Q 01/05

In what year did a Girl Scout troop first sell cookies?

A) 1917

B) 1922

C) 1934

D) 1951

Answer · why

A) 1917

The Mistletoe Troop of Muskogee, Oklahoma, baked and sold them in their high school cafeteria as a service project.

Q 02/05

In which state was that first troop cookie sale held?

A) Georgia

B) Oklahoma

C) Pennsylvania

D) New York

Answer · why

B) Oklahoma

Muskogee's Mistletoe Troop did it in December 1917, five years after the Girl Scouts were founded in Savannah.

Q 03/05

Which magazine printed a sugar cookie recipe in 1922 and suggested selling them as a fundraiser?

A) The Rally

B) Girl Scout Leader

C) The American Girl

D) Trefoil Times

Answer · why

C) The American Girl

Regional director Florence E. Neil estimated six to seven dozen cookies would cost 26 to 36 cents to make.

Q 04/05

According to the 1922 recipe, roughly how much did the ingredients for six to seven dozen cookies cost?

A) 5 to 10 cents

B) $1 to $2

C) 75 cents to a dollar

D) 26 to 36 cents

Answer · why

D) 26 to 36 cents

They were to be sold at 25 or 30 cents a dozen.

Q 05/05

In 1933, Girl Scouts of Greater Philadelphia sold cookies in the windows of what?

A) The city's gas and electric company

B) Wanamaker's flagship department store

C) Philadelphia City Hall's rotunda

D) The Philadelphia Inquirer offices

Answer · why

A) The city's gas and electric company

A year later the council became the first to sell commercially baked cookies.