Candy Quiz!

I read this quiz in the Modesto Bee and it was pretty fun. Hopefully you will enjoy it...







1. What holiday has the highest candy sales?
a. halloween
b. Easter
c. Christmas
d. Valentine's Day

2. What candy was named after the maker's family horse?
a. Three musketeers
b. Bazooka Gum
c. Reese's
d. Snickers

3. What U.S. regions consume the most candy?
a. South and Southwest
b. Northeast and Midwest
c. West and Midwest?
d. Mid-Atlantic and South

4. The candy bar Baby Ruth was named after whom?
a. Grover Cleveland's daughter, Ruth, the first baby born in the white house.
b. Babe Ruth
c. The inventor's wife
d. The inventor's mistress

5. What country has the highest per capita candy consumption in the world?
a. Canada
b. United States
c. Denmark
d. France

6. What were the first individually wrapped penny candies?
a. Charleston Chews
b. Taffy
c. Tootsie Rolls
d. Caramels

7. How many miles of Twizzlers are made in a year?
a. 500
b. 1 million
c. 2 million
d. 5 million

8. How long does it take to make a batch of M&M's?
a. 48 hours
b. Four to eight hours, depending on if it's milk chocolate or peanut
c. Ten to twelve hours, depending on if it's milk chocolate or peanut
d. Two hours

9. What is the most popular color of gummy candy?
a. Green
b. Orange
c. Red
d. Purple

10. When first introduced, 3 musketeers were three separate candy bars. What were their flavors?
a. Vanilla, Caramel & Nougat
b. Vanilla, Strawberry & Chocolate
c. Strawberry, Chocolate & Caramel
d. Caramel, Vanilla & Chocolate

11. Who invented the candy bar?
a. Milton Hershey
b. Joseph Fry
c. Forrest Mars
d. Count Chocula ...WHAT?

12. How many Hershey's Kisses does it take to make one pound of chocolate?
a. 417
b. 220
c. 95
d. 225

13. Outside the United States, Milky Way bars have a different name. What is it?
a. Earth bars
b. Venus bars
c. Saturn bars
d. Mars bars

14. What candy bar gained popularity after Bart Simpson became it's "spokesperson?"
a. Snickers
b. Heath bars
c. 100 grand
d. Butterfingers

15. What state has the most cocoa-producing establishments in the nation?
a. Iowa
b. California
c. Pennsylvania
d. New York


So...how do you think you did? Here are the answers:

1. a
2. d
3. b
4. a
5. c
6. c
7. b
8. b
9. c
10. b
11. b
12. c
13. d
14. d
15. b