Ice Cream Quiz

By Billa

If spring is here, can summer be far behind? At any rate, as the weather warms up, my thoughts turn to ice cream. So, I’ve been reading up on it and have learned a lot.

Test your ice cream knowledge by taking the following quiz:

Ice Cream Quiz

1. What is the most popular ice cream flavor in the US?

a. Chocolate

b. Cookies and Cream

c. Strawberry

d. Vanilla

2. Per capita, people in the US consume a lot of ice cream. In fact, they’re number 2 in ice cream consumption in the whole world. Which country is number 1?

a. Canada

b. Greece

c. Japan

d. New Zealand

3. How many licks does it take to finish a single-scoop ice cream cone?

a. 25

b. 50

c. 100

d. 150

4. Which month is National Ice Cream Month?

a. June

b. July

c. August

d. September

5. One difference between ice cream and gelato is that gelato

a. has less milk fat than ice cream.

b. is typically served at a colder temperature than ice cream.

c. is churned at a faster rate than ice cream.

d. is harder and less dense than ice cream.

6. How many gallons of milk make one gallon of ice cream?

a. 1

b. 3

c. 5

d. 10

7. Is there a difference between sherbet and sorbet?

a. No. Sherbet is the French word for sorbet.

b. No. Sorbet is the French word for sherbet.

c. Yes. Sherbet contains dairy and sorbet doesn’t

d. Yes. Sorbet contains dairy and sherbet doesn’t.

8. In which country, are you most likely to find the following ice cream flavors: beef tongue, eel, eggplant, and octopus?

a. Indonesia

b. Iran

c. Japan

d. Spain

9. Which of the following drinks was first invented as an ice cream topping:

a. Cream soda

b. Hawaiian Punch

c. Shirley Temple

d. Yoo Hoo chocolate drink

10. Which State produces the most ice cream?

a. California

b. Vermont

c. Minnesota

d. New York

Answers

1. d. Vanilla is the most popular ice cream flavor with 29% of supermarket sales. Chocolate is second with 9 % of sales.

2. d. New Zealand is # 1 in ice cream consumption per capita.

3. c. It takes around 50 licks to finish a single-scoop ice cream cone.

4. b. In 1984, President Ronald Reagan declared July to be National Ice Cream Month.

5. a. Gelato has less milk fat than ice cream.

6. b. It takes 3 gallons of milk to make one gallon of ice cream.

7. c. Sherbet contains dairy but sorbet doesn’t.

8. c. All those flavors of ice cream can be found in Japan.

9. b. Hawaiian Punch was originally invented in 1934 as an ice cream topping. It subsequently was marketed as a cocktail mixer before becoming a drink for kids.

10. a. California produces 58,000 gallons of ice cream annually. The other 49 states produce 477,000 gallons all together.