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Drinking the Kool-Aid Trivia Quiz

A quiz about Kool-Aid, I hope you enjoy it...

A multiple-choice quiz by ClaudiaCat. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
ClaudiaCat

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
369,374

Updated
Sep 04 23

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
559

Last 3 plays: Guest 64 (5/10), Guest 216 (5/10), tjmartel8 (5/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. Kool-Aid's predecessor was a liquid concentrate called 'Fruit Smack'. A man experimented to create a drink in powder form to reduce shipping costs. Who was he? Hint

Edwin Perkins

Edwin Parsons

Richard Perkins

Richard Parsons

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Question 2 of 10

2. Its inventor perfected Kool-Aid in 1927 in which state? Hint

Maine

Nebraska

New York

California

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Question 3 of 10

3. Which city in America has an annual festival called "Kool-Aid Days", held on the second weekend in August? Hint

Omaha

Hastings

Lincoln

Pilger

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Question 4 of 10

4. Kool-Aid was sold to General Foods in 1953 and as an advertising ploy it came up with the Kool-Aid Man. What is the Kool-Aid Man's catch phrase? Hint

Kool Man

Does not have one

Kool

Oh Yeah

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Question 5 of 10

5. Kool-Aid started with six flavours. Which is NOT one of them? Hint

Watermelon

Grape

Cherry

Strawberry

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Question 6 of 10

6. In 2010 a song "Drink the Kool-Aid" was released by which rap singer? Hint

Puff Daddy

Ice Cube

Shaggy

T-Ice

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Question 7 of 10

7. Kool-Aid is just a drink and is not used in any other way?

True

False

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Question 8 of 10

8. The inventor of Kool-Aid married his childhood sweetheart Kitty Shoemaker. What was the food product that Kitty introduced to him when he was still a kid? Hint

Kitty did not introduce him to anything

Cordial

Jell-O

Wine gums

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Question 9 of 10

9. A product was developed that was meant to aid people to give up smoking called Nix-O-Tine.

True

False

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Question 10 of 10

10. There are many other uses for Kool-Aid other than drinking and eating. Which of these is Kool-Aid NOT suitable for? Hint

Insecticide

Hair dyeing

Play dough

Dishwashing

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Kool-Aid's predecessor was a liquid concentrate called 'Fruit Smack'. A man experimented to create a drink in powder form to reduce shipping costs. Who was he?

Answer: Edwin Perkins

Edwin Perkins experimented in his mother's kitchen to reduce Fruit Smack from a liquid to a powder. Being in powder form it would be easier and cheaper to ship the product. Edwin Perkins found the solution to his experiments in 1927. Interestingly today Kool-Aid comes in liquid form as well.

2. Its inventor perfected Kool-Aid in 1927 in which state?

Answer: Nebraska

Starting from simple beginnings in 1927 Edwin Perkins perfected the process of power formed Kool-Aid in his mother's kitchen in Nebraska. Edwin Perkins moved his production in 1931 to Chicago. Kool-Aid is also Nebraska's official soft drink.

3. Which city in America has an annual festival called "Kool-Aid Days", held on the second weekend in August?

Answer: Hastings

Hastings holds the "Kool-Aid Days" festival each year during the second weekend in August as an honour to Edwin Perkins, and its claim to fame. The festival includes music, fairs, parades, boat and bicycle races, fireworks, pageants and so much more.

4. Kool-Aid was sold to General Foods in 1953 and as an advertising ploy it came up with the Kool-Aid Man. What is the Kool-Aid Man's catch phrase?

Answer: Oh Yeah

Kool-Aid Man was used in advertising depicting him as he breaks through walls of homes of kids and makes them a pitcher of Kool-Aid. In 2013 Kraft overhauled the image of Kool-Aid Man, to be more of an ordinary guy than a caricature.

5. Kool-Aid started with six flavours. Which is NOT one of them?

Answer: Watermelon

Kool-Aid commenced with six flavours: cherry, grape, lemon-lime, orange, raspberry and strawberry. There are more than 50 flavours available world-wide.

6. In 2010 a song "Drink the Kool-Aid" was released by which rap singer?

Answer: Ice Cube

Ice Cube released "Drink the Kool-Aid" on his album "I am the West" in 2010. The song written by Hodge, Brandon Alexander / Jackson O'Shea was the second single released from the album.

7. Kool-Aid is just a drink and is not used in any other way?

Answer: False

There are many different recipes for Kool-Aid in baking, cocktails, ice cream, frozen treats. Such yummy cakes include lemonade, Berry summer poke, cup, pastel angel and cookies. Frozen treats include Kool-Aid pops and kubes.

8. The inventor of Kool-Aid married his childhood sweetheart Kitty Shoemaker. What was the food product that Kitty introduced to him when he was still a kid?

Answer: Jell-O

Edwin Perkins' father had a general store in Hedley, Nebraska where he was introduced to a new product Jell-O, a powered dessert, still popular today. After being introduced to this product Edwin decided to start a business of his own, at the age of merely 13.

9. A product was developed that was meant to aid people to give up smoking called Nix-O-Tine.

Answer: True

Many of the young men returning from the WWI were smoking, assumed to be from stress, so Edwin came up with a product to cure the smoking habit. Edwin released it as "Nix-O-Tine Tobacco Remedy".

10. There are many other uses for Kool-Aid other than drinking and eating. Which of these is Kool-Aid NOT suitable for?

Answer: Insecticide

There are quite a few different uses for Kool-Aid, such as a cleaner, dish soap, cleaning rust from tools, colouring and making paint, play dough, dyeing and preventing chlorine from turning blonde hair green.

Source: Author ClaudiaCat

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