Loved for its deep-fried goodness and loathed for its cheap, fatty fare, McDonald's has become more than just a chain restaurant: It's a bona fide cultural icon. But it'll take more than a little McNugget know-how to pass the Ultimate McDonald's Quiz.
The McDonald brothers originally got into the fast food business selling which tasty items?
Hamburgers
Hot dogs
Milkshakes
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Long before the Big Mac, there was the McDog. Dick and Mac McDonald opened a hot dog stand in Arcadia, Calif., in 1937.
Which has been on the McDonald's menu the longest?
Frozen fries
Filet-o-Fish
Big Mac
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The Filet-o-Fish has been hooking hungry customers since 1962. Cincinnati franchise owner Lou Groen invented it to appeal to Catholic clientele who abstained from eating meat on Fridays.
What anti-McDonald's publication did the company challenge in the famous McLibel case?
Anti-McDonald's pamphlets from Greenpeace
"Fast Food Nation"
"Super Size Me"
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Although McDonald's has paid out millions for coffee burns and beef-flavored fries, it didn't back down in its libel suit against Greenpeace. The longest trial in England's history ruled in favor of the fast food giant.
What McDonald's dud is now known as the McFlopper?
McPizza
Arch Deluxe
McLean Deluxe
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Although all of these ventures failed miserably, the McLean Deluxe takes the cake, er, bun. Composed of beef and seaweed, the low-fat sandwich tasted about as bad as it sounds.
McDonald's committed a major cultural faux pas by offering what item?
McWoman
McMuslim
McAfrica
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The McAfrica sandwich was released in Norway in 2002 -- during an African famine. It consisted of beef, veggies, pita and a heaping helping of controversy.
The McDonald brothers named their kitchen efficiency method the Speedee System with a hamburger-headed chef as the mascot. Perhaps Hamburgler knows of the late Speedee's wherabouts.
