1. | In the season opener for Top Chef DC, the cheftestants competed in a classic mise en place race, in which they had to prep basic ingredients as quickly as possible. Which of the following tasks did they NOT have to perform? | ||
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Whip egg whites | ||
Brunoise onions | |||
Break down chickens | |||
Peel potatoes | |||
2. | The elimination challenge for the first episode did not produce the type of the horrific, train-wreck dishes that we've seen from season premieres in the past (breaded, fried chile relleno stuffed with seitan, anyone?). Still, one was bad enough to send a chef packing. What did that chef cook? | ||
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Maple Mousse Napoleon | ||
Chicken liver mousse | |||
Deconstructed borscht | |||
Chicken nuggets | |||
3. | In the next episode, Outside the Lunch Box, the chefs must create delicious, nutritious school lunches while staying within typical budget constraints that public schools across the country deal with every day. The winning dish made ingenious use of oatmeal. What was it? | ||
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Pork carnitas | ||
Rice pilaf | |||
Bread pudding | |||
Oatmeal cookies | |||
4. | As always, desserts are dangerous menu items on Top Chef. I can't even begin to count the number of dessert dishes that have led to a chef's downfall on the show. Which school lunch dessert item got a chef sent home on the second episode? | ||
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Banana pudding with strawberries | ||
Chocolate sherbet | |||
Apple bread pudding | |||
Melon skewers with yogurt foam | |||
5. | The signature event of this season occurred in the seventh episode with the theft (or not?) of the pea puree. From whom did Alex allegedly purloin the peas? | ||
Tiffany | |||
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Ed | ||
Kenny | |||
Stephen | |||
6. | How many episodes did Alex last after the pea puree incident? | ||
He was eliminated later in the same episode | |||
1 | |||
2 | |||
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3 | ||
By way of explanation.....
Alex was booted in the 10th episode |
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7. | In the Outside the Lunch Box episode, Angelo was part of the winning team in the Quickfire. To whom was Angelo joined, so that each member in the pair could only use one hand? | ||
Alex | |||
Amanda | |||
Kenny | |||
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Tracey | ||
8. | The Room Service episode was somewhat odd in that the winners of the challenge were a team that had not secured safety in either of the first two rounds. Which of these teams were safe after having cooked breakfast? | ||
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Amanda and Stephen | ||
Kenny and Kevin | |||
Angelo and Tamesha | |||
Alex and Ed | |||
By way of explanation.....
Looking back on it, Amanda and Stephen being safe after breakfast was a rather huge upset |
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9. | Which previous Top Chef contestant was not on the guest judging panel for the Room Service elimination challenge? | ||
Spike Mendelsohn | |||
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Eli Kirshtein | ||
Mike Isabella | |||
Bryan Voltaggio | |||
10. | Eric Ripert filled in capably as a judge this season. What is Ripert's flagship NYC restaurant? | ||
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Le Bernardin | ||
Per Se | |||
Oceana | |||
Jean Georges | |||
11. | At the time of taping, two of the cheftestants resided in Colorado. Who were they? | ||
Tiffany and Tamesha | |||
Arnold and Kenny | |||
Tiffany and Kelly | |||
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Kelly and Kenny | ||
12. | In Farm Policy, the chefs had to use an ingredient that is a local favorite of the DC area in to prepare their Quickfire dish. What was it? | ||
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Blue crabs | ||
Virginia ham | |||
Striped bass | |||
Sweet corn | |||
13. | Which contestant won the elimination challenge one week, only to be sent home the next? | ||
Alex | |||
Tamesha | |||
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Arnold | ||
Andrea | |||
By way of explanation.....
Arnold won the third episode, only to be axed along with Lynne the following week |
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14. | One of the bigger surprises of the season, given the degree to which he was built up to be a main challenger to Angelo, was the somewhat early departure of Kenny. Each of the chefs listed below lasted longer than Kenny, except for: | ||
Alex | |||
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Timothy | ||
Amanda | |||
Kelly | |||
15. | The Cold War episode was fittingly named, not just because the chefs had to prepare cold dishes. Which contestant prickled when Michelle Bernstein, with whom he/she had a somewhat contentious previous relationship, was unveiled as the guest judge? | ||
Amanda | |||
Kelly | |||
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Andrea | ||
Stephen | |||
16. | Kenny described himself as the _______ in the kitchen: | ||
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Beast | ||
Papa | |||
Sumo | |||
Grizzly | |||
17. | One of the better visual highlights of the season was Ed prancing around in one of Tiffany's dresses. What color was the dress in question? | ||
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Yellow | ||
Blue | |||
Red | |||
White | |||
18. | In the Power Lunch recipe, chefs had to create a dish served on a toothpick. In the course of the Quickfire, we learned about the Toothpick Rule, which says that: | ||
Toothpicks can correctly and easily verify the doneness levels of meat | |||
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Congressmen cannot accept meals from lobbyists unless they can be eaten on a toothpick | ||
Congressional dining facilities can only use certifiably organic eating implements and dishes | |||
The Founding Fathers used three splinters of wood to outline the separation of powers between the branches of government | |||
19. | In the Restaurant Wars episode, one of the restaurants incorporated which number in its name? | ||
17 | |||
35 | |||
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21 | ||
7 | |||
20. | In Covert Cuisine, which guest judge chef was left behind at the table as fellow guest judge Leon Panetta was whisked away to attend to matters of vital national importance? | ||
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Wiley Dufresne | ||
Macus Samuelsson | |||
Jonathan Waxman | |||
Patrick O'Connell | |||
21. | In the Making Concessions Quickfire, the contestants had to make a dish based on a common food idiom. Which of the following was not one of the idioms represented? | ||
Spill the Beans | |||
Bigger Fish to Fry | |||
Sour Grapes | |||
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All Your Eggs in One Basket | ||
22. | Amanda was sent packing at the end of Making Concessions because of her poorly thought-out preparation of which fish? | ||
Salmon | |||
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Tuna | ||
Kona kampachi | |||
Mahi-mahi | |||
23. | Which famous astronaut was on-hand to assist in judging the dish that would be sent to the International Space Station? | ||
John Glenn | |||
Jim Lovell | |||
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Buzz Aldrin | ||
Neil Armstrong | |||
24. | Three of these chefs were axed without having one a single elimination challenge. Which of the following had at least one win to his/her credit? | ||
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Andrea | ||
Amanda | |||
Tamesha | |||
Lynne | |||
25. | Woe to the contestant cut loose in the episode before the survivors left the USA for the finale - in this case: | ||
Amanda | |||
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Tiffany | ||
Stephen | |||
Kenny | |||
26. | An anagram of the country that played host to the two-part finale is: | ||
Hand tail | |||
Mat vine | |||
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Prison age | ||
A coma bid | |||
By way of explanation.....
(Singapore) - the other options refer to Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia |
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27. | Of the final four contestants, who had won the *least* number of elimination challenges while action was set in Washington? | ||
Kelly | |||
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Kevin | ||
Angelo | |||
Ed | |||
28. | The first and last contestants that appear in the opening credits are: | ||
Tiffany and Arnold | |||
Andrea and Alex | |||
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Timothy and Arnold | ||
Jacqueline and Tamesha | |||
29. | During the first of the two parts of the finale, Padma all but beat ________ round the head and shoulders as s/he fessed up to never having used _______: | ||
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Kevin / a wok | ||
Kelly / curry | |||
Ed / chopsticks | |||
Angelo / chili oil | |||
30. | In the second part of the finale, which of the final three had previously worked with one of the Top Chef alums brought in to assist? | ||
Ed had worked with Ilan | |||
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Kevin had worked with Michael Voltaggio | ||
Angelo had worked with Hung | |||
Ed had worked with Michael Voltaggio | |||