ restaurants in the United States.

How many herbs and spices make up the secret blend used on Colonel Harland Sanders' most famous creation: his Original KFC Recipe?

• 9

• 7

• 13

• 11

Answer explanation

Colonel Sanders' recipe was first introduced in 1939. It is said to be locked away in a safe in Louisville, Kentucky, with only a handful of people to have ever seen the recipe (but Google doesn't seem to think so)

What fast food restaurant was literally founded in a broom closet?

• Papa John's

• Dairy Queen

• Subway

• McDonald's

Answer explanation

"Papa" John Schnatter knocked out a broom closet in the back of his father's tavern to sell pizzas in 1984.

Why did Kentucky Fried Chicken change its name to KFC?

• They didn't like the word "fried"

• The government forced them to

• A competitor sued them

• They weren't really from Kentucky

Answer explanation

The name change came in 1991 because it planned to offer a more varied menu, and wanted to eliminate the unhealthy connotation of "fried" from its name. Contrary to conspiracy theories, the government did not force KFC to remove the work "chicken" from their name because they were raising mutant hens.