Answers To Chocolate Quiz

[82Rigger]

1. In 1976 one certain color disappeared from M&Ms candies.
This color was brought back to M&Ms in 1987.
What was the color and why was it eliminated for 11 years?

Answer: Red
Reason: There was a big flap over the possible danger of food coloring dyes at that time, especially red food dye. Although M&Ms didnt use the harmful red dye, the company decided to eliminate the color to avoid any potential controversy.


2. What U.S. city in what state is host to a CHOCOLATE THEME PARK?

Answer: Hershey, Pennsylvania is home to HERSHEY PARK, owned and operated by the Hershey candy bar folks.


3. One of our most famous candy bars is named after the infant daughter of a U.S. President.
Which President?

Answer: Grover Cleveland

However, see my comments at the end of this post.


4. Name the candy bar:

Answer: Butterfinger



5. Name the candy bar:

Answer: Three Musketeers




6. Name the candy bar:

Answer: Kit Kat



7. Name the candy bar:

Answer: Almond Joy


8. "Sometimes you feel like a nut, sometimes you don't"

Answer: Almond Joy & Mounds


9. "Melts in your mouth, not in your hand."

Answer: M&Ms


10. "Give me a break! Give me a break! Break me off a piece of
that ___ ___ bar!"

Answer: Kit Kat


The "official" explanation by the Curtiss Candy Company is that the Baby Ruth bar was named after Grover Cleveland's daughter Ruth.

However...

Ruth Cleveland died of diphtheria in 1904, years before the founder of the company emmigrated here from Germany, 12 years before the company was founded, and over seventeen years before the "Baby Ruth" bar was first produced. Naming a candy bar after the long-dead daughter of a former president would certainly be a curious choice. Moreover, the notion that a candy bar called "Baby Ruth" should appear on the market just when a baseball player named Babe Ruth had suddenly become the most famous person in America is perceived as a rather striking coincidence.

You be the judge.

Airborne! Steve / 82Rigger