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WorksheetsHP Oreo
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 14mins
What is the name of the original company who patented and sold the Oreo cookie?
The National Biscuit Company (NaBisCo)
Pillsbury
Sunshine Biscuits
Uneeda Biscuit
In what year did the various companies merge to create NaBisCo?
1812
1912
1998
1898
What is the name of the first (but unsuccessful) cream filled biscuit the Oreo was copied from?
Veronese
Mother Goose biscuits
Hydrox
Noreo
Which is the two flavors of Oreo originally offered?
Strawberry, raspberry
Lemon meringue, vanilla cream
Almond, mint
Vanilla and chocolate
What are the usual design hallmarks of an Oreo cookie?
Round, chocolate
Nabisco symbol in center
Patterned/embossed outer disk/wafers, cream filled
Four leafed clover in center
In what year did the Hydrox cookie debut?
1900
1912
1908
1996
What other important historical event took place in 1912?
The First World War ended
The Titanic sank
Roald Amundsen's expedition reaches the South Pole
The first Kentucky Derby was run
Until 1997 Oreos contained:
Pork fat/lard
Eggs
Gluten
Trans fats
What questionable ingredient was used temporarily to replace the pork fat/lard?
Partially hydrogenated vegetable oil/trans fat
hydrogenated vegetable oil
Butter
Peanut oil
What is the all important Oreo cream filling to cookie ratio?
10% - 90%
19% - 81%
15% - 85%
29% - 71%
Which of these are current products available from Sunshine Bakery (makers of the Hydrox)?
Krispy Saltine crackers, Cheez-its, Soup & Oyster crackers
Chips Ahoy
Chicken nuggets
Keebler cookies/crackers
How many countries around the world sell Oreos?
Less than 10
Over 100
Nearly 50
All of them!
Where did the name "Oreo" come from?
We don't actually know.
It comes from the Greek word for 'mound' or 'mountain'; "oros"
It comes from the French word for gold; "or"
Two biscuits surrounding cream = "OreO"
Approximately how many Oreo cookies have been sold worldwide since 1912?
234 thousand
491 billion
543 million
too many to count!
How many times could you circle the earth with all the Oreos ever manufactured?
381 times around the equator
barely once!
422 times if pole to pole
What a terrible waste of cookies - eat them instead!
If you stacked all the manufactured Oreos to the moon and back, how many stacks would you have?
Another terrible waste of cookies that should have been eaten!
Five
There aren't enough to make it once
Fifteen times
In which country are Oreos most popular?
Japan
Luxembourg
USA
Nepal
Which is not an actual Oreo flavor?
NASCAR Daytona
Chocolate orange
Blueberry ice cream
Back to school
What was the original design embossed on the Oreo cookie?
The name "Oreo" in the center, with a wreath around the edge
It was blank, actually
A scroll around the edge
People ate them too quickly to notice
What is the current Oreo cookie design?
I wasn't watching! I don't remember!
The word "Oreo" encircled by the Nabisco antenna; four leafed clovers, dashes and dots
Flowers surrounded by triangles
um, weren't there some sort of lines?
While not exactly healthy, Oreos are in fact:
Trans fat free
Dairy free, Vegan and Kosher
Gluten free
Salt, flour and egg free
From ingredient to package it takes this long to produce a single Oreo cookie:
4.5 seconds
59 minutes
17 minutes
1.2 hours
How many ridges are around the outside of an Oreo cookie?
12
90
55
101
