Charlie and the Ice Cream Factory Quiz

Answer: Vanilla

There are hundreds of flavors of ice cream, but more vanilla ice cream is eaten around the world than any other flavor. Also, most of the vanilla used in the ice cream industry comes from Madagascar.

Answer: Italo Marchiony

In 1903, Italian immigrant Italo Marchiony invented the waffle cone. He sold ice cream from a push cart and his customers kept walking off with his serving glasses. His creation of the ice cream cone solved his problem and is still enjoyed today.

Answer: Churn

An ice cream churn often looks like a large wooden or metal bucket, with a lid and handle on the side. In 1843, a New England housewife invented the hand cranked ice cream churn which made ice cream more easily available to everyone. Remember there used to be no refrigerators and no way to keep ice cream from melting, so it had to be eaten right away.

Answer: Cow

Most of the world's ice cream is made using cow's milk. But the milk from each of these other animals could be substituted. Each type of milk would make a difference in the flavor of the ice cream because each has a different amount of milk fat.

Answer: Amount of milk fat in the product

Flour, yeast, and baking soda are not used to make ice cream. The biggest difference between ice cream and sherbet is the amount of milk fat used in production. Sherbet usually has less than 2% milk fat in the finished product, while ice cream usually has at least 10%, or more.

Answer: Japan

Around the world different flavors of ice cream are eaten. In Japan, they are fond of octopus, crab, eggplant, bean, whale and eggplant ice creams.
And if you are given a chance to try one of these treats, go ahead and do it, you might find out that you like it!

Answer: Strawberry

Neapolitan ice cream is an ice cream treat that originated in the area of Naples, Italy. While any three flavors of ice cream can be used, chocolate, strawberry and vanilla are the three flavors most commonly seen. Originally, Neapolitan ice cream was served as a slice taken from a block of three ice cream flavors packed together.

Answer: July

In 1984, President Ronald Reagan declared July to be "National Ice Cream Month". More ice cream is eaten during the hot summer months, than any other time of year.

Answer: Pistachio

Pistachios are a type of nut that turns green when exposed to the sun. The green comes from the chlorophyll in the plant. Pistachio ice cream is naturally green because of this, although many companies do add extra green food coloring to make a more pleasing color.

Answer: True

Founded in 1978, Ben & Jerry's is known around the world for its creative names and flavors of ice cream. "Marsha, Marsha, Marshmallow" is chocolate ice cream with pieces of chocolate, graham cracker and marshmallow. "Chunky Monkey" is banana ice cream with walnuts and chunks of fudge. "Chubby Hubby" is a malt vanilla ice cream with pretzels, peanut butter and chocolate pieces.