03/05/08 Grif.Net - Cereal Quiz
Dr Bob Griffin
foods. Some are tougher than you'd think, and some are as easy as snap,
crackle, pop]
1. What was the first registered trademark for a breakfast cereal?
2. What religious group was behind Dr Kellogg's development of Corn Flakes
as a replacement to the typical meat-and-potato breakfast of that era?
3. What comic strip character's favorite cereal was "Chocolate Frosted Sugar
Bombs"?
4. What is the most enduring cereal box slogan (and cereal), used first on a
billboard at the old Minneapolis Millers baseball games in 1933?
5. About our friend Captain Crunch
a. What was his full name?
b. Where did he sail?
c. What was the name of his ship?
d. Who was his companion on the voyage?
e. Who was his enemy?
f. What are the corn/oat pieces shaped like?
6. What natural food advocate was used to promote Grape-Nuts cereal,
reminding us that "many parts of a tree are edible"?
7. What brand of raisin bran contains "two scoops" of raisins in each box?
8. What is the name of the Kellogg Corn Flake rooster still adorning boxes
today?
9. What is the most famous line from a cartoon cereal spokesman?
10. Making his debut in black-and-while in 1961, this fuzzy character never
did get to eat a box of his beloved cereal. Who was this character and what
cereal was proclaimed to be for children, not him?
11. What was the first cereal (1895) offering a "one-cent off" coupon to be
redeemed at the local store?
12. Lucky Charms (cereal and charms) are made from what two common items?
13. What short-lived cereal had the characters Hamhose and Boss Moss on the
box?
14. What are the flavors of the colorful Fruit Loops cereal?
15. What city is known as "America's Cereal Bowl"?
Bonus: Match the country with the sound Rice Krispies make:
a Snap/Crackle/Pop
b Roks/Riks/Raks
c Piff/Paff/Puff
d Knisper/Knasper/Knuster
e Pim/Pum/Pam
Mexico
Germany
Finland
United States
Sweden
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