Q 01/05

Crayola crayons were first sold in which year?

A) 1903

B) 1888

C) 1895

D) 1915

Answer · why

A) 1903

Edwin Binney and his wife Alice developed the line after the company's 1902 Staonal marking crayon, which was too toxic for children.

Q 02/05

The name 'Crayola' combines the French word for chalk with a suffix meaning what?

A) Colourful

B) Oily

C) Little

D) Bright

Answer · why

B) Oily

The founder's wife, a former schoolteacher, coined it; '-ola' was a fashionable suffix, as in granola, pianola and Victrola.

Q 03/05

Who coined the Crayola brand name?

A) Edwin Binney

B) Harold Smith

C) Alice Binney

D) Albert Munsell

Answer · why

C) Alice Binney

She was Edwin Binney's wife and a former schoolteacher.

Q 04/05

Which greeting-card company has owned Crayola since 1984?

A) Hallmark Cards

B) American Greetings

C) Papyrus

D) Gibson

Answer · why

A) Hallmark Cards

The company had traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol BYS before the takeover.

Q 05/05

Where is Crayola headquartered?

A) Rochester, New York

B) Forks Township, Pennsylvania

C) Danvers, Massachusetts

D) Kansas City, Missouri

Answer · why

B) Forks Township, Pennsylvania

The company reorganised as Crayola LLC in 2007 to reflect its number-one brand.