Saturday, August 23, 2008

Cookie Quiz - Random Trivia Questions

America's favorite cookie is also tops among crossword puzzle writers. With three delicious vowels out of four letters, the Oreo almost undoubtedly appears in more crossword puzzles than every other type of cookie combined. Which is a bit of a shame, since there are so many other tasty choices. Please partake of the following sampling but don't drool on your keyboard.

Cookie Quiz Questions

  • Q1) What similar cookie actually predates the Oreo?
  • Q2) What U.S. President had Tom's Mom's Cookies regularly delivered to the White House?
  • Q3) In what U.S. state were Toll House Cookie invented?
  • Q4) What cookies are shaped like flattened peanuts?
  • Q5) What cookie-seller originally used his wares to entice celebrities to join the talent agency he worked for, the William Morris Agency?
  • Q6) What cookie company opened its first store in Palo Alto, California in 1977 but began to lay off employees thirty years later and filed for bankruptcy this month?
  • Q7) Besides Sugar Free Chocolate Chips, what type of cookies did Girl Scouts begin selling in 2008?
  • Q8) What Nabisco cookie brand is marketed as being more healthy than their usual fare?
  • Q9) What brand's cookies are advertised using animated elves?
  • Q10) What brand of cookies are Chessmen?
  • Q11) What chain store sells Absolutely Divine cookies?
  • Q12) True or False: the Fig Newton was named for Sir Isaac Newton.

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