Chocolate

The Mayan and Aztec peoples used cocoa beans not only to make a delicious beverage but also as:

• Currency
• Dye
• Fertilizer
• Medicine

How does chocolate grow?

• On trees
• In the ground
• On a vine
• In green houses

About when did people begin to consume chocolate in solid form, as opposed to only in liquid form?

• 1850
• 1770
• 1650
• 1500

Which European country was the first to enjoy chocolate?

• Spain
• France
• Switzerland
• England

In about the late 17th century, what ingredient did people start adding to drinking chocolate?

• Milk
• Vanilla
• Cinnamon
• Pepper

The first European chocolate shop opened in what city in 1657?

• London
• Zürich
• Paris
• Madrid

What type of chocolate was Nestlé the first, in 1930, to manufacture?

• White chocolate
• Milk chocolate
• Crunch bars
• Truffles

Xocolatl, the Aztec Nahuatl word from which we get the word chocolate, translates to:

• Bitter water
• Dirty water
• Delicious water
• Brown water

It is commonly held that which explorer took chocolate back with him to Europe?

• Hernán Cortes
• Ferdinand Magellan
• Christopher Columbus
• Juan Ponce de Leon

About how many cocoa beans does it take to make 1 kg of chocolate?

• 888
• 444
• 222
• 3333