Q 01/05

A Reese's cup pairs chocolate with which filling?

A) Mint cream

B) Peanut butter

C) Coconut

D) Marshmallow

Answer · why

B) Peanut butter

Peanut butter — H. B. Reese started out making candy in his basement with Hershey chocolate, and when wartime rationing hit he dropped every other swe...

Q 02/05

M&M's advertising has long promised they melt in your mouth, not in your what?

A) Hand

B) Pocket

C) Bag

D) Car

Answer · why

A) Hand

Hand — the boast rests on the hard sugar shell: the US Army bought the candy first, because soldiers could carry chocolate in tropical heat without it...

Q 03/05

Which candy bar's ads pit a Left factory against a rival Right factory?

A) Kit Kat

B) Twix

C) Snickers

D) Milky Way

Answer · why

B) Twix

Twix — the ads imagine two feuding brothers who split one bar into rival Left Twix and Right Twix factories, though both sides are identical and come ...

Q 04/05

Which Charms lollipop has a piece of bubble gum at its centre?

A) Push Pop

B) Blow Pop

C) Ring Pop

D) Tootsie Pop

Answer · why

B) Blow Pop

Blow Pop — when Tootsie Roll bought Charms in 1988, putting Blow Pops beside its own Tootsie Pops made it the world's biggest lollipop maker.

Q 05/05

In 2013, American packs of Skittles replaced the lime flavour with which fruit?

A) Kiwi

B) Watermelon

C) Green apple

D) Honeydew melon

Answer · why

C) Green apple

Green apple — lime fans complained for years, and in 2021 Skittles announced that lime was returning to the original pack for good.

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