Speaking of Chocolate

Warning: While chocolate quizzes are calorie-free they might cause you to suddenly crave chocolate. If you’re on a diet, be careful not to let your mind wonder too far from the questions and answers. If that happens you may start having visions of creamy milk chocolate candy bars, mouth-watering chocolate truffles and smooth, melt-in-your-mouth chocolate ice cream.

Chocolate Trivia Question #1:
What does dark chocolate contain that some medical studies suggest may be a benefit to your health?

Chocolate Trivia Question #2:
Which country can claim to be the world’s largest chocolate manufacturer?

Chocolate Trivia Question #3:
At what temperature does chocolate melt?

Chocolate Trivia Question #4:
Why don’t all types of chocolate contain flavonoids?

Chocolate Trivia Question #5:
Q: What movie will we forever associate with chocolate?

ANSWERS TO CHOCOLATE TRIVIA QUIZ QUESTIONS ABOVE:

Chocolate Trivia Answer #1:
Dark chocolates contain flavonoids, which are naturally occurring compounds. Flavonoids contain antioxidants (That’s good!).

Chocolate Trivia Answer #2:
The United States is the world’s largest chocolate manufacturing industry.

Chocolate Trivia Answer #3:
Chocolate melts at about 97 degrees Fahrenheit (which appropriately, or fortunately for us, is about our normal body temperature–or the temperature of your tongue).

Chocolate Trivia Answer #4:
Some might. However, during the various processes of making chocolate the flavonoids inadvertently get destroyed. This happens even with dark chocolate–though dark chocolate retains more flavonoids than for instance milk chocolate.

Chocolate Trivia Answer #5:
Satire, fantasy and chocolate can be viewed forever in the classic movie entitled Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971). This movie is based on the book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (1964).

Want to be a whiz about chocolate? Already a chocolate trivia king or queen? Take this chocolate trivia quiz to find out:

Chocolate Trivia Question #1:
During what year was chocolate first manufactured in the United States?

Chocolate Trivia Question #2:
What happened in 1828 that helped make chocolate more affordable for all citizens?

Chocolate Trivia Question #3:
What are the three types of chocolate?

Chocolate Trivia Question #4:
Where does cocoa butter come from?

Chocolate Trivia Question #5:
Is chocolate a larger source of nutrients or energy?

ANSWERS TO CHOCOLATE TRIVIA QUIZ QUESTIONS ABOVE:

Chocolate Trivia Answer #1:
During 1765 chocolate was manufactured at Milton Lower Mills in Massachusetts (This chocolate factory closed and moved since then and the space now houses apartments or condominiums.)

Chocolate Trivia Answer #2:
Chocolate became more affordable to the masses when C. J. Van Houten invented the cocoa press.

Chocolate Trivia Answer #3:
The three types of chocolate are dark chocolate, white chocolate and milk chocolate.

Chocolate Trivia Answer #4:
Cocoa butter is the natural fat of the cocoa bean.

Chocolate Trivia Answer #5:
Chocolate gives you more energy than nutrients (not that science doesn’t suggest chocolate is without health benefits).