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None of Your Beeswax! Trivia Quiz

Candle Making Without Beeswax

No beeswax? You can still make a candle. Try ten questions about other waxes, wicks, scent and the small surprises that turn up at the candle-making bench. It is an author challenge.

A multiple-choice quiz by SCIENCEKING_00. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
SCIENCEKING_00

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
425,808

Updated
Nov 02 26

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
8 / 10

Plays
20

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Question 1 of 10

1. Soybeans give us oil. Which process turns that oil into the solid soy wax used in candle making? Hint

Fermentation

Hydrogenation

Steam distillation

Saponification

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Question 2 of 10

2. A candle maker chooses paraffin instead of beeswax. Paraffin wax is obtained during the refining of which raw material? Hint

Wool grease

Cocoa butter

Pine resin

Petroleum

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Question 3 of 10

3. In a burning paraffin candle, what draws liquid wax up the wick towards the flame? Hint

Osmosis

Gravity alone

Magnetic attraction

Capillary action

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Question 4 of 10

4. A maker wants to mix blue colour into soy wax for a candle that will be burned. Which product is intended for this? Hint

Candle dye

Watercolour paint

Artist's acrylic paint

Colouring crayons

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Question 5 of 10

5. An unlit soy candle develops a pale, crystalline bloom on its surface. What do candle makers usually call this? Hint

Frosting

Sweating

Cracking

Wick migration

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Question 6 of 10

6. A soy jar candle burns a deep hollow around its wick but leaves a wall of wax along the glass. What is this problem called? Hint

Delamination

Guttering

Sinkholes

Tunnelling

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Question 7 of 10

7. Before lighting a new scented soy candle, you lift the lid and smell it. Which candle-making term describes its fragrance strength at this stage? Hint

Hot throw

Melt point

Fragrance load

Cold throw

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Question 8 of 10

8. After a paraffin candle has burned, its wick has a black, mushroom-shaped cap. What has built up at the wick tip? Hint

Carbon

Crystallised wax

Unburned fragrance oil

Dust from the air

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Question 9 of 10

9. A soy candle recipe calls for fragrance oil at 6% of the wax's weight. With 200 g (about 7 oz) of wax, how much oil should you weigh out? Hint

12 g (about 0.42 oz)

20 g (about 0.71 oz)

6 g (about 0.21 oz)

30 g (about 1.06 oz)

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Question 10 of 10

10. A maker leaves newly poured soy candles to rest before judging their scent. What is this waiting period generally called? Hint

Proofing

Curing

Annealing

Tempering

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Soybeans give us oil. Which process turns that oil into the solid soy wax used in candle making?

Answer: Hydrogenation

Hydrogenation changes the fats in soybean oil so that they melt at a higher temperature. The result is a wax that stays solid at room temperature. Candle makers can use soy wax on its own or in blends with other waxes.

2. A candle maker chooses paraffin instead of beeswax. Paraffin wax is obtained during the refining of which raw material?

Answer: Petroleum

Paraffin wax comes from petroleum refining. Once refined, it is a white, largely odourless solid that can take colour and fragrance. Suppliers offer different formulations for container candles and for candles that must hold their shape outside a container.

3. In a burning paraffin candle, what draws liquid wax up the wick towards the flame?

Answer: Capillary action

The narrow spaces between the wick fibres draw up melted wax by capillary action. Near the flame, the wax becomes vapour, which burns and supplies heat. The wick is therefore more than a piece of string to set alight: it feeds fuel to the flame.

4. A maker wants to mix blue colour into soy wax for a candle that will be burned. Which product is intended for this?

Answer: Candle dye

Candle dye is made for colouring candle wax. Crayons are designed for drawing, and their wax and pigments can give poor results when a wick has to draw up the mixture. Adding colour can also affect a candle's performance, so the finished recipe should get a test burn.

5. An unlit soy candle develops a pale, crystalline bloom on its surface. What do candle makers usually call this?

Answer: Frosting

Frosting forms when tiny wax crystals grow on the surface of a soy candle. It can spoil a smooth-looking finish, but it is a cosmetic change and does not itself reduce the scent or alter the burn. The name describes its appearance, not a coating of ice.

6. A soy jar candle burns a deep hollow around its wick but leaves a wall of wax along the glass. What is this problem called?

Answer: Tunnelling

Tunnelling leaves wax around the outside while the centre burns down. The candle has failed to form a melt pool across the container. A wick that is too small is a common cause, although an overly powerful wick can also produce tunnelling. Testing the whole wax, wick and fragrance combination matters.

7. Before lighting a new scented soy candle, you lift the lid and smell it. Which candle-making term describes its fragrance strength at this stage?

Answer: Cold throw

Cold throw is the fragrance strength of a candle before it has been burned. Hot throw describes the scent while it is burning. The two impressions can differ, so a pleasant sniff from an unlit candle does not tell you everything about its performance when lit.

8. After a paraffin candle has burned, its wick has a black, mushroom-shaped cap. What has built up at the wick tip?

Answer: Carbon

The cap is a carbon deposit associated with incomplete combustion, and the effect is called mushrooming. Wick choice, additives and fragrance can all contribute. Some wick types are more prone to it than others, so the cap alone does not identify a single cause.

9. A soy candle recipe calls for fragrance oil at 6% of the wax's weight. With 200 g (about 7 oz) of wax, how much oil should you weigh out?

Answer: 12 g (about 0.42 oz)

Six per cent of 200 g is 12 g. Here the percentage is based on the wax weight, rather than the combined weight of wax and oil. Weighing also avoids confusion between ounces of mass and fluid ounces. This is a calculation for the stated recipe, not a universal fragrance limit.

10. A maker leaves newly poured soy candles to rest before judging their scent. What is this waiting period generally called?

Answer: Curing

Curing gives the finished candle time to develop before its fragrance is assessed. The wait can affect both scent strength and character. Recommended times depend on the wax and recipe, so simply finding that the wax has set is not the same as knowing that it is ready for a fair scent test.

Source: Author SCIENCEKING_00

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