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Something To Chew On
What do you know about the history of chewing gum?
Quiz ID:
#9174
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Difficulty:
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Category:
Entertainment
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Food and Drink
Created By:
zonarita
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#1 Chewing gum is candy.
True
False
#2 In what year was chewing gum first patented?
1666
1784
1869
1901
#3 The first chewing gum patent was filed by __________.
John Curtis
Thomas Adams
William Semple
John Wrigley
#4 Some form of chewing gum has existed since the _________.
Greco-Roman period
Middle Ages
Neolithic period
Victorian period
#5 Chewing gum has been made of ______.
Chicle
Resin of mastic tree
Sap of spruce trees
All of the above
#6 Modern chewing gum was first developed in the 1860s when chicle was imported from Mexico.
True
False
#7 Chewing gum was historically sweetened with _______.
Cane sugar
Corn syrup
Xylitol
Other natural sweeteners
All of the above
#8 The sale of chewing gum was prohibited in Singapore in ____.
1912
1992
2002
None of the above
#9 During WWII, American GIs spread the popularity of chewing gum by trading it and giving it as gifts to people in Europe, Africa, and Asia.
True
False
#10 The chewing of gum has been identified with ___________.
Tooth decay
Improved memory
Stress relief
All of the above
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