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The Kreme of the Krop Trivia Quiz

This quiz is all about the insanely popular doughnut chain, Krispy Kreme. My husband is a manager for a Krispy Kreme, so my house always smells like doughnuts.

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

Author
efvie

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
288,833

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
5 / 10

Plays
686

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Question 1 of 10

1. What year was the first Krispy Kreme store opened? Hint

1933

1943

1947

1937

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Question 2 of 10

2. What city is home to Krispy Kreme #1, the very first Krispy Kreme opened, as well as currently being home to Krispy Kreme corporate offices? Hint

Nashville, TN

Paducah, KY

Winston-Salem, NC

Atlanta, GA

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Question 3 of 10

3. How much time do the original glazed rings, the most famous Krispy Kreme doughnut, spend in the fryer? Hint

125 seconds

110 seconds

120 seconds

75 seconds

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Question 4 of 10

4. Originally, Krispy Kreme doughnuts were fried in animal fat. Later this was switched to soy bean oil. Currently, what is the main source of the oil that their doughnuts are fried in? Hint

palm oil

vegetable oil

olive oil

peanut oil

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Question 5 of 10

5. At what temperature are almost all Krispy Kreme doughnuts fried? Hint

370 degrees

400 degrees

360 degrees

300 degrees

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Question 6 of 10

6. In what decade did the doughnut making process become mainly automated? Hint

1950s

1960s

1940s

1980s

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Question 7 of 10

7. What process replaced the automatic dough-cutter in 1962, and is still used in Krispy Kreme stores today? Hint

extrusion by water pressure

extrusion by air pressure

extrusion by hand

extrusion by oil pressure

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Question 8 of 10

8. What is the name of the machine that controls the humidity and how fast the doughnuts rise? Hint

heater

riser

proofer

air tunnel

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Question 9 of 10

9. What is the Krispy Kreme logo referred to as? Hint

the red and white

butterfly

bowtie

the KK

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Question 10 of 10

10. Other than the original glazed doughnut, what is the best-selling doughnut made by Krispy Kreme? Hint

apple cinnamon

chocolate iced kreme filled

glazed kreme filled

chocolate iced glazed

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What year was the first Krispy Kreme store opened?

Answer: 1937

While Vernon Carter Rudolph, the creator of Krispy Kreme, bought his first doughnut shop in 1933, and while this was where he acquired the recipe for the famous original glazed Krispy Kreme doughnut, he did not open a shop called Krispy Kreme until 1937.

2. What city is home to Krispy Kreme #1, the very first Krispy Kreme opened, as well as currently being home to Krispy Kreme corporate offices?

Answer: Winston-Salem, NC

Paducah, KY, was where Rudolph's first store was, but this was not a Krispy Kreme store.

Nashville, TN, is where Rudolph and his partner moved their operation in search of a larger market in the mid-30s.

After operations were moved to Nashville, other members of Rudolph's family got involved, and a shop was opened in Atlanta, GA.

However, the first shop actually named Krispy Kreme was located in Winston-Salem, NC, and their headquarters are still there, 71 years later.

3. How much time do the original glazed rings, the most famous Krispy Kreme doughnut, spend in the fryer?

Answer: 110 seconds

The old-fashioned cake doughnuts fry for 125 seconds.

Shells (which later become the filled doughnuts), fry for 120 seconds.

Doughnut holes fry for 75 seconds.

4. Originally, Krispy Kreme doughnuts were fried in animal fat. Later this was switched to soy bean oil. Currently, what is the main source of the oil that their doughnuts are fried in?

Answer: palm oil

Krispy Kreme doughnuts are fried in palm oil because Krispy Kreme has gone trans-fat free.

Krispy Kreme does not currently use peanut oil because there are many people with severe, lethal peanut allergies.

5. At what temperature are almost all Krispy Kreme doughnuts fried?

Answer: 360 degrees

If the oil is much colder than 360 degrees, the doughnuts absorb too much oil.

6. In what decade did the doughnut making process become mainly automated?

Answer: 1950s

This made hand-cut doughnuts a thing of the past for Krispy Kreme shops.

7. What process replaced the automatic dough-cutter in 1962, and is still used in Krispy Kreme stores today?

Answer: extrusion by air pressure

Most doughnut shops cut their doughnuts by hand, creating both a doughnut and a doughnut hole. Krispy Kreme has to cut their doughnuts and doughnut holes separately because of their extrusion process.

8. What is the name of the machine that controls the humidity and how fast the doughnuts rise?

Answer: proofer

The air tunnel is actually the air cooling tunnel, which cools the hot doughnuts down so they can be handled without crushing them.

My husband made up the riser and the heater -- they don't exist, at least in the Krispy Kreme doughnut-making process.

9. What is the Krispy Kreme logo referred to as?

Answer: bowtie

The Krispy Kreme (KK) logo, is a a red and white logo shaped like a bowtie. They commonly refer to it as "the bowtie."

10. Other than the original glazed doughnut, what is the best-selling doughnut made by Krispy Kreme?

Answer: chocolate iced glazed

80% of Krispy Kreme sales are the original glazed doughnut.

I hope you enjoyed this quiz. Krispy Kreme has been a major part of our life for the last two years because of my husband's job, even though neither of us really eat doughnuts. But when it comes to doughnuts, Krispy Kreme are the best!

And I know a lot of people spell "doughnut" as "donut," which my spell checker likes better too, but Krispy Kreme spells it "doughnut," so that's what I had to use. :)

Source: Author efvie

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