Guess the 1970s Dish Trivia Quiz

Answer: Chicken a la King

Most people believe that Chicken a la King was created by in the early 1900s by Chef George Greenwald, at the Brighten Beach Hotel in New York. The hotel was owned by Mr. & Mrs. E. Clark King II, and it stands to reason that the dish was named after them. Served with toast, rice or even a pastry shell, chicken a la king is an old 1970s standard.

Answer: Rumaki

Some say Rumaki is Japanese in origin, others say Hawaiian. Who knows, but this hors-d'oeuvre is a party pleaser. You can substitute all kinds of things for the liver or water chestnuts if those aren't your thing. Pineapple chunks, shrimp, scallops all wrapped in bacon are great alternatives.

Answer: Quiche Lorraine

Quiches can be traced back hundreds of years. They originated in the German medieval kingdom of Lotharingen. Later, the French took control of the area, which they renamed Lorraine. According to Julia Child, the original 'quiche Lorraine' only had eggs, smoked bacon in a cream custard. Americans added the Swiss cheese later. Quiche Lorraine came into vogue during the '70s and was a common dish for family and formal fare.

Its ubiquity and feminine fluffiness inspired masculine rage in the 1982 backlash book, "Real Men Don't Eat Quiche."

Answer: French Onion Dip

Did anyone ever actually make soup with the dry Lipton Onion Soup Mix? This dip was a standard in the '70s and is still popular today. Supposedly, the first person who came up with the idea to make a dip by adding dry soup mix to sour cream was a 1950s house wife in California. She originally used Lipton's Onion Soup mix with a container of sour cream, it caught on and the recipe was printed in the local newspaper as "California Dip." When onion soup sales soared, Lipton executives had the recipe printed on every box of Lipton Recipe Secrets Onion Soup Mix.

Answer: Chicken Kiev

The technique of Chicken Kiev was invented by Nicolas Appert, who was the chef for Empress Elizabeth Petrovna in the mid 1700s. It was not called Chicken Kiev, however, until New York restaurants using this method called it "Chicken Kiev" to attract the many new Eastern European immigrants to their businesses.

Answer: Veal Prince Orloff

Who can forget that classic the 1973 episode of The Mary Tyler Moore Show where Lou almost ruins Mary's dinner party when he takes 3 servings of the Veal Prince Orloff for himself, and Mary makes him put it back so everyone else will have something to eat.

This episode inspired home cooks to try this classic French dish, which was created by Urbain Dubois who worked for Prince Orloff, Former Russian ambassador to France in the 19th century.

Answer: Beef Fondue

"Fondue" comes from the French word "fondre" or to melt, which makes sense because the original fondue was a Swiss peasant method of using up hardened cheese. It wasn't until the mid '50s, however, that Chef Konrad Egli of New York's Chalet Swiss Restaurant introduced Fondue Bourguignonne, which was cooking cubes of meat in hot oil using the fondue method. Chocolate fondue came later, in the early sixties. Each of these types of fondue became very trendy throughout the '60s and '70s.

Answer: Monte Cristo

The Monte Cristo sandwich evolved from the French sandwich called the Croque Monsieur, which is a French grilled sandwich with ham and Swiss cheese, like Emmental or Gruyere. No one knows exactly how the evolution happened, but the first official sighting of this sandwich on a menu seems to be at Disneyland in 1966, at the Blue Bayou and Tahitian Terrace restaurants in New Orleans's Square.

They were popular throughout the 1970s, but are rarely seen nowadays.

Answer: Baked Alaska

Early versions of this dessert consisted of ice cream encased in a piping hot pastry crust. Many versions of it existed in the late 1800s, but it became a sensation when prepared by Chef Jean Giroix in 1895 at the Hotel de Paris in Monte Carlo, Monaco.

In the '60s and '70s, Baked Alaska became the ultimate in impressive desserts to have at your dinner parties or order for dessert on that special occasion.

Answer: Harvey Wallbanger

The origins of the Harvey Wallbanger are disputed, of course, but rumor has it that it was created by Donato 'Duke' Antone, mixologist also known for the Rusty Nail, the Flaming Caesar, and the Godfather. He created the Harvey Wallbanger for a California surfer named Harvey who, after losing a surfing competition, got drunk on Duke's concoction of- a screwdriver with a dash of Galliano. Harvey was so inebriated that he banged from wall to wall in his attempt to leave the bar, and thus the 'Harvey Wallbanger' was born.