TEST YOUR CITY KNOWLEDGE
Quizmaster Jamie Bradburn serves up tasty local trivia. Ready to dig in?
1. For decades Captain John’s floating restaurant was docked at the bottom of Yonge Street. What caused its original ship to sink in 1981?
a) It tried to set sail
b) Rammed by a Toronto Island ferry
c) Struck by a sea plane
d) The weight of its wine cellar
2. Swiss Chalet has been a staple of the Toronto landscape since its first location opened in 1954 along which Toronto street?
a) Bathurst Street
b) Bloor Street
c) St. Clair Avenue
d) Yonge Street
3. Which of the following facts is not true about the Keg Mansion on Jarvis Street?
a) During the 1920s, it housed CFRB’s first studio
b) The building’s original name was Euclid Hall
c) The Keg was the first restaurant be housed in the building
d) The Massey family donated the site to Victoria College in 1915
4. Which grocery giant opened its first location on Dundas Street in The Junction in 1919?
a) Dominion
b) Loblaws
c) Longo’s
d) Sobeys
5. Which legendary Toronto retailer began an annual tradition of giving away turkeys for Christmas in 1987, a tradition which has outlived the store?
a) Eaton’s
b) Honest Ed’s
c) Sam the Record Man
d) World’s Biggest Bookstore
6. What was the name of the first restaurant Susur Lee owned and operated in Toronto, which served its first meal in 1987?
a) Hemispheres
b) Lichee Gardens
c) Lotus
d) Susur
7. For much of the 20th century, the heart of Jewish dining in Toronto was Spadina Avenue and Kensington Market. Several of its delis and restaurants later moved to other parts of the city, including which of the following businesses?
a) Bagel World
b) Centre Street Deli
c) Pancer’s Original Delicatessen
d) United Bakers Dairy Restaurant
8. Which restaurant is often credited with inventing the butter chicken roti?
a) Gandhi Indian Cuisine
b) Indian Rice Factory
c) Indian Roti House
d) Mother India
9. Which longstanding Toronto restaurant is credited with introducing the term “banquet burger?”
a) Barberian’s
b) Fran’s
c) The Senator
d) Vesta Lunch
10. According to the CNE’s website, it takes two-and-a-half seconds to make which fair food favourite?
a) Beaver Tail
b) Corn Dog
c) Funnel Cake
d) Tiny Tom Donut