A.M. Stir: POP QUIZ
The Times-Union (Jacksonville), June 25, 2006
by Jennifer Fish DeCamp
Snapple’s back!
Well, not really.
The bottled beverage, which hit its sales peak in the mid-’90s, is trying to break back into the drink market in a slightly unconventional way – by releasing a book. The drink, best-known for it’s “Fun Facts” underneath every cap, has created its own version of the SAT that doesn’t require a No. 2 pencil.
The SAT, or The Snapple Aptitude Test (Stonesong Press, $9.95) by Sandy Wood and Kara Kovalchik, has 10 quizzes and 1,000 questions to check your basic intelligence based on facts found on Snapple products.
Let’s see how you do.
1. Which of the following was not a founding member of the European Union?
a. United Kingdom
b. Portugal
c. Spain
d. all of the above
2. Only two male actors in the 1990s won a pair of acting Oscars. One was Tom Hanks; name the other.
3. True or false: Despite its name, salmonella may be found in most types of meat, but not in seafood.
4. Which romance writer uses the pseudonym J.D. Robb when writing mysteries?
a. Nora Roberts
b. Danielle Steel
c. LaVyrle Spencer
d. Fern Michaels
5. The hit TV series Frasier and the successful film My Dog Skip coerced many to run out and purchase what breed of dog?
Answers to the Snapple Pop Quiz: 1-d, 2-Kevin Spacey, 3-False, 4-a, 5-Jack Russell terrier