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David Farkas

Pop quiz: The week's events
June 27, 2008

What a week! I don't know about you, but I spent the past five days thinking and talking about ingredient cross-utilization. Here at Chain Leader (Blog) Central, it doesn't get much sexier than that. Still, I managed to brush up on current events, not wanting to limit weekend cocktail conversation to how to use same-spec chicken breast in five different recipes. In case you did, too, here's help to ensure your bon vivant status before wandering into the wilds of Brie and Chardonnay. Wrong answers, as always, will scare the b'jesus out of you.


The planning commission of which sock-and-sandal wearing city recently proposed restricting fast-food drive-thrus?

-- Ann Arbor, Mich.

-- Madison, Wis.

-- Berkeley, Calif.

-- Cambridge, Mass. 


In which country are companies now penalized for employing people with waistlines that exceed 33.5 inches for men and 35.5 inches for women?

-- Japan

-- Belarus

-- Nigeria

-- France


Which institutional dish has been the subject of lawsuits alleging "cruel and unusual punishment"?

--  tomato soup

--  artichoke-and-spinach dip

-- Nutri-loaf

-- Puffer fish


"Plus, we don't like McDonald's, and we don't like American Idol, so we're doubly offended." What's going on here?

-- Unhappy rock musician alleging the burger-giant ripped off his band's likeness

-- "Star Search" producers' statement after Mickey D's passed on sponsoring "Star Search: Without Ed McMahon"

-- Portion of manifesto issued by pop-music hating nutritionists at this year's conference of the American Dietetic Association


From "Freedom Fries" to "Le Burrito" in the space of six years. Which chain has the Gaul to promote (if for a limited time only) a menu item that links Mexican food with the snobby French?

-- Carl's Jr.

-- Au Bon Pain

-- House of Blues

-- Chipotle

Posted by David Farkas on June 27, 2008 | Comments (0)