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Ba-da-ba-ba-ba, I'm lovin' it! While most people are singing that about their favorite fast food chain, you'll be singing it about this quiz once you're done! From all the fast food chains in the world, how well can you recognize their logo? 88% of people can't name them all, but will you prove that you're at the top of the food chain?
If you think about some of your favorite fast food chains, you'll probably find their logos in red, yellow, or a mixture of both. Thought this was a coincidence? Think again! Many companies choose to set their logos in these colors because they want to evoke a particular emotion from you, their customers! Psychologists have shown that the color red is great for triggering hunger. Yellow is also a great color for triggering emotion. Mix those two together, and you'll find yourself running to the closest seller of burgers and french fries.Â
While this holds true for chains like McDonald's, Burger King, and Wendy's, what about the other restaurants? Chains like Subway and Taco Bell incorporate other colors like blue and green into their logos, which are said to have more calming effects.Â
Can these colors help you narrow down these fast food logos? Will a flash of red pig-tails help you narrow down the chicken nugget seller? Will the combination of red, yellow, and blue remind you of the place where you can 'have it your way?'
For this quiz, you'll have to "think outside the bun!" Are you ready to prove that you belong at the top of the fast-food chain? Let's find out!
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Jersey Mike's Subs
Jamba Juice
Chick-fil-A
KFC
Colonel Sanders laid the groundwork for future franchising in 1952 when he met Pete Harman, a restaurant owner from Utah, at a food seminar. The two struck a deal, and Harman opened the first location called Kentucky Fried Chicken in Salt Lake City. When Sanders sold the company, the gravy recipe changed.
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Captain D's
Subway
With more than 44,000 locations across 110 countries, Subway is a huge franchise. Subway serves about 5,300 sandwiches every 60 seconds, which is roughly 320,000 sandwiches every hour. That is 7.6 billion subs every day!
Jamba Juice
Einstein Bros. Bagels
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Which restaurant corresponds with this logo?
Jersey Mike's Subs
Bojangles
Starbucks
Starbucks has grown by an average of about two stores per day for the past 27 years. Starbucks plans to open 3,400 stores in China by 2019. There are 36,000 possible frappuccino combinations you could make. Starbucks uses 4 billion cups around the world each year.
Arby's
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Jamba Juice
Captain D's
Taco Bell
Taco Bell's tacos were originally 19 cents per taco. Apparently, customers pronounced them "Tay-Kohs†at first. Other menu items included tostadas, burritos, and chili burgers. The first location featured fire pits and mariachi bands. The company sold to Pepsico in 1978.
McDonald's
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Dairy Queen
The first Dairy Queen opened in Joliet, Illinois. To promote the store, founder Sherb Noble held an "all you can eat for 10 cents" sale. The promotion was so popular, Noble worried the stampede of customers would break the glass windows of the storefront.
Burger King
Chick-fil-A
Subway
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Jersey Mike's Subs
Dunkin' Donuts
When the founder William Rosenberg opened his first donut shop in Quincy, Massachusetts, in 1948, it was originally named Open Kettle. Two years later, it was renamed Dunkin' Donuts. Back in the late '70s and into the '80s, the franchise used to sell so-called Easter egg donuts.
Subway
Starbucks
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Sonic Drive-In
Sonic Drive-In is the biggest chain of drive-in restaurants still in existence, Sonic serves 3 million customers across 44 states every day. Sonic was originally a root beer stand, and it was almost called Top Hat instead of Sonic.
Captain D's
Subway
McDonald's
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Burger King
Panera Bread
From a small Missouri chain known as St. Louis Bread Company to almost 2,000 bakery-cafes in 46 states, Panera bakes more loaves of fresh bread every day than any other fast-casual restaurant in the country. The franchise was purchased by Au Bon Pain, and some stores still retain their original names.
Subway
McDonald's
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Which restaurant corresponds with this logo?
Captain D's
McDonald's
McDonald's serves around 68 million customers daily, in 119 countries, across 36,538 outlets. It actually started out as a barbecue restaurant but was reorganized to focus on hamburgers in 1948. The first McDonald's with arches opened in 1953, in Phoenix, Arizona.
Einstein Bros. Bagels
Jamba Juice
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Captain D's
Jamba Juice
Panda Express
Panda Express is the biggest Chinese fast food restaurant chain in the United States. It has over 1,800 locations and 27,000 employees around the world. It started with a sit-down restaurant called Panda Inn. It is still family owned and operated.
Starbucks
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Bojangles
Starbucks
Einstein Bros. Bagels
Wendy's
Wendy's is named after Dave Thomas' daughter Melinda. As a child, she had the same issue pronouncing Rs and Ls that many kids do, and she referred to herself as "Wendy†or "Wenda.†Dave Thomas, the founder of Wendy's, actually dropped out of high school.
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Krispy Kreme
The top-secret recipe for Krispy Kreme doughnuts is kept in a vault in the company's Winston-Salem, North Carolina, plant, which also manufactures the same dry mix used in the 190 Krispy Kreme stores around the country. Krispy Kreme now has 1,003 locations.
Jersey Mike's Subs
Burger King
Starbucks
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Jamba Juice
Chipotle
Chipotle is one of the fastest-growing chains in the U.S., with more than 1,800 locations and 200 more going up this year. The CEO studied art history and also attended the Culinary Institute of America. The inspiration for the chain came from San Francisco.
Chick-fil-A
Wendy's
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Starbucks
Domino's
Tom Monaghan, the owner of Dominos, tried to go to college in Michigan originally. He briefly studied as an architect at the University of Michigan but, unable to pay tuition, he and his brother Jim went in on a small pizzeria that was for sale. They bought DomiNick's in 1960 with a $900 loan.
Einstein Bros. Bagels
Captain D's
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Which restaurant corresponds with this logo?
Captain D's
Einstein Bros. Bagels
Arby's
Arby's name is a play on the letters R and B. Despite some claims that it's an ode to their classic sandwich, it doesn't stand for roast beef. RB stands for Raffel Brothers, a nod to founders Leroy and Forrest Raffel, who opened the first Arby's in Boardman, Ohio, on July 23, 1964.
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Starbucks
Little Caesars
The name Little Caesars was inspired by a co-founder's nickname. The logo was first sketched on a napkin. Little Caesars started with a former minor league baseball player named Mike Ilitch, who founded the company along with his wife, Marian, in 1959.
Einstein Bros. Bagels
McDonald's
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Wingstop
Wingstop is a chain of aviation-themed restaurants where the sole focus is on chicken wings. Wingstop locations are decorated following a 1930s and 1940s "pre-jet" aviation theme. The restaurant chain was founded in 1994 in Garland, Texas.
Jamba Juice
White Castle
Subway
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Captain D's
Einstein Bros. Bagels
Pizza Hut
There are more than 15,000 locations in over 90 countries, and Pizza Hut U.S.'s parent company, Yum Brands, is No. 713 on the Forbes Global 2000 list, with an estimated market cap of $34.6 billion. It was founded by two brothers while they were still in college.
Starbucks
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Which restaurant corresponds with this logo?
Einstein Bros. Bagels
Captain D's
Qdoba
Qdoba is a chain of fast casual restaurants in the United States and Canada, serving Mexican-style fare. The company has been a wholly owned subsidiary of Jack in the Box since 2003. It origins go back to the opening of the Zuma Fresh Mexican Grill in 1995, by Colorado native Anthony Miller.
McDonald's
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Papa Murphy's
Papa Murphy's opened in 1981. The first location opened in Hillsboro, Oregon, under the name Papa Aldo. Two years later, the first franchise opened in McMinnville, Oregon. In 1995, Papa Aldo's and Murphy's Pizza merged, and so did the names. It grew exponentially, opening its 500th store by 1999.
White Castle
Starbucks
Little Caesars
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Burger King
Jamba Juice
Starbucks
In-N-Out Burger
When it opened in October 1948, In-N-Out was California's first drive-thru hamburger stand; its founders, Harry and Esther Snyder, were newly married. In-N-Out is credited as the first chain to have a two-way speaker system for drive-thru ordering.
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Whataburger
The first Whataburger opened in Texas in 1950, then Whataburger's first out of state location opened in 1959. There are now hundreds of locations all across the southern U.S. and the southwest. Whataburger invented the five-inch bun. Dobson originally wanted to make a burger so big you had to hold it with two hands.
Chick-fil-A
Arby's
Subway
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Jersey Mike's Subs
Church's Chicken
Church's Chicken is a U.S.-based chain of fast-food restaurants specializing in fried chicken, also trading outside North America and Asia as Texas Chicken. The chain was founded as Church's Fried Chicken To Go by George W. Church, Sr., in 1952.
Subway
Burger King
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Chick-fil-A
Jamba Juice
Einstein Bros. Bagels
Jimmy John's
The company Jimmy John's was founded by 19-year-old Jimmy John Liautaud. Liautaud's father promised $25,000 toward his son's potential venture. Jimmy John took the cash and entered the service industry. It was originally going to be a hot dog stand.
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Einstein Bros. Bagels
Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen
The chain, Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen, is named for Gene Hackman, not the sailor. Founder Al Copeland named his place for Gene Hackman's character from The French Connection, Popeye Doyle, basically because he liked his style. The founder actually got his start in donuts.
Chick-fil-A
McDonald's
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Culver's
Wisconsin's well-known chain features buttery cheeseburgers and smooth custard with enough variety to make dairy lovers happy. Four members of the Culver family, George, Ruth, their son Craig, and daughter-in-law Lea, came together to launch the first Culver's restaurant in 1984.
Jamba Juice
Jersey Mike's Subs
Subway
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Moe's Southwest Grill
Moe's Southwest Grill's name originated as an acronym for Musicians, Outlaws and Entertainers, a meaning that's reflected in the music and music-related artwork at Moe's restaurants. In 2010, Moe's even held a contest to scout musician lookalikes.
McDonald's
Einstein Bros. Bagels
Captain D's
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Jack in the Box
Robert O. Peterson opened the first Jack in the Box restaurant in San Diego, California, in 1951, by converting one location of his Oscar's restaurant chain into a new animal altogether: a drive-thru hamburger stand. The company has made enough Jack ornaments for 11% of all the cars on the planet.
Jamba Juice
Starbucks
McDonald's
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Which restaurant corresponds with this logo?
Chick-fil-A
Chick-fil-A has been voted one of the nation's top fast-food joints. The chicken biscuit was the first breakfast menu item. The gay marriage controversy actually boosted the company's profits. The company has sold over 3 billion sandwiches since opening.
Jamba Juice
Bojangles
Einstein Bros. Bagels
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Which restaurant corresponds with this logo?
Jersey Mike's Subs
Jamba Juice
Long John Silver's
Long John Silver's is known for their platters of fried shrimp, cod, and chicken. Of their famous sides, they sell roughly six million pounds of hush puppies each year. The restaurant's name comes from the novel Treasure Island.
Baskin-Robbins
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Jamba Juice
McDonald's
Subway
Baskin-Robbins
Baskin-Robbins was founded by men named Baskin and Robbins, two brothers-in-law named Burt Baskin and Irv Robbins, both World War II veterans, in 1945. Today there are about 2,500 locations of Baskin-Robbins around the US, with about 7,300 worldwide.
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Captain D's
Jamba Juice
Starbucks
Steak 'n Shake
Steak 'n Shake has been serving up all-American fare at all hours to generations of hungry diners. Founder Gus Belt and his wife, during the Great Depression, began offering fried chicken, fries, and coleslaw at their Illinois Shell station for $.45. After the town council voted 2 to 1 to ban the sale of alcohol, the Belts decided to open a burger restaurant, and in 1934 Steak 'n Shake was born.
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Captain D's
Jersey Mike's Subs
Einstein Bros. Bagels
White Castle
White Castle may not be the largest burger chain, but it arguably has the most devoted following, with fans writing songs, directing movies, getting married inside restaurants, and carting their sliders all over the world. Their burgers are square and have holes to let steam escape during cooking.
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Starbucks
Einstein Bros. Bagels
Tim Hortons
Tim Hortons is a 50-year-old coffee-and-doughnut chain and it is now an international business, but it is still Canadian at heart. At Tim Hortons, you're supposed to order a "double-double†coffee with two creams and two sugars. The chain represents 76 percent of the baked goods and coffee market in the country.
McDonald's
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Jersey Mike's Subs
Captain D's
Einstein Bros. Bagels
Checkers/Rally's
Checkers was founded by Jim Mattei, a native of Alabama. Mattei first gained experience in the fast-food industry by building several Wendy's franchises. According to Checkers CEO, Rick Silva, the average Checkers customer lives in a household where the income is $35,000 or less.
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Captain D's
Firehouse Subs
Jacksonville's Firehouse Subs has been building an impressive empire of its own, conquering 41 states and counting. Firehouse Subs was founded by two former firefighter brothers in 1994. At the owners' ranches, even the stuffed animals are cowboys.
Einstein Bros. Bagels
Starbucks
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McDonald's
Starbucks
Einstein Bros. Bagels
Einstein Bros. Bagels is an American bagel and coffee chain. Einstein Bros. was created by the chain restaurant corporation Boston Chicken - now Boston Market. Noah's Bagels, in 1996, was sold to Einstein Bros. for $100 million.
Burger King
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Jersey Mike's Subs
Captain D's
Burger King
Carl's Jr.
Carl's Jr. has been serving hamburgers for 60-some years, and what started as a small-time hot dog stand has now expanded across the country. With four successful hot dog stands, Karcher opened a full-service restaurant in Anaheim, California, in 1945. It was named Carl's Drive-In Barbecue
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Captain D's
McDonald's
Einstein Bros. Bagels
Zaxby's
There are 700 Zaxby's locations in 16 states. The first restaurant was opened in Statesboro, Georgia, in 1990. The founders pooled together $16,000 to open that first location. Since 2007, Zaxby's has used a variety of celebrities to campaign for their chain.
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Bojangles'
The co-founder developed Bojangles' biscuits while at Hardee's. Jack Fulk started at Hardee's, where he served as a Wilkesboro franchise owner in the early 1970s. During this time, he worked on perfecting the from-scratch biscuit recipe that would eventually become a signature item at Bojangles'.
Einstein Bros. Bagels
McDonald's
White Castle
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Which restaurant corresponds with this logo?
Jamba Juice
El Pollo Loco
The first American location of El Pollo Loco opened in 1980. While El Pollo Loco is technically an American chain, it has its roots in Guasave, Sinaloa, Mexico. Founder Juan Francisco Ochoa opened the first location in 1975. It was once owned by Denny's.
McDonald's
Einstein Bros. Bagels
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Jamba Juice
No chain has been able to capitalize better on the smoothie craze than Jamba Juice, which has 868 locations around the world and counting. Their "secret menu" items include Fruity Pebbles, peanut butter and jelly, and Pink Starburst.
Captain D's
Subway
Burger King
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Papa John's
John Schnatter launched Papa John's out of an Indiana Tavern broom closet. Papa John's grew quickly because franchising was so comparatively cheap. John Schnatter parted with his favorite car to fund the company.
Burger King
Subway
Sonic
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Jersey Mike's Subs
Subway
Long John Silver's
Boston Market
In 1991 there were 25 locations and 217 by 1993, when the owners decided to take the company public. In 1995, the Boston Chicken name was switched with Boston Market in an effort to promote non-chicken menu items like meatloaf, turkey, ham, and sandwiches.
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Which restaurant corresponds with this logo?
Jamba Juice
Jersey Mike's Subs
Burger King
Burger King was founded in the 1950s by entrepreneurs James McLamore and David R. Edgerton, based on an earlier chain. Today, there are about 13,000 Burger Kings in operation in the United States and in 100 other countries.
McDonald's
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Jason's Deli
Jason's Deli was first opened by founder Joe Tortorice, Jr., at a shopping center in Beaumont, Texas, in 1976. Since then, the family-owned delis have expanded to 260 restaurants in 29 U.S. states, with a large customer base in the South and Midwest.
Captain D's
Jamba Juice
Long John Silver's
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Which restaurant corresponds with this logo?
Einstein Bros. Bagels
Subway
Burger King
Captain D's
Captain D's is a U.S.-based chain of fast-casual restaurants, specializing in seafood and fish and chips. The restaurant also features a new grilled menu. The restaurant chain's headquarters is located in Nashville, Tennessee. Its main competitor is Long John Silver's.
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Einstein Bros. Bagels
Jersey Mike's Subs
Jersey Mike's Subs is a submarine sandwich chain, headquartered in Manasquan, New Jersey. The Jersey Mike's franchise has more than 1,000 locations open and in development across the United States.
Captain D's
Burger King
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Jersey Mike's Subs
Captain D's
Five Guys
The build-to-order burger chain Five Guys has become one of the fastest-growing franchises in the country, even while refusing to deliver or advertise. Five Guys' initial $70,000 in startup funds was meant to pay college tuition for Jerry and Janie Murrell's four sons.
Starbucks
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White Castle
Jamba Juice
Del Taco
The first-ever Del Taco opened in Yermo, California, in 1964. Initially, tacos cost just 19 cents. One of the founders of Del Taco still works at Del Taco. You can get the company's hot sauces delivered. if you want a lifetime supply of Del Inferno, you can order it online - it's just $4.99 for 50 packets.
Subway
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