What does FEMA's Waffle House Index measure?

Storm severity based on whether Waffle Houses are open

American Breakfasts Quiz With Answers: Test Your Knowledge

Breakfast cereal took off in Battle Creek, Michigan, where the Kellogg brothers created cornflakes, and this American breakfasts quiz with answers explores how the country starts its day. Compare Southern biscuits and gravy, New York bagels, Western omelets, chicken and waffles and the diner classics of the open road.

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🎯 Daily Trivia Challenge • 🧠 10 Questions • ⏱️ 150 Seconds

Question 1 / 10 Time: 150s

Cornflakes
In which city did the Kellogg brothers create cornflakes?
Biscuits
Which region is famous for biscuits and gravy?
Bagel
What is a classic New York bagel topping?
Chicken waffles
Which city's Roscoe's popularized chicken and waffles?
Denver
What is in a Denver omelet?
Grand Slam
Which chain made the Grand Slam breakfast famous?
Waffle House
What does FEMA's Waffle House Index measure?
Hash browns
What are hash browns made from?
Maple
Where does most US maple syrup come from?
Eggs Benedict
Which New York restaurant is often credited with eggs Benedict?

Explanations: answer key for all 10 questions

Q1: In which city did the Kellogg brothers create cornflakes?
Answer: Battle Creek, Michigan
It began at a sanitarium.
Q2: Which region is famous for biscuits and gravy?
Answer: The South
Sausage gravy is typical.
Q3: What is a classic New York bagel topping?
Answer: Cream cheese and lox
Lox is cured salmon.
Q4: Which city's Roscoe's popularized chicken and waffles?
Answer: Los Angeles
Harlem also has a famous history.
Q5: What is in a Denver omelet?
Answer: Ham, onion and green pepper
It is also called a Western omelet.
Q6: Which chain made the Grand Slam breakfast famous?
Answer: Denny's
It began in 1977.
Q7: What does FEMA's Waffle House Index measure?
Answer: Storm severity based on whether Waffle Houses are open
Waffle Houses rarely close.
Q8: What are hash browns made from?
Answer: Shredded potatoes
They are fried until crispy.
Q9: Where does most US maple syrup come from?
Answer: Vermont
Real syrup differs from pancake syrup.
Q10: Which New York restaurant is often credited with eggs Benedict?
Answer: Delmonico's
The Waldorf also claims it.

American Breakfasts Quiz – Rise and Shine, America

American breakfasts range from quick bowls of cereal to hearty diner plates of eggs, bacon, pancakes and hash browns. Regional traditions and immigrant influences give mornings different flavors across the country.

Cereal became popular after the Kellogg brothers created cornflakes in Battle Creek, Michigan. The South loves biscuits and gravy and grits, New York is famous for bagels with lox and cream cheese and chicken and waffles became a soul food favorite.

Diner chains like Denny's and Waffle House made breakfast available all day, and FEMA even uses the Waffle House Index to gauge storm damage. Classic dishes like eggs Benedict and Denver omelets remain brunch staples.

What This Quiz Teaches

Food lovers and travelers will enjoy these questions.

Where cornflakes began
What Southern breakfasts include
What New Yorkers put on bagels
What the Waffle House Index is
Where eggs Benedict began

Did You Know?

Pancake mix was sold in the 1880s.
Breakfast burritos began in New Mexico.
Scrapple is a Pennsylvania breakfast.
Loco moco is a Hawaiian breakfast.
Pop-Tarts were introduced in 1964.