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The Great Chocolate Quiz

It would be great if chocolate grew on trees. You could just grab a bar from a branch when you want a snack. Well, guess what?

A multiple-choice quiz by Fangy_Junes. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
Fangy_Junes

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
365,561

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
676

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. Cacao beans grow in what type of climate? Hint

Desert

Temperate

Tropical

Arctic

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Question 2 of 10

2. Cacao beans grow in what colour pods? Hint

Yellow and green

White and grey

Blue and red

Black and brown

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Question 3 of 10

3. What is one of the bitter chemicals found in chocolate? Hint

Amygdalin

Theobromine

Oxalix acid

Lectins

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Question 4 of 10

4. Cacao beans contain a sweet, white mush.

True

False

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Question 5 of 10

5. At the chocolate factory, there are hot drums. What are these used for? Hint

Shaping the chocolate

Melting the beans

Extracting excess fat

Roasting the beans

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Question 6 of 10

6. The cocoa mush is mixed into a gooey mess. Afterwards, the machines split the goo into what two things? Hint

Cocoa sugar and cocoa cream

Cocoa soda and cocoa liquid

Cocoa flour and cocoa oil

Cocoa butter and cocoa powder

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Question 7 of 10

7. How is the chocolate made shiny? Hint

It is left in the sun for a week

It is carefully heated and cooled down

A special sauce is added to the chocolate mix

More water is added to the chocolate mix

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Question 8 of 10

8. In 2011, the record for the world's largest chocolate bar was broken in the United Kingdom to mark the 100th anniversary of a major chocolate manufacturer. How much did this bar weigh? Hint

5,792 kg

8,239 kg

19,653 kg

2,087kg

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Question 9 of 10

9. What is the approximate cocoa percentage content in milk chocolate? Hint

30%

50%

75%

20%

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Question 10 of 10

10. To be called chocolate, the product must contain at least 10% cocoa powder.

True

False

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Cacao beans grow in what type of climate?

Answer: Tropical

Cacao beans grow on trees. These trees live near the equator and love tropical weather.

2. Cacao beans grow in what colour pods?

Answer: Yellow and green

Cacao beans grow in yellow-green pods. When they are ripe, they turn orange-red. They hang from large branches. Cacao trees can grow up to 50 pods twice a year.

3. What is one of the bitter chemicals found in chocolate?

Answer: Theobromine

Now here's a surprise for you. The cacao beans are not sweet, they are bitter. This is because the chemical theobromine is found in the cacao tree. Theobromine is also found in tea leaves and the kola nut.

4. Cacao beans contain a sweet, white mush.

Answer: True

The cacao beans contain a sweet, white mush called pulp. The pulp and beans are put into boxes for a few days so that the sweet pulp taste can mix in with the bitter beans taste.

The pulp is then thrown out. The beans are left to dry out in the sun and then are sent to a factory.

5. At the chocolate factory, there are hot drums. What are these used for?

Answer: Roasting the beans

At the factory, the beans are roasted in hot drums. This makes the taste and smell of the beans more like chocolate. The beans do not burn because the drums spin very fast.

Not all parts of the cacao beans are used to make chocolate. The hard shell is thrown away. The soft inside is where the chocolate taste is.

6. The cocoa mush is mixed into a gooey mess. Afterwards, the machines split the goo into what two things?

Answer: Cocoa butter and cocoa powder

The soft beans are crushed and mixed until they are a gooey mess. The machine splits the goo into cocoa butter and cocoa powder. The cocoa butter is sweeter, but the cocoa powder has a stronger chocolate taste. They are then mixed with sugar and milk to create chocolate.

There are lots of different types of chocolates. Some like bitter dark chocolate. Others enjoy sweet white chocolate. Milk chocolate is the most popular.

7. How is the chocolate made shiny?

Answer: It is carefully heated and cooled down

When the chocolate has been made, it is put into a container with metal beads. This makes it smooth on our tongue.

The last step is to carefully heat the chocolate and cool it down. This also helps to make the chocolate shiny and prevent it from crumbling.

Once all of this is done, the chocolate is poured into a shape. When it is hard enough, it is wrapped and ready for eating.

8. In 2011, the record for the world's largest chocolate bar was broken in the United Kingdom to mark the 100th anniversary of a major chocolate manufacturer. How much did this bar weigh?

Answer: 5,792 kg

Believe it or not, it did really weigh an astounding 5,792 kg! This gigantic bar was created by British chocolate company Thornton's. It was made to celebrate the company's 100th anniversary.

9. What is the approximate cocoa percentage content in milk chocolate?

Answer: 30%

You might find this a shock, but only 30% of milk chocolate is cocoa. The other 70% of milk chocolate is made up of chemicals, sweeteners and milk. This is why nutritionists recommend dark chocolate, as it has a higher cocoa percentage and contains more natural goodness.

10. To be called chocolate, the product must contain at least 10% cocoa powder.

Answer: False

White chocolate doesn't contain any cocoa powder at all! It only contains cocoa butter, which is why it is a light colour.

Source: Author Fangy_Junes

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