Thank you for taking the Truffle Trivia! As a true chocolate lover, you must be curious to know the correct answers. Which question did you find the most challenging?
Question #1- Approximately how far would 1 million LINDOR truffles stretch if you placed them end to end?
Answer A – 12 Miles
Answer B – 25 Miles
Answer C – 47 Miles
Answer D – 59 Miles
Answer E – 100 Miles
Answer F – To the moon and back
Correct Answer: 47 Miles. LINDOR truffle is about 3 inches long. Therefore, a million truffles would stretch 3,000,000 inches far. As there are 63,360 inches in a mile, 1 million truffles would stretch approximately 3,000,000/63,360 = 47 miles far.
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Question #2 –Approximately how many LINDOR truffles are made every day at the Lindt USA factory?
Answer A – 100 carefully handcrafted truffles
Answer B – ¼ million
Answer C – ½ of a million
Answer D – ¾ of a million
Answer E – 1 million
Answer F – Over 5 million
Correct Answer: Over 5 million. Approximately 5.1 Million LINDOR truffles are produced each day at the Lindt Factory in Stratham, NH. During peak demand, daily production reaches 8.4 million truffles!
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Question #3 – Where does the word “truffle” derive from?
Answer A – Derived from the French tout autour, meaning “all round”
Answer B – Derives from the Latin word tuber, meaning “accumulation” or “ball”
Answer C – Derived from the French tranche, meaning “slice” or “block”
Answer D – Derives from the Latin word tragematum, meaning “sweet”
Answer E – Derives from the French truffe meaning “nose”
Answer F – Derives from the Latin ineluctabiliter laevibus, meaning “irresistibly smooth”
Correct Answer: Derives from the Latin word tuber, meaning “accumulation“ or “ball”.
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Question #4 – During what decade were LINDOR truffles introduced to the world?
Answer A – 1950’s – The poodle skirt years
Answer B – 1960’s – The Beatles years
Answer C – 1970’s – The bell-bottom years
Answer D – 1980’s – The big hair years
Answer E – 1990’s – The www years
Answer F – 2610’s BC – The pyramid years
Correct Answer: LINDOR truffles were first introduced during the 1950s decade. Curious to learn more about LINDOR history? We invite you to visit Lindt corporate website for more information on our irresistibly smooth truffles.
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Question #5– How many years would a supply of one million LINDOR truffles last if you ate one a day?
Answer A – Until the end of 2013
Answer B – 57 years
Answer C – 289 years
Answer D – 1568 years
Answer E – 2738 years
Answer F – 5276 years
Correct Answer: 2738 years. If you ate one truffle a day, you would have enough truffles for a million days. Given that every 4th year is a leap year: 1,000,000/365.25 = 2738 years (approximately).
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