Q 01/05

In a much-told Korean War story, Marines at which frozen battle radioed for Tootsie Rolls, their code for mortar shells?

A) The Pusan Perimeter

B) Chosin Reservoir

C) Heartbreak Ridge

D) Pork Chop Hill

Answer · why

B) Chosin Reservoir

Chosin Reservoir veterans tell of the real candy turning up instead; the frozen rolls gave them energy and patched bullet holes in vehicles.

Q 02/05

In the classic animated Tootsie Pop commercial, which animal takes the lollipop and crunches it after only three licks?

A) Fox

B) Turtle

C) Cow

D) Owl

Answer · why

D) Owl

Owl is the one a boy turns to after a cow, a fox and a turtle each admit they always end up biting, and the bird does exactly the same.

Q 03/05

Leo Hirschfield named the Tootsie Roll after the childhood nickname of which member of his own family?

A) His grandmother

B) His sister

C) His daughter

D) His niece

Answer · why

C) His daughter

His daughter Clara, about five when the candy got its name, went by Tootsie at home.

Q 04/05

Which crooner, who posed for a 1940s Tootsie Roll advertisement, is said to have been buried with the candy?

A) Frank Sinatra

B) Sammy Davis Jr.

C) Bing Crosby

D) Dean Martin

Answer · why

A) Frank Sinatra

Frank Sinatra is said to have counted the chewy rolls as his favorite sweet, and a 1942 advert pictured him alongside Peggy Lipp.

Q 05/05

According to the company, what does the Tootsie Roll recipe call for adding to each day's fresh mix?

A) A spoonful of dark molasses

B) Some of yesterday's batch

C) Crushed cocoa shells

D) A splash of orange oil

Answer · why

B) Some of yesterday's batch

Some of yesterday's batch goes into each new one, a graining step that links every Tootsie Roll to the ones made before it.