Q 01/05

Which chocolate product did the Dutch van Houten family's press make cheap and easy to produce?

A) Chocolate chips

B) Cocoa powder

C) Chocolate sprinkles

D) Hot fudge

Answer · why

B) Cocoa powder

Cocoa powder: squeezing out the cocoa butter opened the door to mass-producing chocolate.

Q 02/05

Theobroma, the scientific name of the tree chocolate comes from, means what?

A) Food of the gods

B) Bitter bean

C) Sweet brown water

D) Tree of happiness

Answer · why

A) Food of the gods

Food of the gods: the Aztecs believed their gods had given them cacao.

Q 03/05

Which type of chocolate contains no cocoa solids apart from cocoa butter?

A) White

B) Dark

C) Baking

D) Ruby

Answer · why

A) White

White: leaving out the brown cocoa solids makes it pale, and its cocoa butter is what US rules require to sell it as white chocolate.

Q 04/05

As of 2024, which two neighbouring countries grew the most cocoa in the world?

A) Brazil and Peru

B) Ivory Coast and Ghana

C) Nigeria and Cameroon

D) India and Sri Lanka

Answer · why

B) Ivory Coast and Ghana

Ivory Coast and Ghana: Ghana's crop is traditionally credited to Tetteh Quarshie, who is said to have brought beans back from the island of Fernando P...

Q 05/05

Long ago, the Maya and Aztecs used cocoa beans as what?

A) Buttons

B) Marbles

C) Money

D) Fish bait

Answer · why

C) Money

Beans paid for goods at market and were sent to rulers as tribute, so a chocolate drink was literally drinking your cash.