Q 01/05

In 2005 Snapple chased a world record with a 25-foot version of which frozen treat, which melted into the street?

A) Snow cone

B) Ice pop

C) Milkshake

D) Ice cream bar

Answer · why

B) Ice pop

The ice pop, 17.5 tons of frozen juice, melted faster than planned, and spectators fled to higher ground while firefighters hosed the sticky flood awa...

Q 02/05

Which cereal company paid $1.7 billion for Snapple in 1994, then sold it three years later for just $300 million?

A) Kellogg's

B) General Mills

C) Quaker Oats

D) Post Cereals

Answer · why

C) Quaker Oats

Quaker Oats dropped the popular Snapple Lady from the adverts after the purchase, and sales fell sharply before the fire sale to Triarc.

Q 03/05

A debunked Snapple cap claims the average person swallows eight of which creatures a year while asleep?

A) Spiders

B) Moths

C) Earwigs

D) Mosquitoes

Answer · why

A) Spiders

Spiders sense a sleeper's breathing and heartbeat as warning vibrations, so a slumbering human is something they keep well away from.

Q 04/05

Which pre-gunpowder object does a Snapple cap call the first human-made thing to break the sound barrier?

A) Arrow

B) Sling

C) Spear

D) Whip

Answer · why

D) Whip

A whip cracks because a ripple racing down the lash speeds up until the tip outruns sound, so the snap is a miniature sonic boom.

Q 05/05

Which mythical creature, a supporter of the British royal arms, is Scotland's national animal, as a Snapple cap notes?

A) Unicorn

B) Dragon

C) Griffin

D) Kelpie

Answer · why

A) Unicorn

The unicorn was believed to be the natural enemy of the lion, the beast England's kings had already adopted, which made it a pointed choice.