Q 01/05

Which candy bar's 2010 Betty White ad launched 'You're not you when you're hungry'?

A) Snickers

B) Milky Way

C) Twix

D) Baby Ruth

Answer · why

A) Snickers

BBDO credited the campaign with lifting the bar from seventh to the world's best-selling candy bar; an earlier line was 'Hungry? Why wait?'

Q 02/05

The candy bar launched in 1930 that later starred Betty White was named after what?

A) The maker's favourite horse

B) The sound of a wrapper

C) A Chicago candy shop

D) The founder's dog

Answer · why

A) The maker's favourite horse

Introduced in 1930, it was sold as Marathon in Britain and Ireland until 1990.

Q 03/05

In the famous 1970 Tootsie Pop commercial, how many licks does Mr. Owl take before biting?

A) One

B) Five

C) Three

D) Ten

Answer · why

C) Three

Paul Winchell voiced the owl; a Purdue licking machine later averaged 365 licks and Michigan researchers counted 412.

Q 04/05

Which two candy bars were sold with 'Sometimes you feel like a nut, sometimes you don't'?

A) Snickers and Milky Way

B) Kit Kat and Twix

C) Baby Ruth and Butterfinger

D) Almond Joy and Mounds

Answer · why

D) Almond Joy and Mounds

Almond Joy has almonds under milk chocolate; Mounds is dark chocolate with no nuts. Hershey bought both in 1988.

Q 05/05

Which mints are 'The Original Celebrated Curiously Strong'?

A) Altoids

B) Tic Tacs

C) Mentos

D) Certs

Answer · why

A) Altoids

Smith & Company created them in London in the 1780s; the collectible tins arrived in the 1920s.