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1. Butterfinger candy bars came out in 1923 for the first time. What kind of candy bars are they?
2. The Curtis Candy Company held a contest to name the Butterfinger bar when they first launched it in 1923.
3. The Curtis Candy Company, which owned Butterfinger and Baby Ruth, was part of the Standard Food Company, and later merged with National Biscuit Company, or Nabisco, in 1981. Nabisco then sold Butterfinger and Baby Ruth to another company in 1990. What company was that?
4. Newer Butterfinger products introduced between 1990 and 2011 include all of the following EXCEPT...
5. One of Nestle's advertising campaigns to promote Butterfinger involved a popular animated TV series featuring yellow characters, "The _______________."
6. There was an animated spokesperson for Butterfinger for a number of years. All of the following slogans were used by the disrespectful teen cartoon icon to promote the candy bar EXCEPT...
7. To cash in on the energy-drink craze, a version of the Butterfinger bar with an extra dose of caffeine came out in 2009. What was it called?
8. In 2008, Nestle ran an April Fools' advertizing campaign changing the name of "Butterfinger" to "The Finger."
9. In another marketing ploy to take advantage of the social networking craze, Nestle prompted the candy bar with a comedy website with videos, games and other activities, under the familiar but slightly modified slogan of "Nobody's going to lay a finger on my ________________."
10. Butterfinger has not been without its scandals. The candy bar was withdrawn from the market in which European country due to its use of genetically modified corn-based ingredients?
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