Retro Breakfast Cereals

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Instructions: Classic cereal mascots, brands, and prizes

1.
What cereal featured Tony the Tiger as its mascot with the catchphrase 'They're Gr-r-reat!'?
A
Sugar Smacks
B
Corn Flakes
C
Frosted Flakes
D
Wheaties
2.
Which cereal mascot was a cartoon toucan named Sam?
A
Cocoa Puffs
B
Froot Loops
C
Fruit Loops
D
Trix
3.
What cereal's advertising slogan was 'Silly rabbit, Trix are for kids!'?
A
Cookie Crisp
B
Lucky Charms
C
Cocoa Puffs
D
Trix
4.
Which cereal box famously featured photos of champion athletes on the front, calling them 'The Breakfast of Champions'?
A
Wheaties
B
Total
C
Grape-Nuts
D
Cheerios
5.
What were the three mascots for Rice Krispies called?
A
Chip, Dale, and Rustle
B
Click, Clack, and Crack
C
Tip, Tap, and Top
D
Snap, Crackle, and Pop
6.
Which cereal featured a leprechaun mascot named Lucky who guarded his 'magically delicious' marshmallow shapes?
A
Froot Loops
B
Lucky Charms
C
Cap'n Crunch
D
Trix
7.
What was the name of the cartoon bird mascot who was 'cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs'?
A
Woodstock
B
Buzz the Bee
C
Toucan Sam
D
Sonny the Cuckoo Bird
8.
What naval officer character served as the mascot for Cap'n Crunch cereal?
A
Admiral Crunch
B
Skipper Crunch
C
Captain Horatio Magellan Crunch
D
Commander Crunch
9.
What type of prize was commonly found inside cereal boxes during the 1950s and 1960s?
A
Clothing items
B
Cash vouchers
C
Board games
D
Small plastic toys or decoder rings
10.
Which cereal brand introduced a contest that let kids send in box tops for prizes?
A
Many cereal brands offered box-top promotions
B
Post cereals only
C
Kellogg's only
D
General Mills only
11.
What Quaker Oats cereal featured a cartoon prospector character and was known for its sweet corn flavor?
A
King Vitaman
B
Quake
C
Cap'n Crunch
D
Quisp
12.
What General Mills cereal, introduced in 1971, was shaped like small ghosts, bats, and other spooky shapes?
A
Franken Berry
B
Boo Berry
C
All three were introduced around this time
D
Count Chocula
13.
What hot breakfast cereal, made from oats, has been sold in a cylindrical container with a Quaker man on it since 1877?
A
Quaker Oats
B
Maypo
C
Malt-O-Meal
D
Cream of Wheat
14.
Which Post cereal, introduced in 1897, was marketed with the claim that the name came from the creator's belief in 'grape sugar'?
A
Grape-Nuts
B
Raisin Bran
C
Alpha-Bits
D
Honeycomb
15.
What breakfast cereal mascot was a friendly bee named Buzz?
A
Honey Nut Cheerios
B
Honey Smacks
C
Honeycomb
D
Golden Grahams

Answer Key

Question 1

C. Frosted Flakes

Question 2

B. Froot Loops

Question 3

D. Trix

Question 4

A. Wheaties

Question 5

D. Snap, Crackle, and Pop

Question 6

B. Lucky Charms

Question 7

D. Sonny the Cuckoo Bird

Question 8

C. Captain Horatio Magellan Crunch

Question 9

D. Small plastic toys or decoder rings

Question 10

A. Many cereal brands offered box-top promotions

Question 11

D. Quisp

Question 12

C. All three were introduced around this time

Question 13

A. Quaker Oats

Question 14

A. Grape-Nuts

Question 15

A. Honey Nut Cheerios

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