Chocolate History: Cacao to Candy Quiz

Ten questions about Indigenous cacao traditions, chocolate-making tools, early mills and modern candy.

Choose one answer per question. There’s no timer. You can skip a question; unanswered questions count as incorrect.

QUESTION 01What is the scientific name of the cacao tree?

Theobroma cacaoCamellia sinensisCoffea arabicaVanilla planifolia

QUESTION 02In which region were cacao foods valued long before European colonization?

Northern ScandinaviaCentral and South AmericaEastern SiberiaThe Arabian Peninsula

QUESTION 03Which stone tool in Smithsonian collections was used to grind foods including cacao?

A printing pressA loomA metateA telescope

QUESTION 04What was the purpose of a molinillo in chocolate preparation?

Harvesting cacao podsWeighing sugar sacksWrapping candy barsStirring and frothing chocolate drinks

QUESTION 05Which of these cities was an important early North American chocolate-trade port?

BostonDenverPhoenixSalt Lake City

QUESTION 06Which two men are linked to a 1764 chocolate mill near Boston?

Milton Hershey and Henry FordJames Baker and John HannonJohn Smith and Thomas EdisonGeorge Washington and Thomas Jefferson

QUESTION 07Which British company made a molded eating chocolate bar in 1847?

Cadbury USA in 2000The East India Company in 1600J. S. Fry & SonsWalter Baker & Co. in 1900

QUESTION 08Which technological shift helped chocolate become more affordable to many consumers?

Returning to hand grinding onlyBanning trade at seaportsReplacing cocoa with tea leavesMechanized production

QUESTION 09Which successful American confectioner shifted focus from caramel toward chocolate around 1900?

Milton HersheyJohn HannonJames NaismithThomas Jefferson

QUESTION 10Cacao beans were historically used as currency in some communities associated with which peoples?

Viking kingdomsMaya and Aztec societiesMedieval Japanese shogunatesInuit whaling crews

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