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Pop Quiz: All About Chocolate

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1.   Where do cacoa trees grow?
    In tropical rainforests
    In arid deserts
    In deciduous forests

2.   Where did cacoa trees originate?
    The Americas
    Australia
    Hershey, PA

3.   The Maya and Aztecs of Mesoamerica did what with cacoa?
    Used to to clean themselves with
    Drank it
    Fed it to their animals

4.   Who first took cacoa beans from the Americas to Europe?
    The French
    The English
    The Spanish

5.   How many cocao beans does it take to make 1 bar of chocalate?
    4-7
    15-20
    30-50

6.   Eat an average-sized dark chocolate bar, and you've just ingested as much caffeine as:
    About a quarter cup of coffee
    One cup of coffee
    There is no caffeine in dark chocolate

7.   In a survey by Dr. Debra Waterhouse in 1995, what percentage of women reported that they would choose chocolate over sex?
    23 percent
    57 percent
    100 percent

8.   How much money each year do Americans spend on chocolate?
    $1 billion dollars
    $5 billion dollars
    $18 billion dollars

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