Never heard of Whataburger, Zaxby's, Bojangles', El Pollo Loco, Del Taco, Boston Market, or Moe's; and I could've kicked myself for not getting some of the obvious ones.
Here in the Dominican Republic we got 13 of them: McDonalds, Subway, Burger King, Wendy's, Taco Bell, Dunkin' Donuts, Pizza Hut, KFC, Domino's, Carl's Jr., Little Caesars, Papa John's, and Krispy Kreme.
There have been rumors of a Starbucks opening soon, but nothing has been confirmed.
18/50. And I've lived in the U.S. my entire life. I guess it's a good thing I only knew that many. Would hate to see what size pants I'd be wearing if I knew all 50. BTW - White Castle....mini burgers/sliders we call, alternately, Gut Bombs or Rat Burgers. Each one probably shortens your life by about 20 minutes apiece!
Same for the oxymoronically named and perennially overrated In-n-Out, even with their paradoxically bare bones list of menu choices. And don't tell me it's because it's "fresh"... they throw chunks of potato into boiling grease just like everyone else.
This quiz really shows the routes of obesity in the U.S, In Ireland we have, Mcdonalds, Burger King (which isn't very common), KFC, Subway, Starbucks (not common either), Papa johns, dominos, thats bout it
In 2016 the US was 12th on the list of most obese nations, lower than such countries as Kuwait, St Lucia, Jordan, Egypt, Qatar, Belize, and most of the island nations of Oceania. (In 2019 the US has dropped to 16th.) On the 2016 list Canada is number 26, Australia is 27, and Mexico is 29. The UK comes in first for Europe at 36th. Many nations of the Middle East appear in the top 25 which surprised me.
Ireland has less than five million people while the US has well over 300 million, I would argue that that is why we have so many different fast food places. Plus we are a large country geographically, personally I haven't even heard of almost half of these places because they aren't close to me. Even a popular one like Chick Fil A only has one location in my state and it would take me close to an hour to drive to it. It isn't like all 50 of these are in every city.
Not your fault then. I'm Canadian and have heard of about 30 of these, and that's a mixture of travel to the States as well as watching YouTubers who talk about these places from time to time. Would be surprised if you didn't live in the country and knew a lot of them.
I typed Tim Horton's but really didn't expect it to be there. As a Canadian, didn't expect it to be popular enough to make the list in the US. Also surprised to see Panera so high up on the list
Those of us from outside the States and Canada are gonna struggle with this quiz. Of the 50 answers i have never even heard of at least 35 of them. They must have no presence in Britain. A few i got or recognised from watching TV/films but the rest are new to me.
Top 50!! Not a top 5. Not a top 10. Not even a top thirty 30. But a top 50. Talk about an unhealthy obsession with junk food. I only got 10. The ones that are here in Australia which I never eat at any way. White Castle I only got because of Harold and Kumar. Unfortunately, Los Pollos Hermanos was not here.
I believe that "Krispy Creme" doughnuts were originally located in the Southern United States (though I've recently discovered one on 23rd Street in Manhattan). I prefer "Krispy Creme" over "Dunkin Donuts", as they are fresher and less doughy than Dunkin's. Again, I have to thank a movie for my discovery; "Krispy Creme" doughnuts were featured in "Primary Colors", a movie starring John Travolta as a Clintonesque presidential candidate. And, BTW: What happened to IHOP [the International House of Pancakes], and Carvel's (Ice Cream)?
I'm from Canada and I got 25. I'm not sure how to feel about scoring above average in a quiz about fast food in a country that I don't even live in. But we do have a lot of these places in Canada too, and I live pretty close to the border so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Lol found the same problem too as a Brit (12/50 too). Had to look down the comments for answers. I'd rather know fewer fast food outlets than be rather large haha
I don't see Steak 'n Shake as a fast food restaurant. Waiters serve you there, and it is certainly NOT fast! While it is cheap, price alone does not identify a restaurant as fast food.
There are Wendy's in Canada and they do sell burgers here. I can't speak for other countries, but is there a chance the Wendy's in Australia are a different company with the same name?
um... are you sure that's the same Wendy's? I've had Wendy's hamburgers in the Philippines, Georgia (the country), and... I think Japan? Aside from the location in the Philippines serving miniature portions of everything with much lower quality than you'd find in the USA... they were approximately the same restaurant. No donuts.
In no way or form is Steak and Shake a fast food restaurant. It's a diner since your entire order is handled by waitstaff and you are seated by a hostess in most cases. I know they are classified as fast food by the source, but that doesn't make it right. If they are fast food then Denny's and IHOP should be as well.
Minor update required: Dunkin' Donuts officially rebranded themselves as simply Dunkin' this past January 2019. The idea is to focus on coffee and other beverages.
^ Quite understandable, for while I love their coffee (especially the French Vanilla), their donuts do not taste fresh at all. For donuts I go to Krispy Creme.
I'm still surprised that Quiznos doesn't make the cut. I think Noodles & Company is new with the last update; not sure I'd think of them as fast food. One of my girlfriends in Bahrain used to work for them. Never heard of Marco's Pizza, either. Or McAlister's Deli.
It depends on where you live. McAlister's is mostly in the south. Of course, #1 is plainly #1: there's a McDonald's on both the Bahraini and Saudi sides of the causeway island border post.
Bahraini side is superior because they don't close for prayer times and the interior isn't segregated by gender. Two of the dumbest and most omnipresent things about life in Saudi Arabia. Though the Saudi side has a drive-through and a couple of additional menu items.
8 of these restaurants are within about 400 feet of my apartment. McDonald's, Jersey Mike's, Moe's, and Subway are so close I can see them from my balcony. Somewhat unusual considering I don't live in a downtown city center type area. Yet, I still somehow managed to lose about 5 pounds over the last year, LOL.
Well, I'm proud to say that I've not only heard of every one of these but I've also seen at least one of each with my own eyes. Not because I eat at these places but because I travel. Not having heard of fast food chains doesn't make you healthy, just uninformed. Get out of your own backyard once in a while and you'll learn a few things.
While I agree, having heard of these doesnt make you unhealthy, aswell as not having heard of them doesnt make you healthy.
But to get out of your backyard to learn about fast food chains? Nah. Away from your screens and into your backyard, yes. There is a ton of information just in your backyard. I think most people can only name a hand full of flowers and insects that are there (if they havent all tiled it over, like what seems to be all the rage the last few years..) let alone know stuff about it. The life of an ant, you can spend hours just watching the ant and learning from it.
Like 0,00000001% know where/what ladybug/bird come from. ( I've asked many people, shown their immature state) No one seem to know, the whole other life they lived before. While weirdly, butterflies and caterpillars are common knowledge.
7 here, but that is only in the handfull biggest cities (and likely to be in the big trainstations). Medium sized ones might have a mcdonalds and dominos.
Though I have noticed an increase over the last few years, I remember seeing starbucks for the first time I think it was amsterdam station (during the build of north south line, when stores were outside the station). I just looked it up interestingly first store was 8 years ago (conceptstore), but since 2002 the distribution centre for all of Europe has been in amsterdam. Took a while to join in I guess.
but the point I was going to was, since a month or 2 you can buy dunkin donuts donuts in our supermarket.
I've never had a Chick-Fil-A, but have heard of it from listening to Ben Folds Five. Is it good? It doesn't look it, but if I had to choose, I'd have a deluxe spicy sandwich with pepper jack and Sriracha sauce.
The selection here in Australia is rather small. We have a few homegrown offerings, but nothing like this. The local fast food scene is dominated by a few American chains: McDonalds, Burger King (rebranded locally as Hungry Jacks), KFC, Dominos and Subway. Apart from that a few others are present but not widespread - Starbucks closed most its Australian stores years ago, because Australians as a nation of coffee snobs looked down their noses at it and they didn't do well. Pizza Hut used to be big, but has shrunk to just a few isolated stores now. A few others have just arrived recently - Taco Bell opened last year for the first time and Carls Jr about the same time, though neither have many locations.
Here in Ohio, there is an extreme amount of Tim Horton's here (not like one in every town, but still quite present), and also anyone that hasn't heard of White Castle is weird. One of my favorite fast-food restaurants.
The McAlister's near me closed recently. Such good Mac n' Cheese... Jason's Deli and Marco's Pizza were also ones I got, both I have near me. Marco's Pizza is right down the block.
Of these, the only ones I've not eaten at are Panera, Jimmy John's, Culver's, Qdoba, and Del Taco. A majority of the ones I have eaten at, I've only eaten there once.
I love trying this quiz even when I do very poorly! Some of the highest restaurants on the list have little to no presence in Canada.
Meanwhile the Tim Hortons invasion continues, with major cities in America, Britain and China falling to inferior coffee, lukewarm tea and creative interpretations of what a sandwich is.
I'm so happy that In-N-Out made the 33'rd most sales of all fast food restaraunts in the world considering theres only 286 of them in only 5 states in the US. One day, the best fast food restaraunt of all time will be #1 and will be everywhere!
As a Kiwi I'm astonished KFC is so low down, here it would be 2nd at least, just behind McDonalds. Pizza Hut, Dominos and Subway are the only others on this list we have many of.
The passion for the Chick-Fil-A sandwich mystifies me. The chicken's okay. The bun is crap. Popeyes got it right using a brioche bun. And Shake Shack (which isn't on this list but is about as good as American fast food gets) got it even righter with a potato roll.
McDonads, Starbucks (uncommon), Wendy's (very uncommon), Burger King , Dunkin' Donuts , Subway , Dominos, Pizza Hut , KFC and Baskin-Robbins (rare). Some of them serve purely vegetarian food. Paneer variants of many burgers are present.
As someone who lives in the U.K I found the quiz very hard, I haven't heard of the majority of those fast food places we only have about 10 of those at most
Mcdonalds, Burger King (Hungary Jacks), KFC, Wendys, Starbucks, Dominos, PIzza Hut, KFC, Subway and Krispy Kreme. 9 things... that's all I got - and I'm proud of that score!
Ouch I got 8/50, although in the UK we don't have the other 42 fast food places, or Taco Bell. I can't believe in the USA you guys don't like/don't have Nando's, Gregg's, Costa Coffee, Frankie and Bennie's, Café Nero, Coffee No. 1, Any Fish and Chip shop that floats your boat really or Spartacus.
The last month I've mostly been in Spain and am pretty surprised at the very large number of American fast food chains you see around here. Including Taco Bell, which I don't recall ever seeing before outside of the USA or Middle East, but I think I've seen more Taco Bells in Madrid than I've ever seen in any US city.
Also McDonalds, Burger King, Starbucks, Subway, Dominos, Pizza Hut, Papa Johns, Jollibee (Filipino; still, was surprised to see them), Dunkin Donuts, Five Guys... several other places...
Here in Brazil (or at least in my city; I live in Fortaleza) we only have the following: McDonald's, Burger King, Subway, Pizza Hut, Domino's and KFC. The last one of which only opened its first store somewhat recently back in 2019, surprisingly.
I still got 25/50, mainly thanks to my prior trips to the USA.
14/50 - basically the ones that expanded to Europe plus a few that I remembered from a visit to the US and from movies. (Thanks to Harold and Kumar!) :-)
Would be interesting to have another quiz based on worldwide statistics. Although most of the top ten would be similar, I guess.
There have been rumors of a Starbucks opening soon, but nothing has been confirmed.
I cheated and looked at the comments
Totally legit
knew tim hortons from how I met your mother
knew white castle from Harold & Kumar
knew steak & shake cause there is one in Ibiza
knew in-n-out from gta V
knew chipotle from that weird vine..
im happy I managed to recall those to get 15/50
BR
13 14
Sad trombone...
(I'm so horrible at this :/)
Plus, in all countries BUT the USA, Wendy's does NOT sell burgers. It's a doughnut place here in Australia.
I'm not sure I feel sorry about it...
They are terrible but they are in every busy tourist/shopping location in America.
But to get out of your backyard to learn about fast food chains? Nah. Away from your screens and into your backyard, yes. There is a ton of information just in your backyard. I think most people can only name a hand full of flowers and insects that are there (if they havent all tiled it over, like what seems to be all the rage the last few years..) let alone know stuff about it. The life of an ant, you can spend hours just watching the ant and learning from it.
Like 0,00000001% know where/what ladybug/bird come from. ( I've asked many people, shown their immature state) No one seem to know, the whole other life they lived before. While weirdly, butterflies and caterpillars are common knowledge.
Though I have noticed an increase over the last few years, I remember seeing starbucks for the first time I think it was amsterdam station (during the build of north south line, when stores were outside the station). I just looked it up interestingly first store was 8 years ago (conceptstore), but since 2002 the distribution centre for all of Europe has been in amsterdam. Took a while to join in I guess.
but the point I was going to was, since a month or 2 you can buy dunkin donuts donuts in our supermarket.
Scoring
You scored 22/50 = 44%
This beats or equals 73.5% of test takers
The average score is 17
Your high score is 22
only 36 percent of ppl got it right :p
Meanwhile the Tim Hortons invasion continues, with major cities in America, Britain and China falling to inferior coffee, lukewarm tea and creative interpretations of what a sandwich is.
McDonads, Starbucks (uncommon), Wendy's (very uncommon), Burger King , Dunkin' Donuts , Subway , Dominos, Pizza Hut , KFC and Baskin-Robbins (rare). Some of them serve purely vegetarian food. Paneer variants of many burgers are present.
I still got 25/50, mainly thanks to my prior trips to the USA.
Would be interesting to have another quiz based on worldwide statistics. Although most of the top ten would be similar, I guess.
they have pretty good burgers tho ngl