Q 01/05

Fry's Chocolate Cream, the world's oldest chocolate bar brand, was launched in which year?

A) 1889

B) 1866

C) 1904

D) 1921

Answer · why

B) 1866

Its fondant centre made it the first mass-produced combination bar; George Lazenby advertised it as 'the Big Fry'.

Q 02/05

Cadbury Dairy Milk was first made in 1905 in which city?

A) Manchester

B) Liverpool

C) Sheffield

D) Birmingham

Answer · why

D) Birmingham

During development it was variously called Highland Milk, Jersey and Dairy Maid.

Q 03/05

Cadbury's 1928 'glass and a half' slogan advertised its flagship bar's high content of what?

A) Cocoa

B) Milk

C) Sugar

D) Cream

Answer · why

B) Milk

In the US the bar is made under licence by Hershey with a different recipe.

Q 04/05

Which was Frank Mars's first bar, launched in 1923 and named after a malted milk drink, not the galaxy?

A) Snickers

B) Mars

C) 3 Musketeers

D) Milky Way

Answer · why

D) Milky Way

Outside the US the same nougat-and-caramel bar is sold as the Mars bar.

Q 05/05

The Mars bar was first made in 1932 by Forrest Mars Sr. in which English town?

A) York

B) Slough

C) Bournville

D) Norwich

Answer · why

B) Slough

He modelled it on his father's Milky Way, adjusted for European tastes, with a staff of twelve.