Q 01/05

Dr Pepper was created in the 1880s in which Texas city?

A) Dallas

B) Austin

C) Waco

D) San Antonio

Answer · why

C) Waco

Waco it was: before the drink had its famous name, customers at the soda fountain there ordered it by asking for 'a Waco'.

Q 02/05

What was the profession of Charles Alderton, who formulated Dr Pepper?

A) Confectioner

B) Chemistry teacher

C) Brewer

D) Pharmacist

Answer · why

D) Pharmacist

Pharmacist Charles Alderton cared more about filling prescriptions than selling soda, so he left the store's owner and a beverage chemist to develop h...

Q 03/05

Which American Idol alumnus played the tiny crooner 'Lil' Sweet' in Diet Dr Pepper commercials from 2015?

A) Justin Guarini

B) Clay Aiken

C) Ruben Studdard

D) Adam Lambert

Answer · why

A) Justin Guarini

Justin Guarini, Idol's first runner-up, had already co-starred with Kelly Clarkson in the 2003 musical From Justin to Kelly.

Q 04/05

The name 'Dr. Pepper' was first used commercially in which year?

A) 1885

B) 1886

C) 1892

D) 1904

Answer · why

A) 1885

1885 is the year the US Patent Office recognises as Dr Pepper's first commercial sale, dated 1 December 1885; the drink had been served at a Texas sod...

Q 05/05

Which rival soft drink went on sale exactly one year after Dr Pepper?

A) Pepsi

B) Moxie

C) Hires

D) Coke

Answer · why

D) Coke

Coke went on sale at Jacobs' Pharmacy in Atlanta the year after Dr Pepper's debut; decades later the two companies fought in court over the Atlanta gi...