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The Timeline to Soft Drinks Trivia Quiz

This quiz has questions based on the timeline of the creation of soft drinks. Good luck and have fun!

A multiple-choice quiz by NalaMarie. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
NalaMarie

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
62,211

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Very Difficult

Avg Score
4 / 10

Plays
1598

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. In what year was the first drinkable manmade glass of carbonated water created? Hint

1767

1786

1798

1802

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Question 2 of 10

2. In what year did the term 'soda water' get penned? Hint

1814

1797

1798

1817

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Question 3 of 10

3. Simons and Rundell of Charleston, South Carolina received the first U.S. patent for the manufacture of a carbonated beverage in what year? Hint

1806

1818

1800

1810

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Question 4 of 10

4. In 1851, ginger ale was created. What country created it? Hint

Switzerland

France

Poland

Ireland

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Question 5 of 10

5. 1874 is a memorable year in soft drink history but why? Hint

The term 'pop' was coined.

The 1st ice cream soda was sold.

The 'Crown Cork Bottle Seal' was invented.

They found a way to prevent the carbon dioxide from escaping from the drinks.

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Question 6 of 10

6. In 1885, Charles Alderton invented 'Dr Pepper' in what state? Hint

New Orleans

Indiana

Texas

Louisiana

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Question 7 of 10

7. In 1919, 'The American Bottlers of __
__' was formed?

Answer: (Two Words)

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Question 8 of 10

8. 'Bib-Label Lithiated Lemon-Lime Sodas' was once a name for a now popular soft drink called what?

Answer: (Two Words)

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Question 9 of 10

9. In 1952, the first diet soft drink was sold called the __? Hint

'Low-Cal Soda Pop'

'Low-Cal Beverage'

'No-Cal Beverage'

'No-Cal Soda Pop'

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Question 10 of 10

10. In what year were aluminum cans first used in vending machines? Hint

1968

1965

1970

1963

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. In what year was the first drinkable manmade glass of carbonated water created?

Answer: 1767

It was created by Dr. Joseph Priestley. Three years later, a Swedish chemist by the name of Torbern Bergman invented a generating apparatus that made carbonated water from chalk by the use of sulfuric acid.

2. In what year did the term 'soda water' get penned?

Answer: 1798

3. Simons and Rundell of Charleston, South Carolina received the first U.S. patent for the manufacture of a carbonated beverage in what year?

Answer: 1810

Carbonated beverages did not achieve great popularity in America until 1832, when John Mathews invented his apparatus for the making of carbonated water.

4. In 1851, ginger ale was created. What country created it?

Answer: Ireland

Only a year before, in 1850, a manual hand and foot operated filling and corking device was patented and was first used for bottling soda water.

5. 1874 is a memorable year in soft drink history but why?

Answer: The 1st ice cream soda was sold.

The term 'pop' was coined in 1861, the 'Crown Cork Bottle Seal' was invented in 1892 by William Painter, a Baltimore machine shop operator to prevent carbon dioxide from escaping the drinks.

6. In 1885, Charles Alderton invented 'Dr Pepper' in what state?

Answer: Texas

In 1881, the first cola-flavored beverage was introduced and Mr. Alderton invented Dr. Pepper in Waco, Texas. In 1886, Dr. John S. Pemberton invented Coca-Cola in Atlanta, Georgia and in 1898 Pepsi-Cola was invented by Caleb Bradham.

7. In 1919, 'The American Bottlers of __ __' was formed?

Answer: carbonated beverages

20 years earlier, in 1899, the first patent was issued for a glass blowing machine, used to produce glass bottles.

8. 'Bib-Label Lithiated Lemon-Lime Sodas' was once a name for a now popular soft drink called what?

Answer: 7-up

In 1929, The Howdy Company debuted it's new drink, 'Bib-Label Lithiated Lemon-Lime Sodas' later called '7 Up'. It was invented by Charles Leiper Grigg.

9. In 1952, the first diet soft drink was sold called the __?

Answer: 'No-Cal Beverage'

In 1957, aluminum cans were first used and in 1959, 7 years after the first 'No-Cal Beverage' was sold, the first diet cola was sold.

10. In what year were aluminum cans first used in vending machines?

Answer: 1965

In the early 1920s, the first automatic vending machines dispensed sodas into cups and almost 40 years later, aluminum cans were dispensed from them and in 1970, plastic bottles were used for holding the soft drink and now we have both cans and bottles being dispensed from vending machines.

Source: Author NalaMarie

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