DiningBuzz! - Quiz: How well do you know your chain restaurants?

Inspired by the thread about why Americans like chains so much, I've put together a little FT quiz. No prize other than the glory of knowing that you spend far too much time thinking about restaurants. No cheating and using google. Answers are whited-out but will show up if you hit the quote button, so figure it out first.

Match the chain and the current corporate parent (There are a couple of extra parents thrown in, just for fun):

Your choice of parents: Brinker, Darden, Yum Brands, PF Chang's, Panera, Wendy's, Outback, Cheesecake Factory, McDonalds, DineEquity Inc (hint: the owner of IHOP).

Chains: Grand Lux Cafe, Red Lobster, KFC, Fleming's Steakhouse, Paradise Bakery and Cafe, Capital Grille, Chili's, Applebee's, Pei Wei, Maggiano's, Olive Garden, LongHorn Steakhouse, Taco Bell

Bonus questions:

What consumer packaged goods company owned Darden Restaurants before spinning it off as its own company?

Which of the above parent companies is no longer a publicly-traded company?

What does the "PF" in PF Chang's stand for?

Answers:

Grand Lux: Cheesecake Factory
Red Lobster, Olive Garden, Capital Grille, Longhorn: Darden
KFC, Taco Bell: Yum Brands
Fleming's: Outback
Chili's, Maggiano's: Brinker
Paradise Bakery and Cafe: Panera
Pei Wei: PF Chang's
Applebee's: DineEquity

General Mills used to own Darden, Outback is no longer a publicly-traded company and "PF" stands for Paul Fleming, the founder of the concept.

Mike

Without giving away any of the answers, I've heard/read that Olive Garden serves the same basic cheesecake as the Cheesecake Factory. Curious fact, if true.

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Q. What NFl team owner also owns a restaurant chain?

A. Jerry Richardson (Carolina Panthers, Dennys)

As little as possible. I'd rather eat at Subway than a chain.

Match the chain and the current corporate parent (There are a couple of extra parents thrown in, just for fun):

Your choice of parents: Brinker, Darden, Yum Brands, PF Chang's, Panera, Wendy's, Outback, Cheesecake Factory, McDonalds, DineEquity Inc (hint: the owner of IHOP).

Chains: Grand Lux Cafe, Red Lobster, KFC, Fleming's Steakhouse, Paradise Bakery and Cafe, Capital Grille, Chili's, Applebee's, Pei Wei, Maggiano's, Olive Garden, LongHorn Steakhouse, Taco Bell

Bonus questions:

What consumer packaged goods company owned Darden Restaurants before spinning it off as its own company?

Which of the above parent companies is no longer a publicly-traded company?

What does the "PF" in PF Chang's stand for?



Hmmm, when I hit the "quote" button, I saw all the answers. Anyway, even though I spend way too much time at chains, I still didn't know all of them. I got Red Lobster and Olive Garden right (even though I rarely eat there). Also Panera (I eat there a lot). I guessed correctly at Pei Wei. Didn't know any of the bonus questions. I get a D- at best.

Heres a couple of questions

What chain restauraunts does Warren Buffet own?

What former coach owns a chain of QSR's, and what are the restauraunts?

What chain has a communal table where you can sit down and eat a good European breakfast?

What chain has a communal table where you can sit down and eat a good European breakfast?

I don't know, but I'd like to know!!!

FWIW, all of these "who owns what" questions don't matter at all because Tillman Fertita will buy them all eventually and rename every restaurant on earth Taco Bell. :p

As little as possible. I'd rather eat at Subway than a chain.

News flash: Subway is a chain. :p

What chain restauraunts does Warren Buffet own?


Old Country Buffett? ;)

Don Shula owns (owned?) a chain of steak restaurants, too...