Sweets quiz

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1. 1 Medium

   What crucial chocolate ingredient is completely missing from white chocolate?

   Answer: Cocoa solids

   Why: White chocolate had no legal US definition until an FDA standard took effect in 2004, setting a 20 percent cocoa butter minimum.

2. 2 Easy

   What trained animals inspired Haribo's first gummy sweets?

   Answer: Dancing bears

   Why: The name Haribo is an acronym made from the founder's name, Hans Riegel, and his home city of Bonn.

3. 3 Medium

   Why was the world's first successful bubble gum dyed pink?

   Answer: It was the only dye on hand

   Why: Diemer's first 1928 batch came out a dingy gray, so he mixed in red dye diluted to pink, the origin of bubble gum's famous color.

4. 4 Easy

   Which drink inspired the flavor of the Milky Way bar?

   Answer: Malted milkshake

   Why: The candy was named after a popular 1920s malted milkshake rather than the galaxy.

5. 5 Easy

   Which candy flew aboard Columbia on STS-3 in 1982?

   Answer: M&M's

   Why: Flown on Columbia's STS-3 in March 1982, the first packs came home unopened; M&M's were not eaten in space until STS-4.

6. 6 Easy

   Which common sweetener in sugar-free chewing gum is highly toxic to dogs?

   Answer: Xylitol

   Why: In dogs xylitol triggers a rapid insulin surge that can crash blood sugar within an hour; far larger doses can also damage the liver.