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Soda Pop Trivia Quiz

A little soda history for you to ponder. Have fun!

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

Author
sportcon

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
33,866

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
5 / 10

Plays
6682

Last 3 plays: Guest 67 (10/10), Guest 208 (0/10), Guest 166 (5/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. Which came first? Hint

Coca-Cola

Dr Pepper

Seven-Up

R.C. Cola

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Question 2 of 10

2. How did Dr. Pepper get its name? Hint

named after the father of an old girlfriend of the inventor's

named after the inventor's dentist

named after the inventor

named after the inventor's pet parakeet

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Question 3 of 10

3. What was the occupation of the inventors of Coke, Pepsi and Dr. Pepper? Hint

nuclear scientist

soda jerk

grocer

pharmacist

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Question 4 of 10

4. What does the 'R.C.' in R.C. Cola stand for? Hint

the inventor's initials

Royal Crown

Rapid City

Royal Collection

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Question 5 of 10

5. What product did Coke market beginning in 1972 to compete with Dr. Pepper? Hint

Seven-Up

Mr. Pibb

Josta

Squirt

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Question 6 of 10

6. What current beverage company started as Unadulterated Food Corporation? Hint

Snapple

A and W Root Beer

Dr. Pepper

Kool-Aid

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which of these major diet sodas was introduced as early as 1963? Hint

Diet 7 Up

Diet Coke

Tab

Diet Sprite

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Question 8 of 10

8. What famous baseball player helped inventor Nataled Olivieri get Yoo-hoo chocolate drink off the ground in the 1950s? Hint

Duke Snider

Yogi Berra

Bob Feller

Stan Musial

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Question 9 of 10

9. In what year did Coca-Cola introduce 'new Coke?' Hint

1980

1985

1988

1983

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Question 10 of 10

10. In what year did Pepsi inaugurate the 'Pepsi Generation', with its slogan 'Come Alive, You're in the Pepsi Generation?' Hint

1960

1963

1973

1979

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which came first?

Answer: Dr Pepper

Dr. Pepper-1885, Coca-Cola-1896, Pepsi-1898, R.C. Cola-1905.

2. How did Dr. Pepper get its name?

Answer: named after the father of an old girlfriend of the inventor's

The inventor, Charles Alderton named Dr. Pepper after the father of a girl he had loved when he lived in Virginia.

3. What was the occupation of the inventors of Coke, Pepsi and Dr. Pepper?

Answer: pharmacist

They were all pharmacists. John Pemberton (Coke), Caleb Bradham (Pepsi) and Charles Alderton (Dr. Pepper).

4. What does the 'R.C.' in R.C. Cola stand for?

Answer: Royal Crown

Yet another pharmacist, Claud Hatcher invented R.C. Cola in 1905 in the basement of his family's grocery business.

5. What product did Coke market beginning in 1972 to compete with Dr. Pepper?

Answer: Mr. Pibb

Mr. Pibb never quite measured up to Dr. Pepper.

6. What current beverage company started as Unadulterated Food Corporation?

Answer: Snapple

Snapple is named after a carbonated apple soda that was part of the original beverage line.

7. Which of these major diet sodas was introduced as early as 1963?

Answer: Tab

Tab was popular up to the 1980s until Coke (which made Tab) came out with Diet Coke which used NutraSweet instead of saccharin. The first sugar-free versions of Sprite and 7 Up both date to the early 1970s.

8. What famous baseball player helped inventor Nataled Olivieri get Yoo-hoo chocolate drink off the ground in the 1950s?

Answer: Yogi Berra

Yogi enlisted the help of Mickey Mantle to help promote the drink.

9. In what year did Coca-Cola introduce 'new Coke?'

Answer: 1985

What a disaster. Coke quickly returned to the 'old Coke', calling it Coke Classic.

10. In what year did Pepsi inaugurate the 'Pepsi Generation', with its slogan 'Come Alive, You're in the Pepsi Generation?'

Answer: 1963

The following year, 1964, Pepsi introduced Diet Pepsi.

Source: Author sportcon

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