The contest is now closed. You can still take the survey to see how you fare, but there will be no prize. Click here to see the winners and view the correct answers.
If you are like me and not only have little kids but a sweet tooth, you probably are rampaging through the kids’ Halloween candy and taking a few for yourself. Ok I will admit it I did this more than a handful of times. I was recently reading an article that mentioned that 35 percent of parents buy and give out their favorite candies on Halloween. About 16 percent choose their kids’ favorites. Sounds like all of us are hoping that we have a bunch of candy bars leftover so we can help ourselves.
The question is how well do you know candy?
Time to take this quick quiz and find out. Yes there will be a prize for the winner. Any ideas what it will be? You guessed it: A surprise package filled with candy!
In the case of a tie this quiz will be timed with the person who gets the most answers correct in the shortest amount of time will be the winner of the candy quiz. This also is our way of hoping participants don’t research the questions on the web.
Click here to take the Candy Quiz.
I hope you enjoyed the candy quiz. Scores will be posted daily. The contest will be closed at noon (CST) on November 20th, 2008. The winner will be announced at 3:00PM (CST) on November 20th.
Jeff says:
Total Score: 6
Interview Length: 97
Comment
fun
Patricia says:
Total Score: 7
Interview Length: 210
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I definitely do not feel I know my candy after taking the quiz!
Rhonda Ellis says:
Total Score: 5
Interview Length: 172
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It was fun!! Please tell us the correct answers after the contest ends. Can’t wait to learn the ones I had to just guess at. You should do this more often too. It’s fun and we’ll all learn at least a couple of new interesting facts we didn’t know before.
Jennifer Stocks says:
Total Score: 5
Interview Length: 170
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There was only one question I knew for sure, the rest were guesses.
Pat Billups says:
Total Score: 7
Interview Length: 207
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I realized how little I knew about this subject and yet, I love candy! Especially, chocolate.
Rick Johnson says:
Total Score: 4
Interview Length: 122
Comment
Pretty cool!
Robert Harrell says:
Total Score: 3
Interview Length: 132
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fun
janet savoie says:
Total Score: 5
Interview Length: 172
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It was fun
Jessi Boyd says:
Total Score: 5
Interview Length: 118
Comment
Great quiz, can’t wait to find out the answers!
Rachel Campbell says:
Total Score: 4
Interview Length: 104
Comment
Cool
Kelly says:
Total Score: 5
Interview Length: 121
Comment
Made me hungry!
Lacey Growden says:
Total Score: 5
Interview Length: 164
Comment
FUN!
Bob T says:
Total Score: 6
Interview Length: 103
Comment
Made me want some chocolate…..
Merrill Dubrow says:
Good morning.
It seems like this will be a popular contest. Interesting that the 2 people who are tied for the lead with 7 are named Pat and Patricia – maybe it’s all in the name!
Merrill
Erin Jewell says:
Total Score: 7
Interview Length: 115
Comment
I think i need a candy course.
Carol Hyden says:
Total Score: 6
Interview Length: 123
Comment
It was fun!
Randy Wahl says:
Total Score: 9
Interview Length: 556
Comment
Kristy says:
Total Score: 5
Interview Length: 178
Comment
Fun!
Natalie says:
Total Score: 8
Interview Length: 157
Comment
I am not the candy expert I thought I was…
Sherri Neuwirth says:
Total Score: 5
Interview Length: 159
Comment
Fun.
Tom McGoldrick says:
Total Score: 7
Interview Length: 95
Comment
Good fun. Thanks Tom
Adam Jolley says:
Total Score: 6
Interview Length: 102
Comment
I’m walking over to the big, plastic Jack-O-Lantern full of candy now…
Laurie Bausk says:
Total Score: 3
Interview Length: 321
Comment
fun
Kim Woodward says:
Total Score: 8
Interview Length: 77
Comment
Fun…. although I guessed on every one except Bart Simpson…. “Nobody better lay a finger on my Butterfinger.”
Kristen says:
Total Score: 7
Interview Length: 79
Comment
Fun yummy quiz!
Magda says:
Total Score: 5
Interview Length: 92
Comment
This was fun!
Jamie Munro says:
Total Score: 5
Interview Length: 101
Comment
its fun survey
Diane Bullion says:
Total Score: 4
Interview Length: 95
Comment
Fun!
Jonathan Hook says:
Total Score: 10
Interview Length: 205
Comment
It’s Great!
Pat says:
Total Score: 4
Interview Length: 117
Comment
I found out I know nothing about candy
Karen says:
Total Score: 7
Interview Length: 105
Comment
Fun, can’t wait to see the answers.
NC says:
Total Score: 4
Interview Length: 89
Comment
Very cool. I really know very little about all the candy I’m constantly eating!
kath says:
Total Score: 4
Interview Length: 145
Comment
Fun!
karen matson says:
Total Score: 4
Interview Length: 150
Comment
Loved it! Let’s do another!
Lisa says:
Total Score: 5
Interview Length: 201
Comment
loved it! thanks, Merrill!
Nathan R says:
Total Score: 8
Interview Length: 165
Comment
Amy Shields says:
Total Score: 5
Interview Length: 121
Comment
That I will get a really bad score!
Meg says:
Total Score: 5
Interview Length: 168
Comment
very fun
Sheri Hayes says:
Total Score: 4
Interview Length: 107
Comment
Fun! Thanks for the quiz, it is always fun to learn bits of random info.!
marilyn says:
Total Score: 4
Interview Length: 138
Comment
Sweet
Nancy says:
Total Score: 6
Interview Length: 95
Comment
Fun but I don’t think I did very well
Andrew Bausk says:
Total Score: 6
Interview Length: 198
Comment
Fun
sharon gautschy says:
Total Score: 7
Interview Length: 187
Comment
Excellent
Lorri says:
Total Score: 4
Interview Length: 169
Comment
It was fun. Things I never thought about before and probably never would have….now I can’t wait to see the answers!
Sean J. Jordan says:
Total Score: 6
Interview Length: 107
Comment
Very fun and interesting!
steve gentile says:
Total Score: 4
Interview Length: 153
Comment
i’m certain i did as horribly as my dental visits as a child!
Steve Gentile says:
my result proves i’m less a stat/info guy and way more a qual/loves-yummy-candy-no-matter-what-the-heritage-is kinda guy!
To the Dentist!
Tim Antoniewicz says:
Total Score: 5
Interview Length: 105
Comment
Harder then I thought.
Paul Kirch says:
Total Score: 9
Interview Length: 358
Comment
Who doesn’t love candy? Great topic and lots of fun.
Jill says:
Total Score: 3
Interview Length: 91
Comment
so much fun!
Jeffrey Lorber says:
Total Score: 7
Interview Length: 142
Comment
The only questi0n I was sure about was the last one!
Jeffrey Lorber says:
I know I could have done better if only I could have called up 1000 candy consumers using an RDD sample and predictive dialer! Then a little regression analysis and I would have been +/- 5%!
betsy says:
Total Score: 5
Interview Length: 103
Comment
Twas fun
John Garvey says:
Total Score: 6
Interview Length: 106
Comment
Fun. Curious to see my score
Beverly Sobel-Redler says:
Total Score: 7
Interview Length: 100
Comment
yum.
Thonisha Barnes says:
Total Score: 7
Interview Length: 107
Comment
I liked the questions. They really made you think.
pb says:
Total Score: 4
Interview Length: 131
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i am interested in learning the answers. thanks!
kelly says:
Total Score: 6
Interview Length: 103
Comment
fun
JmMarty says:
Total Score: 5
Interview Length: 209
Comment
No candy expert here!
Karen Bills says:
Total Score: 6
Interview Length: 121
Comment
I probably don’t know too much about candy…
Anthony Tammaro says:
Total Score: 4
Interview Length: 119
Comment
As usual, lots of fun. Thanks
Sybil Stershic says:
Total Score: 5
Interview Length: 120
Comment
It was harder than I thought. But anytime you want to talk about penny candy trivia, just ask me and my siblings! (In our family, Nov. 1st is a major holiday; so is February 15th … and the day after any major candy holiday when the candy goes on sale!
Jami says:
Total Score: 8
Interview Length: 128
Comment
Fun
Jeff Drucker says:
Total Score: 3
Interview Length: 84
Comment
Awesome…
Bob Graham says:
Total Score: 6
Interview Length: 117
Comment
Fun
Douglas Lammer says:
Total Score: 5
Interview Length: 138
Comment
Fun
Lynn Stalone says:
Total Score: 3
Interview Length: 156
Comment
Good fun!
Jeremy Brandt says:
Total Score: 5
Interview Length: 99
Comment
Lots of fun, thanks!
Lynda Manning says:
Total Score: 4
Interview Length: 196
Comment
there’s an awful lot about candy that I don’t know
Naomi Walters says:
Total Score: 6
Interview Length: 194
Comment
Fun, realized how much I dont’ know! Thanks.
Merrill Shugoll says:
Total Score: 3
Interview Length: 180
Comment
It made me realize how little I know about candy. I guess I better learn since my older daughter will be working for Wrigley, which was just bought by Mars.
Kim Larson says:
Total Score: 10
Interview Length: 341
Comment
Thanks Merrill it was fun!
Fee Sepahi says:
Total Score: 7
Interview Length: 325
Comment
Funny!!! Thank you
Danielle Blugrind says:
Total Score: 5
Interview Length: 90
Comment
fun!
Jacki Spear says:
Total Score: 5
Interview Length: 227
Comment
it was fun
Steve S says:
Total Score: 6
Interview Length: 114
Comment
love surveys – keep them coming
Aaron Nichols says:
Total Score: 3
Interview Length: 161
Comment
If I have a high score should I be worried about health?
Gerri says:
Total Score: 5
Interview Length: 125
Comment
I thought it was great fun.
Lola Priest says:
Total Score: 3
Interview Length: 231
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I am finding out that I do not know that much about candy. I do not eat a lot of candy. But, my husband consumes a lot of candy, chocolate, etc. In fact he consumes it like he consumes Taco’s. If you know him, you would know what I was talking about.
Michael Mermelstein says:
Total Score: 4
Interview Length: 108
Comment
Fun – thanks!
Ruth Freedman says:
Total Score: 8
Interview Length: 1119
Comment
Thanks for the diversion. Lot’s of fun and I know way too much about candy:)
Merrill Dubrow says:
Kim & Jonathan,
Congrads on a perfect score! Lets see how many others can do the same.
Merrill
Bill Dunn says:
Total Score: 6
Interview Length: 99
Comment
Interesting…can’t wait for the results!
Allen Hellman says:
Total Score: 5
Interview Length: 126
Comment
It made me think, which hurts
Brad says:
Total Score: 4
Interview Length: 123
Comment
I’m getting hungry!
Alan says:
Total Score: 7
Interview Length: 111
Comment
fun
Elizabeth says:
Total Score: 6
Interview Length: 133
Comment
fun
Brad says:
Total Score: 4
Interview Length: 112
Comment
Interesting…
Harry Heller says:
Total Score: 5
Interview Length: 142
Comment
It was hard. I had to guess a lot.
Steve Larson says:
Total Score: 5
Interview Length: 150
Comment
A couple of hard questions.
Carla Penel says:
Total Score: 4
Interview Length: 114
Comment
I didn’t realize how much I didn’t know about candy.
JudyLeerer says:
Total Score: 4
Interview Length: 134
Comment
Now I want some candy!
Connie Ruben says:
Total Score: 6
Interview Length: 409
Comment
it was fun and we need more fun in our crazy lives
sheryl cronin says:
Total Score: 4
Interview Length: 207
Comment
I thought it was interesting
Randy Carson says:
Total Score: 5
Interview Length: 159
Comment
Lot of guesses!
Kevin Robertson says:
Total Score: 7
Interview Length: 120
Comment
Cool
Sean Case says:
Total Score: 3
Interview Length: 131
Comment
I am craving chocolate now, thank you for ruining my diet
Stephenie Gordon says:
Total Score: 6
Interview Length: 81
Comment
i don’t know anything about candy!!!!
Tom Champion says:
Total Score: 6
Interview Length: 119
Comment
Made me think of the big boxes of “movie” candy from my youth. Nothing like Milk duds and a double feature!
Matt Gershner says:
Total Score: 6
Interview Length: 94
Comment
I think Merrill has too much time on his hands.
Krista Joyce says:
Total Score: 6
Interview Length: 150
Comment
yummy…hmmm candy!
kenyon woods says:
Total Score: 5
Interview Length: 170
Comment
Sweet
Baillie Buchanan says:
Total Score: 5
Interview Length: 105
Comment
so fun, but now I’m craving candy!
Danielle Ward says:
Total Score: 5
Interview Length: 98
Comment
fun
Abbie Quintanilla says:
Total Score: 4
Interview Length: 256
Comment
Fun!
Emily C says:
Total Score: 3
Interview Length: 133
Comment
Loved it!
Will Morris says:
Total Score: 6
Interview Length: 129
Comment
It just proves, there are some things I know a lot about, and some things I don’t. It was fun.
Frank Mezler says:
Total Score: 5
Interview Length: 101
Comment
I dont think I know my candy that well….
Sharon Callahan says:
Total Score: 4
Interview Length: 86
Comment
Made me think that I don’t know a lot about candy!
Sarah Kotva says:
Total Score: 4
Interview Length: 89
Comment
I love survey’s!
mark sutin says:
Total Score: 5
Interview Length: 220
Comment
sneaky questions
Bryan Schilling says:
Total Score: 5
Interview Length: 119
Comment
I’m need some candy now
sweet tooth momma says:
Total Score: 6
Interview Length: 122
Comment
cool
Stacey Zontini says:
Total Score: 5
Interview Length: 100
Comment
You don’t really need to know all these facts to love candy!
Heather Bosley says:
Total Score: 5
Interview Length: 91
Comment
It was fun!
Jane says:
Total Score: 4
Interview Length: 124
Comment
I am often embarassed by how much I like ‘junk’ candy until I realize that plenty of other adults have their personal favorites tied to happy childhood memories. Mine is Black Licorice Scottie Dogs.
Carl Iseman says:
Total Score: 6
Interview Length: 187
Comment
It was fun
Janet Baldi says:
Total Score: 8
Interview Length: 177
Comment
It was fun!
Terry Salat says:
Total Score: 4
Interview Length: 202
Comment
none
Bernadette says:
Total Score: 3
Interview Length: 151
Comment
We all have too much time on our hands!
Chris Hauck says:
Total Score: 6
Interview Length: 141
Comment
I’m pretty sure that I failed. I don’t know a lot about conventional candy. I’ve been pretty cautious about buying free trade candy as cocoa growers are notorious for using child labor and for other shameful labor practices. but to add to it, most major candy makers don’t seem to care about it at all.
Diana says:
Total Score: 6
Interview Length: 175
Comment
I realized I know little about candy!
Nancy Domenichelli says:
Total Score: 5
Interview Length: 151
Comment
Fun!
Karen says:
Total Score: 6
Interview Length: 113
Comment
No what I expected – can’t wait to see the answers
Michael Halberstam says:
Total Score: 6
Interview Length: 147
Comment
There was no mention of my new favorite. Bacon covered in dark chocolate!
maureen ploss says:
Total Score: 5
Interview Length: 215
Comment
Fun survey. Guessed on most questions. Looking forward to seeing how I did.
Vic Walsh says:
Total Score: 6
Interview Length: 116
Comment
A fun diversion. Glad it was short!
Donna Kantak says:
Total Score: 3
Interview Length: 128
Comment
That was fun! I now know how little I know about candy!
Ruthann Chesnoff says:
Total Score: 6
Interview Length: 194
Comment
Felt stupid! Had to guess at most of those questions
Chris DeAngelis says:
Total Score: 7
Interview Length: 121
Comment
Looking forward to finding out the facts behind the naming of the Babe Ruth bar!
Steve Runfeldt says:
Total Score: 6
Interview Length: 133
Comment
Sweet
Ginger Blazier says:
Total Score: 7
Interview Length: 219
Comment
I think it was fun! Should do more trivia type surveys. Thaks for putting this together.
Ginger says:
Total Score: 5
Interview Length: 161
Comment
there’s more to candy than I thought!
Kelly Heatly says:
Total Score: 5
Interview Length: 155
Comment
It was harder than I thought it would be, and I’ve got a bad sweet tooth!
Khary Campbell says:
Total Score: 6
Interview Length: 491
Comment
I think it was a fun break fro the typical online surveys I deal with everyday (Biotech and Pharma, much more depressing than candy!!)
Barry Packer says:
Total Score: 4
Interview Length: 137
Comment
As someone who has jars of candy on my desk at work for college students to partake in, I couldn’t not answer. I just tell my students that I remember that what I keep in the jar—root beer barrels, fire balls, b-b-bats, etc. actually used to be “penny” candy.
GhT says:
Total Score: 6
Interview Length: 218
Comment
It was OK
Louis Ygartua says:
Total Score: 6
Interview Length: 146
Comment
Difficult!
Nancy says:
Total Score: 5
Interview Length: 111
Comment
jenna delonge says:
Total Score: 5
Interview Length: 123
Comment
so much fun
Tom Hjelm says:
Total Score: 9
Interview Length: 287
Comment
Curiousity.
Theresa Milam says:
Total Score: 5
Interview Length: 126
Comment
Cute, these surveys always add a bit of fun to my day
Ed Case says:
Total Score: 5
Interview Length: 293
Comment
Fun and challanging……
Mary Carol says:
Total Score: 5
Interview Length: 125
Comment
This was a surprisingly tough one!
Adam says:
Total Score: 6
Interview Length: 135
Comment
Boy, I’m starving for some milk chocolate right now. Thanks for the 5 extra pounds.
Lori Young says:
Total Score: 6
Interview Length: 129
Comment
Fun!
Paul Valdez says:
Total Score: 8
Interview Length: 90
Comment
It was ’sweet!’
Steve Kennedy says:
Total Score: 6
Interview Length: 444
Comment
I learned that I don’t know alot about candy
Bonnie says:
Total Score: 5
Interview Length: 147
Comment
Fun survey – Thanks!
Uncle J says:
Total Score: 7
Interview Length: 162
Comment
always fun
gulledge says:
Total Score: 3
Interview Length: 136
Comment
I thought it was a wonderful way to spend a couple minutes of relaxing thought.
Kim Larson says:
Why could I have not done that well on the stock contest! Trivial Pursuit is brutal at my house.
Thanks Merrill!
Merrill Dubrow says:
Congratulations top Kim and Jonathan for posting a perfect score!
Way to go!
For winning 5 pounds of candy will be delivered to you for the holidays.
Merrill
Jake says:
Total Score: 4
Interview Length: 111
Comment
ccc
kelly harrod-lui says:
Total Score: 4
Interview Length: 76
Comment
rrr
Beth says:
Total Score: 5
Interview Length: 134
Comment
Cute. Fun.
Kenitha says:
Total Score: 4
Interview Length: 126
Comment
na
taylor says:
Total Score: 6
Interview Length: 280
Comment
funny quiz
taylor says:
Total Score: 6
Interview Length: 280
Comment
funny quiz
Kathy Rothfusz says:
Total Score: 4
Interview Length: 82
Comment
I gained 4 pounds just taking it.
mary says:
Total Score: 4
Interview Length: 146
Comment
too sweet.
Janice Walsh says:
Total Score: 6
Interview Length: 149
Comment
fun – didnt know many
Keri says:
Total Score: 4
Interview Length: 110
Comment
fun -guessed alot