Q 01/05

Which famous artist designed the logo of Spanish lollipop brand Chupa Chups in 1969?

A) Pablo Picasso

B) René Magritte

C) Salvador Dalí

D) Andy Warhol

Answer · why

C) Salvador Dalí

Salvador Dalí set the name inside a bright daisy shape for founder Enric Bernat, whose lollipop business had started out as an apple jam factory.

Q 02/05

According to the popular story, candy maker George Smith named his 1908 lollipops after what?

A) A racehorse

B) A circus clown

C) A nursery rhyme

D) A riverboat

Answer · why

A) A racehorse

A racehorse called Lolly Pop is the usual tale, and Smith's company then spent more than two decades fighting to trademark the name, winning it in 193...

Q 03/05

Which bald New York TV detective of the 1970s sucked lollipops to cut down on his smoking?

A) Columbo

B) Baretta

C) McCloud

D) Kojak

Answer · why

D) Kojak

Kojak, played by Telly Savalas, first swapped a cigarette for a lollipop while questioning a witness in a 1973 episode, and the sweet became his trade...

Q 04/05

In the classic animated Tootsie Pop commercial, which animal bites the candy after three licks?

A) A cow

B) A fox

C) An owl

D) A turtle

Answer · why

C) An owl

An owl takes the boy's question only after a cow, a fox and a turtle have each passed it along, in a cartoon ad that has aired on US television since ...

Q 05/05

Which candy did Topps engineer Frank Richards invent to help his daughter stop sucking her thumb?

A) Push Pop

B) Ring Pop

C) Baby Bottle Pop

D) Juicy Drop Pop

Answer · why

B) Ring Pop

Ring Pop works much like a pacifier: the hard candy jewel sits on a plastic band worn on the finger, giving a child something sweeter than a thumb.