Q 01/05

Doritos were first made from surplus tortillas at a restaurant inside which theme park?

A) Knott's Berry Farm

B) Six Flags Over Texas

C) Universal Studios Hollywood

D) Disneyland

Answer · why

D) Disneyland

The park's Mexican restaurant cut up, cooked and seasoned the leftovers; Frito-Lay marketing chief Arch West noticed and made a deal in 1964.

Q 02/05

What was the first Doritos flavour when they launched nationally in 1966?

A) Taco

B) Nacho cheese

C) Cool ranch spice

D) Toasted corn

Answer · why

D) Toasted corn

Taco followed in 1967 and nacho cheese only arrived in 1972.

Q 03/05

Cheetos were invented in 1948 by the creator of which other corn snack?

A) Bugles

B) Funyuns

C) Fritos

D) Corn Nuts

Answer · why

C) Fritos

Charles Elmer Doolin cooked test batches in his Dallas R&D kitchen, then partnered with potato-chip man Herman Lay to sell them.

Q 04/05

Charles Doolin bought the recipe for his corn chips in 1932 from a Mexican soccer coach for how much?

A) $100

B) $250

C) $500

D) $1,000

Answer · why

A) $100

The deal included Gustavo Olguin's potato ricer and 19 retail accounts; the company began in the Doolin garage.

Q 05/05

The Frito Company merged with H.W. Lay & Company to form Frito-Lay in which year?

A) 1961

B) 1965

C) 1971

D) 1979

Answer · why

A) 1961

Four years later Frito-Lay merged with Pepsi-Cola to create PepsiCo.