Q 01/05

Doritos reportedly began as leftover tortillas cut into chips 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

Disneyland. Casa de Fritos turned its leftover tortillas into chips there, though Frito-Lay's Arch West said he got the idea at a San Diego roadside r...

Q 02/05

Doritos went national in 1966 with just one flavour; what was it?

A) Taco

B) Toasted corn

C) Cool Ranch

D) Sour cream and onion

Answer · why

B) Toasted corn

Toasted corn. Many shoppers outside the Southwest found the plain chips too bland for a Mexican-style snack, so Frito-Lay rolled out taco flavour in 1...

Q 03/05

Which cheese-flavoured snack did Fritos founder Charles Elmer Doolin invent in 1948?

A) Cheez Doodles

B) Cheetos

C) Cheese Nips

D) Cheez-It

Answer · why

B) Cheetos

Cheetos. Doolin couldn't make enough to sell them nationwide, so he teamed up with potato-chip businessman Herman Lay to distribute them.

Q 04/05

How much did Charles Elmer Doolin pay in 1932 for the corn-chip recipe that launched Fritos?

A) $100

B) $1,000

C) $10,000

D) $100,000

Answer · why

A) $100

$100, which bought Gustavo Olguin's recipe and his converted potato ricer, and the Doolin family began making the chips at home.

Q 05/05

Frito-Lay merged with which soft-drink company in 1965?

A) Coca-Cola

B) Dr Pepper

C) Pepsi-Cola

D) Canada Dry

Answer · why

C) Pepsi-Cola

Pepsi-Cola. Pepsi's Donald Kendall summed up the pairing: 'Potato chips make you thirsty; Pepsi satisfies thirst.'