Q 01/05

Which Tunnock's treat did the RAF ban from V-bomber cockpits in 1965 after one burst on an instrument panel?

A) Caramel Wafer

B) Teacake

C) Caramel Log

D) Snowball

Answer · why

B) Teacake

The Teacake was a favourite ration of nuclear-deterrent crews until an unwrapped one expanded in the thin air and exploded; the RAF only lifted the ba...

Q 02/05

During the Second World War the major stones of the Crown Jewels were hidden in a tin that had held which biscuit?

A) Abernethy

B) Cream cracker

C) Bath Oliver

D) Water biscuit

Answer · why

C) Bath Oliver

A Bath Oliver tin was chosen so the gems could be grabbed and hidden fast if Germany invaded; the hard, dry biscuit itself was devised by physician Wi...

Q 03/05

The chocolate sandwich biscuit called the Bourbon takes its name from what?

A) A boulevard in Paris

B) A dynasty of French kings

C) An island in the Caribbean

D) A Victorian racehorse

Answer · why

B) A dynasty of French kings

A dynasty of French kings: the House of Bourbon also lent its name, probably via a Kentucky county or a New Orleans street, to bourbon whiskey.

Q 04/05

Samuel Pepys's Royal Navy rations gave each sailor a pound of ship's biscuit a day and a gallon of what?

A) Water

B) Cider

C) Beer

D) Mead

Answer · why

C) Beer

Beer: the ship's biscuit was so hard that sailors often soaked it in beer, water or whatever liquid was to hand before eating it.

Q 05/05

Which biscuit has currants pressed between two thin oblongs of dough, earning it the nickname 'squashed fly'?

A) Lincoln

B) Garibaldi

C) Shrewsbury

D) Fruit Shortcake

Answer · why

B) Garibaldi

The Garibaldi is named after Giuseppe Garibaldi, the Italian revolutionary who made a popular visit to Britain in 1854.