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Quiz about MasterChef US  Season 8
Quiz about MasterChef US  Season 8

"MasterChef (US)" - Season 8 Trivia Quiz


New judges, new chefs, and new challenges awaited in "MasterChef's" eighth season, which aired on FOX in Summer 2017. Test your knowledge of the season's events in this quiz. Good luck!

A multiple-choice quiz by kyleisalive. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
kyleisalive
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
404,200
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
6 / 10
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Question 1 of 10
1. Which judge joined the panel this season, having been upgraded from being a recurring judge in seasons prior? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. How many contestants received a white apron this season, advancing from the auditions into the MasterChef Kitchen?

Answer: (A Number)
Question 3 of 10
3. Which of these did not appear in a Mystery Box in this season? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. This season featured a small handful of Skill Tests, the first of which involved technical prowess in working with which of these meats? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. Throughout this season, several of the Pressure Tests placed the focus on complex dishes. Which of these was not one of the dishes contestants needed to make for these? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. Who was the only past winner to reappear in the MasterChef Kitchen this season? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. The top twelve left the MasterChef Kitchen for a field trip this season, heading to Las Vegas to cook in what resort and casino? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. During a Skills Test, the top eleven home cooks needed to properly clean which of these proteins for use? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. This season's Tag Team Challenge involved a platter of which of these? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. Which home cook won "MasterChef" Season 8? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Which judge joined the panel this season, having been upgraded from being a recurring judge in seasons prior?

Answer: Aarón Sanchez

While Season 7 featured a series of rotating judges to compensate for Graham Elliot's departure, Season 8 allowed for the opportunity to insert a permanent co-host alongside Gordon Ramsay and recent mainstay Christina Tosi, who joined in Season 6 to replace Joe Bastianich. Aarón Sanchez, who appeared in three episodes of the show's seventh season, is also known for having appeared on several shows on both the American Food Network and the Cooking Channel.

He specializes in Mexican cuisine.
2. How many contestants received a white apron this season, advancing from the auditions into the MasterChef Kitchen?

Answer: Twenty

In a procedure similar to the previous couple of seasons, home cooks were invited to Los Angeles to participate in a head-to-head battle for a white apron. Forty chefs came out for their chance and only half of them received the white apron. In some cases, these battles were head-to-head-to-head-to-head (with two white apron winners in those battles). Each cook-off involved a particular type of cuisine with contestants needing to prepare their best fried chicken, scallops, pasta, tacos, duck, veal parmigiana, salmon, steak, or cupcakes to wow the judges.

This season, there were no do-overs; if you didn't get an apron on the first shot, you wouldn't be able to redeem yourself.
3. Which of these did not appear in a Mystery Box in this season?

Answer: Chicken hearts

Mystery Box Challenges are a staple of the show, and the aim is for home cooks to use their skills to make the most of whatever is placed in front of them. This season, the chefs had to face off against a myriad of ingredients though very obviously some Mystery Boxes were geared towards certain food-types.

In episode 5, the Top 18 cooked with an assortment of shellfish; in episode 14, the chefs received Nutella as a star ingredient. Chopsticks were the only item in episode 16's Mystery Box, during which contestants had to make an Asian-inspired meal.
4. This season featured a small handful of Skill Tests, the first of which involved technical prowess in working with which of these meats?

Answer: Rack of lamb

Straight from the farms of Colorado, the chefs were required to work with racks of lamb in their first Skills Test of the season (seen in episode 6). The racks that the chefs were required to work with were unadorned. They needed to remove all the fat and properly French the rack of lamb based on Gordon's example. If they could trim the cut to as close to perfection as possible, they would be spared from the subsequent Elimination Challenge, making use of the lamb they'd just worked with in another Gordon Ramsay dish.
5. Throughout this season, several of the Pressure Tests placed the focus on complex dishes. Which of these was not one of the dishes contestants needed to make for these?

Answer: Szechuan chicken

Pressure Tests are, naturally, high pressure! Every season, the typical run of the show involves a Team Challenge leading to a Pressure Test in the MasterChef Kitchen, and this season was no exception; contestants had to see how they fared against complex dishes in an attempt to stay in the competition. Episode four, the season's first Pressure Test, saw contestants battling to make a grilled pork chop dish inspired by Aarón Sanchez; episode seven saw the chefs make a classic British fish and chips; episode seventeen saw chocolate soufflés.
6. Who was the only past winner to reappear in the MasterChef Kitchen this season?

Answer: Shaun

Shaun O'Neale, who released his cookbook and traveled around the world since winning "MasterChef" in Season 7, returned for a curated Mystery Box Challenge in the season's tenth episode, giving the cooks venison tenderloin, pears, parsnips, and butternut squash amongst other ingredients. Cate won this challenge and got to choose whether her competitors made sweet or savoury dishes with coconut for their next challenge.

It got Reba sent home. Shaun was the only past contestant to appear in this season; notably, the season was also short on celebrity guests.
7. The top twelve left the MasterChef Kitchen for a field trip this season, heading to Las Vegas to cook in what resort and casino?

Answer: Caesar's Palace

Celebrating the 50th anniversary of Caesar's Palace by serving fifty VIP guests, the remaining home cooks were split into two teams to serve either seabass or rib cap under the leadership of the previous task's winners, Dino and Daniel. It resulted in Daniel's team losing (due to poor cooking of the star of their dish, the seabass) but only two chefs, decided by Daniel, were required to attend a pressure test atop Nobu Villa in Las Vegas.

As such, Yachecia and Newton had to replicate a highly complex champagne poached oyster dish and only one of them (Yachecia) returned to the MasterChef Kitchen.
8. During a Skills Test, the top eleven home cooks needed to properly clean which of these proteins for use?

Answer: Crawfish

Heading into the MasterChef Kitchen as the Top 11, the chefs were greeted with bags of still-live crawfish that they would have twenty minutes to cook, strain, and clean to the satisfaction of the judges who would send all leading contestants straight to the balcony and into the Top 10. Anyone who didn't pass muster would have to stay at their station to cook a classic Gordon Ramsay dish, crawfish dumplings with an aromatic broth and garnishes.

They would have another twenty minutes to properly make this whole dish. Jenny was sent home this time, narrowly missing out on the Top 10.
9. This season's Tag Team Challenge involved a platter of which of these?

Answer: Mexican cuisine

Heading into the season's fourteenth episode, the Top 9 encountered the Tag Team Challenge after a Nutella-themed Mysery Box won by Jason. It meant that not only was Jason immune and passed straight through to the Top 8, but he got to choose the pairs for a Mexican-themed platter that the duos would need to take turns working on over the course of an hour. Cate and Dino, Yachecia and Eboni, Jeff and Caitlyn, and Daniel and Gabriel, thus, needed to make homemade tortilla chips, a pico de gallo, spot prawn ceviche with avocado and shaved radish, lamb shoulder taquitos with avocado crema, red snapper tacos, chicken lollipops with peanut mole sauce, and churros. Caitlin went home on this challenge.
10. Which home cook won "MasterChef" Season 8?

Answer: Dino

In a two-part finale featuring the return of former regular judge Joe Bastianich, three home cooks-- Dino, Eboni, and Jason, engaged in a head-to-head-to-head battle in the MasterChef Kitchen to earn the $250,000 prize, the cookbook deal, and the year-long spot on the MasterChef Cruise.

After an appetizer course, an entree, and a dessert, the judges selected Dino as the final chef standing. He was the first vegan chef to claim the title and the MasterChef trophy. Eboni and Jason tied as runners-up.
Source: Author kyleisalive

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