Polo, The Mint With The Hole Trivia Quiz

Answer: Milky Way

Produced by Mars, Milky Way bars had a different composition in America to the rest of the world. The American version was more like a Mars Bar, but the version sold elsewhere had no caramel and was smaller.

For many years the advertising slogan in both the United Kingdom and Australia was "the sweet you can eat between meals without ruining your appetite". Despite complaints that this encouraged children to snack between meals the ITC came down on the side of Mars, agreeing that in fact the advertisement promoted restrained eating.

Answer: Murray Mints

Murray Mints were produced by Bassett, a subsidiary of Cadbury, who also made Liquorice Allsorts and Jelly Babies. They were very smooth with an almost buttery taste and a mild mint flavour. The slogan for them was "Murray Mints, Murray Mints, too good to hurry mints". They were something of an acquired taste, being not a true mint, more a boiled sweet with a minty flavour.

Answer: Water

Opal Fruits were introduced in 1959 with four flavours, orange, lemon, lime and strawberry. In the 1970s they were known for the jingle "Opal Fruits, made to make your mouth water, fresh with the tang of citrus". In America they were named Starburst, and were introduced in 1967.

In 1998 the decision was made to phase out the Opal Fruits name and standardise marketing under the global name of Starburst.

Answer: Fudge

"A finger of fudge is just enough to give your kids a treat" was the slogan for this chocolate bar for some twenty years. It was conceived and written by Manfred Mann singer Mike D'Abo. Originally made in Somerset, fudge bars are now made in Poland. Interestingly Cadbury have decided not to put a country of origin on their labels, saying instead that the product is "Made in the EU under license from Cadbury UK Limited".

Answer: Fox's Glacier Mints

Peppy has been the symbol of Glacier Mints since 1922. In the days before television commercials, Fox's commissioned a hunter to shoot a polar bear, which they had stuffed and transported round the country to things like football matches and carnivals. When Rowntree purchased Fox's they stopped this. Television advertisements featuring Peppy were produced instead.

Peppy was found some years later in a back storeroom and was donated to the New Walk Museum in Leicester, where Fox's Confectionery is based. They had to have him restored as, after some twenty years of neglect, he was in rather poor condition.

Answer: Cadbury's Roses

Cadbury Roses, a box of individually wrapped chocolates in several different flavours, were first introduced in 1938. The name came from the company who made the packaging, Rose Brothers. Norman Vaughan was a well known television host of programmes such as "The Golden Shot" and "Sunday Night At The London Palladium".

He advertised Cadbury Roses in a television campaign. with the slogan "Roses grow on you", during the 1960s.

Answer: Paradise

Bounty is a bar containing coconut wrapped in chocolate. One advertising campaign featured people searching for it on a desert island with the slogan "The Bounty hunters, they came in search of paradise" and the 1984 campaign was set to the tune of "Try a Little Tenderness" and finished with "Bounty - the taste of paradise".

Answer: There was no commercial television in the UK prior to 1955

In the UK, the first commercial television programmes with breaks for advertisements did not start until September 1955. Prior to that the only broadcasts available were from the BBC, who did not, and who still do not, screen commercial advertisements. The very first advertisement seen was for toothpaste. The slogan "Polo, the mint with the hole" has been in constant use since 1948

Answer: Yorkie

Before the 2001 campaign Yorkie had been advertised as the chocolate bar for truckers. In 2001 a short lived campaign stated "Yorkie - it's not for girls". This was accompanied by the comments that "in today's society there aren't many things a man can look at and say it's just for him". Needless to say many women, not just ardent feminists, were unhappy with this, and the advertisement was withdrawn fairly swiftly.

Answer: Cadbury's Flake

Since the 1960s Cadbury used the Flake Girl to advertise this product. The girl was always shown eating the chocolate while relaxing somewhere and the song "Only the crumbliest, flakiest chocolate. Tastes likes chocolate never tasted before", was always played.

At various times the Flake Girl lay in a rowing boat, was painting in a field of poppies and relaxing in a silk negligee. Although these adverts stopped in 2004 the fact that around 20% of the population still recalled them several years later led to her making a comeback in 2007.