Do You Have What It Takes to Win the Paddy's Pizza Quiz Wednesday?

Do You Have What It Takes to Win Wednesday's Special Pizza-Themed Quiz at Paddy's?

Michael Wester | Sep 25, 2018 5:30 pm | Add a comment | 2139 reads

So you think you know a thing or two about pizza? Well, put your pepperoni where your mouth is and join us tomorrow (Wednesday, Sep 26) for a one-off special trivia night at Paddy O’Shea’s entirely dedicated to one of the world’s most popular foods: Pizza!

That’s right, we here at the Beijinger are not only gearing up host our annual 2018 Beijing Pizza Festival, on Oct 13-14, 11am-8pm (click here for more details) but will get your appetite well and truly prepped for the feast ahead with an evening of the cheesiest, sauciest quiz questions in Beijing trivia history.

We’ll be handing out all manner of prizes to the top three teams including passes to this year’s Pizza Fest, booze, and other goodies. The action begins at 8pm – show up before then with your clan of foodies to register your team of six (or to bond with fellow barflies to form a team on the spot). We'll have six rounds bound to challenge your brain... and tempt you into ordering a pizza from the Paddy's menu (they'll be offering 50 percent off pies from 6pm-10pm)

To get you in the mood, here’s a mini-quiz to get you started (answers below):

1. What is the largest pizza chain in the world based on global retail sales?

2. Which Beijing pizza establishment hosted a prime minister at its opening ceremony?

3. Which of the following NBA stars does *not* have a stake in a pizza chain?
a. LeBron James
b. Dwayne Wade
c. Kevin Durant
d. Kyrie Irving

4. Where was the first Annie’s located?

5. Name the popular comic book/feature film team that is known for its passionate love for pizza.

6. What was special about the Guinness Book of World Records record-setting Largest Pizza ever made, which was cooked in Rome in 2012?
a. It had no cheese
b. It had pineapple on it
c. It was gluten-free
d. It was vegan
e. Protesters from Naples trampled it

7. Name the film that this quote comes from: "Of course I like him. I like pizzas too, but I'm not going to marry one."

8. True or False: This is a real pizza brand in China:

9. What topping graces the RMB 888 (RMB 976.80 with service charge) pizza served at Shanghai's Mercato restaurant?
a. Gold flakes
b. Black truffle
c. Caviar
d. Shanghai river crab
e. Live drunken shrimp

10. Which is more disgusting on top of a pizza: anchovies or durian?

ANSWERS

1. Dominos
2. Gung Ho, which hosted the prime minister of New Zealand at its opening ceremony
3. d – Kyrie Irving. Lebron, Durant, and Wade all have major investments in pizza chains
4. Chaoyang Park West Gate
5. Two acceptable answers: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles or Scooby and Shaggy from Scooby-Doo
6. c – gluten-free
7. The Exorcist (1973)
8. True
9. c – caviar
10. Trick question: eating pizza is a subjective sport!

Got you salivating for more pizza-related trivia? Come join us on Wednesday, Sep 26 at 8pm for more questions just like this as well as 50 percent off Paddy's pizzas.

Click here for all of 2018 Beijing Pizza Fest coverage.

Tickets are now on sale for our 2018 Beijing Pizza Festival and early bird ticket buyers will receive a complimentary vintage bandana, while group ticket buyers (three tickets and up) will receive a free picnic blanket. Tickets are RMB 20 for early birds or RMB 30 on the door and can be purchased by scanning the QR below via WeChat: