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FAST FOOD FUN FACTS

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Today is National Fast Food Day.  So we will drop some Fast Food Fun Facts on you with trivia on Wiki-Pete-ia on the Shemon and Sheppard Show on ESPN Southwest Florida.

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When I was a kid McDonald's was the end-all-be-all of fast foods.  My grandmother would always take me there or slip me five bucks so I could go later with my parents.  I always ordered a cheeseburger with fries.  Sometimes I'd add a strawberry shake.  When I was a growing teenager I'd order a Big Mac, fries, twenty-piece nugget, and a coke.  How many calories would that have been?  Never-mind.  I don't want to know.  I'm old enough to remember Wendy's arriving on the scene.  And I quit eating at all of those places when I moved to California and discovered In-N-Out Burger.

We all have our stories so let's celebrate National Fast Food Day with some Fast Food Fun Facts on Wiki-Pete-ia.

Good Luck!

1. WHICH WAS FOUNDED FIRST? Burger King, Whataburger, McDonald's, In-N-Out?

A: In-N-Out 1948

2. WHAT FAST FOOD CHAIN IS CREDITED WITH CREATING THE FIRST MODERN DAY DRIVE THRU WINDOW?

A. Wendy's 1970

3. WHAT DID MCDONALD'S INTRODUCE TO ITS MENU IN 1968?

A: Big Mac

4. TWO COLLEGE STUDENTS BORROWED $600 IN 1958 AND STARTED PIZZA HUT WHERE?

A: Wichita, Kansas

5. IN 1997 THIS FAST FOOD CHAIN INTRODUCED A TALKING CHIHUAHUA IN ITS COMMERCIALS?

A: Taco Bell

6.. HAVE YOUR FRIENDS SPELL CHIHUAHUA!

A: Chihuahua

7. WHERE CAN YOU HAVE IT YOUR WAY?

A: Burger King

8. HOW MANY HERBS AND SPICES MAKE UP KFC'S SECRET BLEND?

A: 11

9. WHAT FAST FOOD CHAIN STARTED OUT OF A BROOM CLOSET?

A: PAPA JOHN'S

10. JERRY MURRELL AND HIS FOUR SONS FOUNDED WHAT BURGER CHAIN?

A: Five Guys

Craig Shemon has been hosting afternoons on ESPN Southwest Florida since 2017. Prior to that he was a nationally syndicated host in Los Angeles at FOX Sports Radio and in Houston at Yahoo! Sports Radio. Along the way Craig did play-by-play for the NFL on FOX, NFL Europe, Big Ten Network, and The Citadel Radio Network. Craig is a native Detroiter and Indiana University graduate. He has been known to proudly display his Detroit and IU fandom on the air. Craig likes to write about athletes, create quizzes, and covers big sports headlines.