Q 01/05

Which habit had Ronald Reagan given up when he turned to eating jelly beans as a substitute?

A) Chewing gum

B) Smoking

C) Drinking

D) Gambling

Answer · why

B) Smoking

Smoking gave way to popping candy, and Reagan was hooked once the Goelitz company sent him its mini jelly beans.

Q 02/05

Which book series inspired Bertie Bott's Every Flavour Beans, with flavors such as Vomit, Earwax and Rotten Egg?

A) Goosebumps

B) Captain Underpants

C) Harry Potter

D) Artemis Fowl

Answer · why

C) Harry Potter

Harry Potter's wizarding sweet became a real Jelly Belly product, complete with intentionally gruesome flavors such as Grass.

Q 03/05

Which Space Shuttle carried Ronald Reagan's gift of Jelly Belly beans in 1983, the first jelly beans in space?

A) Challenger

B) Enterprise

C) Discovery

D) Columbia

Answer · why

A) Challenger

Challenger carried the beans on mission STS-7 as a surprise for the astronauts, a crew that included Sally Ride, America's first woman in space.

Q 04/05

Which holiday did jelly beans first become associated with in the United States during the 1930s?

A) Halloween

B) Christmas

C) Thanksgiving

D) Easter

Answer · why

D) Easter

Easter claimed the jelly bean because of its egg-like shape, decades after the sweet first appeared in the 19th century.

Q 05/05

Which NBA star got his middle name, Bean, from his father Joe's playing nickname of Jellybean?

A) Stephen Curry

B) Klay Thompson

C) Kobe Bryant

D) Grant Hill

Answer · why

C) Kobe Bryant

Kobe Bryant was Kobe Bean Bryant in full, with a first name his father took from the Japanese beef he saw on a restaurant menu.