The ID Quiz: – Local Grinds (screen shot)
Recently some of you may have been forwarded an eMail (or two) by friends, family or coworkers which includes this Local Grinds photo ID Quiz. Usually I’m so NOT a fan of forwarded chain mail, whether it’s a quiz, videos, jokes, etc., but in this case just couldn’t resist checking out this quiz on local grinds!
The first quiz (shown above) was fun to play and try to figure out. But it’s the second quiz that hits home (for me, at least), as it includes many photos that came right here from The Tasty Island!
Check it out…
The ID Quiz – Local Grinds 2 (screen shot)
Looking at the screen shot of quiz 2 above, can you tell which food photos originated from this blog? I’ll give you a hint! One involves rice paper. Another comes from a bakery that was recently purchased by the owner of Yummy’s Korean BBQ restaurants, and the other two were taken at a popular Japanese Buffet in Manoa valley.
In case you haven’t seen or tried this “Local Grinds” quiz yet, here’s the files! They’re created in Microsoft Excel, so you’ll need that application in order to play it.
Downloads:
The ID Quiz – Local Grinds (2.2 MB Excel file)
The ID Quiz – Local Grinds 2 (2.3 MB Excel file)
The game play is simple: click on the empty field below each picture and enter the name of the food pictured above it. The gray box below it will tell you if you’re correct or not, while the program keeps score on the top right.
Those screen shots above are showing just 15 of the 50 total food items (and points) in the quiz. So there’s much more to answer than what you see here!
After you play, leave a comment and let us know how you did! I’m especially curious if you can tell me which photos in quiz 2 came The Tasty Island. If you can’t figure any of them out, I’ll be happy to assist.
You can also contact the creator/publisher of the game, Tracy Nishibun, and leave a comment to him. The information for that is included on the game masthead.
There’s one “fishy” food item in particular that’s from here in game 2, which I mentioned to Tracy, would be a real stumper based on appearance alone. So I’ll give you a hint: It’s from a fairly new franchise plate lunch restaurant near a Costco that originated in Liliha.
Have fun!
Answers links:
**But don’t look until you’ve absolutely drained your ability!**
• The ID Quiz – Local Grinds: answers
• The ID Quiz – Local Grinds 2: Answers
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May 30, 2008 at 3:59 am
Jenny
Dang, I thought I’d do better. I got 36/50 for the first test and 26/50 for the second. There were some items on which I KNEW what the food was but couldn’t think of a name the quiz would accept.
Pomai, I think I recognize your shave ice photo and possibly the pho?
May 30, 2008 at 3:59 am
Jenny
I forgot to mention in my earlier post that the quizzes were a lot of fun! Thanks for sharing them!
May 30, 2008 at 2:40 pm
Jody
I did almost the same – 36/50 for the first and 23/50 for the second. The sushi rolls had me stumped.
May 30, 2008 at 9:58 pm
cheryl
Got 49 out of 50. The last one is killing me.
May 31, 2008 at 12:08 am
kat
thanks, I’ve been looking for the original to be able to put in my answers!!
May 31, 2008 at 12:26 am
kat
43 out of 50 on the first quiz/ 40 out of 50 on the second! totally fun!
May 31, 2008 at 6:02 am
pomai
Jenny, the Shave Ice is indeed mine, which was from Hanaki Japanese Buffet in Manoa Valley. The thing is, I really don’t think that’s a prime example of Shave Ice, as 1.) It’s not in a paper cone, and 2) the ice shavings are very course, in comparison to GREAT shave ice, like those from Waiola and Matsumoto’s. That one at Hanaki was more like the mainland style “snow cone”.
To everyone who’s still stumped on Quiz 2, I just posted all the answers on a web page linked at the bottom of the article. The answers to Quiz 1 are to follow.
Glad you all had fun playing it! Let’s hope Tracy makes Quiz 3, as there’s still so much more “Local Grinds” to identify!
June 2, 2008 at 8:39 pm
Carol
I suck. 23 on Quiz 1 and 33 on Quiz 2.
June 24, 2008 at 8:17 pm
vannah
you need to make one with local landmarks or with haunted places of hawaii…
August 30, 2008 at 3:45 am
Sharon Yonamine
The family loved the local grinds quiz 1&2. I think you know Joyce Mats -
the former registra at Kaiser. She’s my sister. Someone just sent me the
Las Vegas Hotels quiz and since we’re having a class reunion in Vegas at the end of Oct. I would like to use it for a game but I would need to have the answers. (If you don’t mind). I just got 35 correct.
August 31, 2008 at 8:01 am
pomai
Hi Sharon, the answers for quiz 2 are provided at a link at the end of the article above.
I just posted a link along with that providing the answers for quiz 1.
Have fun in Vegas! Hope you win $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$!
September 2, 2008 at 9:49 pm
Elaine Higa
Hi! These were really fun……….We’ll also be having our 45th class reunion in Las Vegas on Oct. 2 and would also like permission to use the local grinds quiz 1 & 2. I’m sure our classmates who’ve relocated to the mainland would love it.
September 2, 2008 at 9:58 pm
pomai
Hi Elaine,
As mentioned in the write-up above, those quizzes are the work of Tracy Nishibun, who gave me permission to post them on this blog.
While I’m quite sure he’d be more than happy to let you use them, perhaps you should email him just to let him know. This will also inform him how popular the game is so he gets inspired to make new ones!
His contact info’ is at the top of the game’s masthead.