What is a smash burger?

A patty pressed thin on a hot griddle

Regional Burgers Trivia Quiz – Names, Facts and Surprises

In Minneapolis, the Juicy Lucy hides molten cheese inside the patty, and this regional burgers trivia quiz explores America's local burger twists. Try Wisconsin butter burgers, New Mexico green chile cheeseburgers, Oklahoma onion burgers and the slider tradition started by White Castle in Wichita.

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

Question 1 / 10 Time: 150s

Juicy Lucy
Which city is famous for the cheese-stuffed Juicy Lucy?
Butter
Which state is famous for butter burgers?
Green chile
Which state is known for green chile cheeseburgers?
Onion
Which state is home to onion burgers smashed with thin onions?
White Castle
Where did White Castle open in 1921?
Louis
Which New Haven lunch spot claims the first hamburger sandwich?
In-N-Out
Where did In-N-Out Burger begin?
Pimento
Which state likes pimento cheese burgers?
Slugburger
What was used to stretch Mississippi slugburgers?
Smash
What is a smash burger?

Explanations: answer key for all 10 questions

Q1: Which city is famous for the cheese-stuffed Juicy Lucy?
Answer: Minneapolis
Two bars claim to have invented it.
Q2: Which state is famous for butter burgers?
Answer: Wisconsin
Culver's helped spread them.
Q3: Which state is known for green chile cheeseburgers?
Answer: New Mexico
Hatch chiles are prized.
Q4: Which state is home to onion burgers smashed with thin onions?
Answer: Oklahoma
They date to the Great Depression.
Q5: Where did White Castle open in 1921?
Answer: Wichita, Kansas
It is America's first fast-food burger chain.
Q6: Which New Haven lunch spot claims the first hamburger sandwich?
Answer: Louis' Lunch
It serves burgers on toast.
Q7: Where did In-N-Out Burger begin?
Answer: California
It opened in 1948.
Q8: Which state likes pimento cheese burgers?
Answer: South Carolina
Pimento cheese is a Southern staple.
Q9: What was used to stretch Mississippi slugburgers?
Answer: Soy or other fillers
They were cheap during the Depression.
Q10: What is a smash burger?
Answer: A patty pressed thin on a hot griddle
It creates crispy edges.

Regional Burgers Trivia Quiz – Burgers With Local Flavor

The hamburger became an American icon in the early 1900s, with several places claiming its invention, including Louis' Lunch in New Haven. White Castle, founded in Wichita in 1921, turned burgers into fast food.

Regional twists make burgers local. Minneapolis is famous for the cheese-stuffed Juicy Lucy, Wisconsin for butter burgers, New Mexico for green chile cheeseburgers and Oklahoma for Depression-era onion burgers. South Carolina tops burgers with pimento cheese.

Chains like In-N-Out, founded in California in 1948, built loyal followings, while smash burgers and slugburgers reflect local techniques and history. Burgers remain a canvas for regional pride across the United States.

What This Quiz Teaches

Food lovers and travelers will enjoy these questions.

Which city stuffs cheese inside
Where butter burgers come from
What green chile burgers are
Where fast-food burgers began
What a smash burger is

Did You Know?

Burger King started in Florida.
McDonald's began in California.
Sliders are small burgers.
Some burgers use doughnut buns.
Hamburg steak came from Germany.