Q 01/05

In which year was the Oreo introduced?

A) 1912

B) 1889

C) 1927

D) 1946

Answer · why

A) 1912

Nabisco has owned it ever since, and Mondelez International has owned Nabisco since 2012.

Q 02/05

Which earlier cookie was the Oreo an imitation of?

A) Bourbon

B) Nilla Wafer

C) Hydrox

D) Fig Newton

Answer · why

C) Hydrox

It outsold the original so thoroughly that most people now assume the imitation came the other way round.

Q 03/05

The chocolate sandwich cookie the Oreo imitated first went on sale in which year?

A) 1908

B) 1877

C) 1890

D) 1899

Answer · why

A) 1908

1908: Loose-Wiles, later Sunshine Biscuits, launched its chocolate sandwich cookie that year, and it stayed on shelves for decades as the cookie peopl...

Q 04/05

What three-step ritual did Oreo's advertising popularise for eating the cookie?

A) Twist, Lick, Dunk

B) Snap, Dip, Bite

C) Split, Scrape, Sip

D) Crack, Dunk, Crunch

Answer · why

A) Twist, Lick, Dunk

Twist, Lick, Dunk: pull the wafers apart, lick the creme, then dunk in milk; Oreo built decades of advertising and even a 2012 mobile game around the ...

Q 05/05

One theory says the name is Greek for 'mountain', because the cookie was meant to be what?

A) Twice the size

B) Ring-shaped

C) Dome-shaped

D) Filled with nuts

Answer · why

C) Dome-shaped

Dome-shaped: Greek oros means mountain, and the earliest Oreos were mound-like; other theories cite the French 'or' for the gold-coloured tin, or Oreo...