Q 01/05

Who invented Coca-Cola in 1886?

A) John Stith Pemberton

B) Asa Candler

C) Frank Robinson

D) Robert Woodruff

Answer · why

A) John Stith Pemberton

The Confederate veteran and morphine addict was looking for a substitute for the drug when Atlanta went dry, and adapted his French Wine Coca.

Q 02/05

Where was Coca-Cola first sold, for five cents a glass, on May 8, 1886?

A) A soda fountain in New York

B) Jacobs' Pharmacy in Atlanta

C) A general store in Columbus, Georgia

D) A saloon in Savannah

Answer · why

B) Jacobs' Pharmacy in Atlanta

Atlanta and Fulton County had just passed prohibition, and Pemberton had turned his wine-and-coca tonic into an alcohol-free version.

Q 03/05

Who created the Coca-Cola logo in its flowing Spencerian script?

A) Earl Dean, the bottle man

B) Asa Candler, the owner

C) Frank Robinson, the bookkeeper

D) Haddon Sundblom, the painter

Answer · why

C) Frank Robinson, the bookkeeper

He also thought up the name, and the script has barely changed since 1885.

Q 04/05

Which two original ingredients gave the drink its name?

A) Cochineal and caffeine

B) Cocoa beans and cola syrup

C) Coconut and burnt caramel

D) Coca leaves and kola nuts

Answer · why

D) Coca leaves and kola nuts

The kola nut supplied caffeine; the coca leaf supplied an estimated nine milligrams of cocaine per glass until 1903.

Q 05/05

In which year were fresh coca leaves removed from the formula?

A) 1903

B) 1912

C) 1929

D) 1945

Answer · why

A) 1903

The company still uses a cocaine-free coca extract processed by a single licensed chemical firm.