Mother's Day Brunch Quiz

Mother’s Day, an imported English holiday, was first celebrated in the United States in:

• 1870
• 1890
• 1910
• 1930
• 1950

The brunch foods– pancakes, waffles, doughnuts and cookies– were brought to America in the seventeenth century by the:

• Dutch
• English
• Spanish
• French
• Italians

Orange juice became a popular brunch beverage during the 1920s and 1930s mainly due to:

• Decrease in cost of oranges
• Industry advertisements promoting its healthful qualities
• Improved transportation system
• Vast increase in orange growing production
• All of the above

Norma’s, a restaurant in the Le Parker Meridien Hotel in New York City, included an omelette on its brunch menu that sold for:

• $10
• $50
• $100
• $500
• $1,000

The meal most typically associated with Mother’s Day is:

• Breakfast
• Brunch
• Lunch
• High Tea
• Dinner

The Mimosa is a typical cocktail served at Mother’s Day brunches. What Englishman is credited with popularizing the mimosa in America?

• Cary Grant
• Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
• Winston Churchill
• David Niven
• Alfred Hitchcock

The Bloody Mary is another typical cocktail served at Mother’s Day brunches. Who is credited with popularizing this cocktail during the 1950s?

• George Jessel
• Senator Joseph McCarthy
• Douglas MacArthur
• Harry Truman
• Ernest Hemingway

Typical foods served at brunch include:

• Pancakes
• Challah
• Quiche
• Omelets
• All of the above

Who famously described brunch as: “It's not quite breakfast, it's not quite lunch, but it comes with a slice of cantaloupe at the end. You don't get completely what you get at breakfast, but you get a good meal”?

• Charlie Brown in the comic strip
• Abbot and Costello in a 1950s movie
• Dave Chappelle on Comedy Central
• Jacques in “The Simpson’s”
• Andy Rooney in “60 Minutes”

A New York “bagel brunch” consists of all the following except:

• Shmears of cream cheese
• Tomatoes
• Red onions
• Canadian Bacon
• Lox