Q 01/05

Despite the meaty names on its pots, every Pot Noodle flavour is suitable for which diet?

A) Gluten-free

B) Vegetarian

C) Ketogenic

D) Low-carb

Answer · why

B) Vegetarian

Vegetarian eaters can have any of them: the brand's owner says all Pot Noodle flavours are 100% suitable, and free of artificial colours and preservat...

Q 02/05

Which former MP's affair with John Major, revealed in 2002, inspired a limited-edition Pot Noodle flavour?

A) Ann Widdecombe

B) Virginia Bottomley

C) Edwina Currie

D) Gillian Shephard

Answer · why

C) Edwina Currie

Edwina Currie had just published diaries revealing a four-year affair with the future prime minister, and the brand answered with an 'Edwina Curry' po...

Q 03/05

Pot Noodle's factory, its home since 1979, stands near the village of Crumlin in which part of Britain?

A) West Midlands

B) North Yorkshire

C) East Anglia

D) South Wales

Answer · why

D) South Wales

South Wales is where the pots are filled, at a plant reported to turn out about 175 million of them a year.

Q 04/05

Which Pot Noodle flavour, named by the brand as its most popular, was first to be sold in a paper pot?

A) Original Curry

B) Chicken & Mushroom

C) Sweet & Sour

D) Flame Grilled Steak

Answer · why

B) Chicken & Mushroom

Chicken & Mushroom filled the first 500,000 paper pots in a 2023 supermarket trial, the biggest change to the packaging since the brand began.

Q 05/05

A 2006 Pot Noodle advert joked that the snack was produced by which workers, played partly by factory staff?

A) Coal miners

B) Trawler crews

C) Steelworkers

D) Dairy farmers

Answer · why

A) Coal miners

Coal miners turned noodle miners: ten former pitmen who worked at the Crumlin factory went back underground to film the spoof in a disused pit.