Mother's Day Brunch Quiz

Which one of these deep-fried fair treats uses unleavened batter?

  • Fried dough
  • Funnel cake
  • Elephant ear
  • Zeppole

At its public debut at the 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair, cotton candy was sold as:

  • Fairy Floss
  • Cotton Fluff
  • Candy Cloud
  • Sugar Pillow

In the 1700s, colonial kettle corn was originally sweetened with:

  • Cane sugar
  • Honey & molasses
  • Corn syrup
  • Maple syrup

'Bout how many grams of delicious, batter-dipped fat are in a deep-fried Twinkie?

  • 18
  • 26
  • 34
  • 40

Springfield, Ill.'s Cozy Dog Drive-In introduced this item as the original corn dog handle:

  • Popsicle stick
  • Chopstick
  • Toothpick
  • Cocktail fork

Which state's fair recently became the first to ban trans-fat cooking oils?

  • Indiana
  • California
  • New York
  • Maryland

Snow Cone King Sammie Bert introduced his handmade shaved ice concoction at the Texas State Fair in:

  • 1903
  • 1919
  • 1922
  • 1926

Saltwater taffy was invented at this tourist hotspot during the 1880s:

  • Ocean City, Md.
  • Myrtle Beach, S.C.
  • Long Beach, Calif.
  • Atlantic City, N.J.

If you're gobbling down this hot-dish-on-a-stick, you're most likely at the fair in the great state of:

  • Wisconsin
  • Minnesota
  • Iowa
  • Nebraska

Abel Gonzales Jr. attracted media attention in 2006 when he deep-fried this delicacy for the State Fair of Texas:

  • Coca-Cola
  • Mayonnaise
  • Kool-Aid pickles
  • Fudgesicle
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