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Ye Olde Sweet Shop Trivia Quiz

A sweet trip down memory lane. Old and well loved mouth-watering English sweets.

A multiple-choice quiz by gme24. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
gme24

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
345,268

Updated
Jul 23 22

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
683

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. The bell goes Ding-Dong as you enter the small shop. You observe long wooden tables and shelves. What kind of sweet containers would you most likely see on the shelves?
Hint

clay platters

boxes

urns

bulbous jars

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Question 2 of 10

2. In the good old days you could get one sweet for a farthing. How many sweets could you buy with one penny? Hint

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Question 3 of 10

3. The first item on your shopping list is a large hard sweet consisting of different coloured concentric layers that are revealed as it is sucked. What are you going to buy? Hint

gobstopper

marble

stone

rock

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Question 4 of 10

4. The next item on your list is a crisp nut-flavoured boiled sweet shaped like a nut with a toffee and nut taste. What kind of nut? Hint

Peanut

Hazel

Cashew

Walnut

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Question 5 of 10

5. Next, chunks of cola flavoured boiled sweet that have been covered in an outer sugary layer and they last ages if you suck them. In what shape do these sweets come? Hint

circle

square

cube

triangle

6. Now we come to one of the favourite sweets ever. They consist of yellow tubes filled with white zingy sherbet. They used to be in a cardboard tube and have the liquorice stick poking out. What is the name of this sweet? Hint

sherbet cascade

sherbet waterfall

sherbet fountain

sherbet river

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Question 7 of 10

7. A hard lemon boiled sweet shell with a fizzy, zingy sherbet centre, sherbet lemons were another old time favourite. So much so that a book title was named after it! Who is the author of the book 'Sucking Sherbet Lemons'? Hint

Lawrence Durrell

Michael Carson

Aimee Bender

Laura Vaccaro Seeger

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Question 8 of 10

8. Back to the shopping list: The next item is a unique combination of a chew and a lolly on a stick - raspberry & milk flavour. What is this sweet called? Hint

joystick

drumstick

pointed stick

silver stick

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Question 9 of 10

9. The next item are delicious sugar rodent-shaped with tails made of string. What type of rodents? Hint

rats

hamsters

squirrels

mice

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Question 10 of 10

10. Last on the list is something for the sweet heart. It has the same name as a piece of jewelry. What is it? Hint

brooch

necklace

pendant

earrings

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. The bell goes Ding-Dong as you enter the small shop. You observe long wooden tables and shelves. What kind of sweet containers would you most likely see on the shelves?

Answer: bulbous jars

Sweets were kept in jars or on clay platters. The platters were sitting on the tables.

2. In the good old days you could get one sweet for a farthing. How many sweets could you buy with one penny?

Answer: 4

Farthing, deriving from the Anglo-Saxon "foerthing" meaning fourth part, was a quarter of a Penny. The farthing ceased to be legal tender after the 31st of December 1960.

3. The first item on your shopping list is a large hard sweet consisting of different coloured concentric layers that are revealed as it is sucked. What are you going to buy?

Answer: gobstopper

Gobstoppers are extremely hard, that is why in US and Canada are known as jawbreakers. The gobstoppers come in a variety of sizes from marble size, through to golf ball and even tennis ball size!

4. The next item on your list is a crisp nut-flavoured boiled sweet shaped like a nut with a toffee and nut taste. What kind of nut?

Answer: Peanut

Peanut-Sweet is shaped like a real peanut shell and in some versions of the sweet, there is a peanut in the centre.

5. Next, chunks of cola flavoured boiled sweet that have been covered in an outer sugary layer and they last ages if you suck them. In what shape do these sweets come?

Answer: cube

Kola Kubes were one of those sweets that were generally bought from jars and normally sold by the quarter pound.

Answer: sherbet fountain

Sherbet fountains consist of sherbet and a stick made from liquorice.

Answer: Michael Carson

Aimee Bender authored the book 'The particular sadness of Lemon Cake'. Laura Vaccaro Seeqer wrote the book 'The lemons are not red'. Lawrence Durrell penned the autobiographical book 'Bitter Lemons'.

8. Back to the shopping list: The next item is a unique combination of a chew and a lolly on a stick - raspberry & milk flavour. What is this sweet called?

Answer: drumstick

Joy stick is used in gaming. Pointed sticks are used by Monty Python to combat tigers. Silver stick is a bodyguard position in the British Royal Household.

9. The next item are delicious sugar rodent-shaped with tails made of string. What type of rodents?

Answer: mice

You can also get sugar pigs! They are much bigger than mice.

10. Last on the list is something for the sweet heart. It has the same name as a piece of jewelry. What is it?

Answer: necklace

Candy necklaces - jewelry from your childhood: wear it then eat it! You could also buy a candy watch.

Source: Author gme24

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