What is grandma pizza?

A thin square pie from Long Island

Regional Pizza Styles Trivia Quiz – Names, Facts and Surprises

In New Haven, Connecticut, locals order apizza, pronounced ah-beets, and this regional pizza styles trivia quiz slices through America's great pizza debates. Compare New York's foldable slices, Chicago deep dish, Detroit's square pies from auto parts pans, St. Louis's cracker-thin crust and California's creative toppings.

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

Question 1 / 10 Time: 150s

First
Where did America's first licensed pizzeria open?
Deep dish
Which city is famous for deep-dish pizza?
Detroit
What were Detroit pizza pans originally used for?
Apizza
Which city calls its pizza apizza?
Fold
How do many New Yorkers eat a pizza slice?
Provel
Which processed cheese tops St. Louis-style pizza?
California
Which chef helped popularize California-style pizza?
Grandma
What is grandma pizza?
Tomato pie
Which city is known for tomato pie with sauce on top?
Hawaiian
Where was Hawaiian pizza invented?

Explanations: answer key for all 10 questions

Q1: Where did America's first licensed pizzeria open?
Answer: New York City
Lombardi's opened in 1905.
Q2: Which city is famous for deep-dish pizza?
Answer: Chicago
Pizzeria Uno claims to have invented it in 1943.
Q3: What were Detroit pizza pans originally used for?
Answer: Holding auto parts
They give crispy cheese edges.
Q4: Which city calls its pizza apizza?
Answer: New Haven
Frank Pepe's is famous there.
Q5: How do many New Yorkers eat a pizza slice?
Answer: Folded in half
Large thin slices bend easily.
Q6: Which processed cheese tops St. Louis-style pizza?
Answer: Provel
It blends cheddar, Swiss and provolone.
Q7: Which chef helped popularize California-style pizza?
Answer: Wolfgang Puck
Spago served creative toppings.
Q8: What is grandma pizza?
Answer: A thin square pie from Long Island
It is baked in a sheet pan.
Q9: Which city is known for tomato pie with sauce on top?
Answer: Trenton
Cheese goes under the sauce.
Q10: Where was Hawaiian pizza invented?
Answer: Canada
Sam Panopoulos created it in 1962.

Regional Pizza Styles Trivia Quiz – America's Pizza Map

Pizza arrived in the United States with Italian immigrants, and the first licensed pizzeria, Lombardi's, opened in New York City in 1905. Since then, cities across the country have developed their own distinctive styles.

New York is known for large, thin slices you can fold, Chicago for buttery deep-dish pies and Detroit for square pizzas baked in steel pans once used for auto parts. New Haven's coal-fired apizza and St. Louis's cracker-thin crust with Provel cheese have loyal fans.

California-style pizza, popularized by Wolfgang Puck, brought creative toppings, while Long Island's grandma pie and Trenton's tomato pie reflect home-style traditions. Even Hawaiian pizza was invented in Canada in 1962.

What This Quiz Teaches

Pizza lovers and travelers will enjoy these questions.

Where America's first pizzeria opened
What Chicago deep dish is
Why Detroit pizza is square
What New Haven calls pizza
Where Hawaiian pizza began

Did You Know?

Americans eat billions of pizzas a year.
Quad City pizza is cut in strips.
Old Forge pizza comes from Pennsylvania.
Colorado has honey-dipped crusts.
Pizza became popular after World War II.