A Chocolate Selection For You Quiz | Chocolate

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1. British chocolate today owes an immense debt to three nineteenth century English pioneers: John Cadbury, Joseph Fry and Henry Rowntree. Besides being chocolatiers par excellence what else do these three men have in common?

Answer: They were Quakers

Until the nineteenth century, Quakers in Britain were outlawed from holding public office or attending university. So, they were excluded from the professions such as the sciences and politics. With a military career also not an option, enterprising Quakers turned to business and usually excelled.

In the UK today the chocolate industry has consolidated. Fry and Cadbury merged in 1919, and are now a component of Cadbury-Schweppes. Rowntree was absorbed by Nestl� in 1985.

2. In 1902 the British chocolate manufacturers Fry's mass-produced a bar of chocolate called 'Five Boys'. The five boys depicted on the wrapper included 'Desperation', 'Pacification', 'Expectation', 'Acclamation' and which other character?

Answer: Realization

Five Boys was introduced in 1902, priced 6d, and remained until 1971 when it was sold at 7d.

The photographs which were used to produce the distinctive label on the bar of chocolate ('Desperation/Pacification/Expectation/Acclamation/ Realisation.... it's Fry") were taken by Messrs Poulton & Son.

The model of all five boys was the photographer's son Lindsay and apparently his father used a rag soaked in ammonia to achieve the 'desperation face' on his own son.

When Fry's milk chocolate was launched in 1902, the Five Boys picture was featured on the label and the chocolate became known as 'Five Boys Chocolate'. It retained its popularity until it was withdrawn in 1976.

3. Although the rival British chocolate manufacturers Cadbury and Fry were to merge in 1919, Fry's continued to produce one or two lines under their own label for quite some time after that date. One product was a particular favourite of my parents and was a rare treat enjoyed by them especially during the post Second World War days of sweet rationing. If I tell you that it had a distinctive flavour, colouring and tasted of roses then you might guess what it was?

Answer: Fry's Turkish Delight

Introduced in 1914, no other manufacturer has so successfully achieved such a smooth Turkish Delight, flavoured with genuine Otto of Roses and covered with milk chocolate.

Other Fry's products included Turkish Delight (1914), Crunchie (1929), Tiffin (1937), and Picnic (1958). At one time its brand lines listed names such as Ripple Milk Chocolate bars, Little Folk Chocolate, Punch, Jersey Cream, Valencia, and Cokernut Bar.

4. Samuel Pepys described his first drink of this substance in these terms: "About noon out with Commissioner Pett, and he and I to a Coffee-house to drink nnnnnnnnn, very good..." What drink was he describing?

Answer: Chocolate

Chocolate of course!

The first establishment to sell drinking chocolate in London was opened in 1675. Later some of these places which opened first as Chocolate-drinking houses, for example Whites, became gentleman's clubs.

Incidentally, milk was not routinely added to the liquid until near the end of the 17th century.

The Pepys diary entry referred to 24th November 1664.

5. 'Good old Mr Gladstone' might have been the refrain from chocolate aficionados in 1853, as this was the year that he, as British Chancellor of the Exchequer, greatly reduced the levels of import duties and other taxes on chocolate and cocoa coming into the United Kingdom. Fry's took advantage of this commercial opportunity to launch one of their most famous and enduring brands of chocolate confectionery. Do you know which?

Answer: Fry's Chocolate Cream

The reduction of the 1853 taxes on chocolate powder promoted the mass production of chocolate confectionery in Britain. Chocolate had previously been an elite product affordable only by the very wealthy.

6. This European chocolate preparation was the first ever to have its shape and form patented. Which chocolate am I describing?

Answer: Toblerone

The Swiss invented Toblerone. They have made several other important contributions to the history of chocolate making. One of their most famous chocolatiers was Jean Tobler, who had chocolate creations of his own design since setting up his business in Berne in 1868. His chocolate became very popular, especially the uniquely shaped Toblerone - the triangular shaped chunky chocolate containing Swiss milk chocolate with honey and almonds.

His patent was authorised by one Albert Einstein who happened to be working as a patent clerk at the time.

7. This quiz has required a lot of field work! As a reward for my efforts I thought I should award myself the famously advertised 'Highest Order of British Chocolate'. Do you know which bar of chocolate I hope to get?

Answer: Cadbury Dairy Milk

During 1965, Cadbury's first ran an advertising campaign which has had several reincarnations over time. The CDM (Cadbury Dairy Milk) Award was a competition run by Cadbury, in which contestants tried to win free chocolates every day for a year by nominating someone who 'for a simple everyday act of kindness, cheerfulness or courtesy' deserved a CDM.

8. The 'chocolate box wars' could be said to have happened during the 1930s in the UK. First to launch a commercially priced (and sized!) product was Terry's with 'AllGold'. Not long after that Rowntree's responded with a brand that continues today. What was this box of chocolates called?

Answer: Black Magic

The 1920s had been a time of chocolate decadence for the very rich. Rival manufacturers had produced substantially sized boxes of chocolate well out of the price range of the working class man. During the 1930s, the boxes of chocolate were streamlined and more commercially packaged. The Terry's AllGold was launched in 1932 and Rowntree's Black Magic appeared in 1933.

9. Cadbury's domination of the British chunky chocolate bar market was challenged during the 1970s by the arrival of a new product which apparently appealed to truck drivers. What was the name of this new product?

Answer: Yorkie

Rowntree devised the chunky chocolate bar which they called Yorkie and first sold it in 1976. It was launched with an intensive nationwide launching advertising campaign.

10. Which favourite British chocolate bar sells the most in the UK?

Answer: Kit Kat

Kit Kat is produced by Nestl� Rowntree. It is their flag-ship product and has for many years been the biggest selling brand in the UK with sales reported as being close to 50 bars a second.
The bar was first launched in 1935 for 2d (roughly a decimal penny) under the name of Rowntree's Chocolate Crisp. By 1935 the product had been re-branded and it has been a high seller ever since.

Source: Author bracklaman

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A Chocolate Selection For You Trivia Quiz

My quiz challenges your taste buds and memory. Can you identify the lingering tastes and brands of British confectionery in my selection box of a quiz? Some have been around since the early 1900s and many have survived to the modern day.

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