Friday Trivia #20

djberg96 on 2002-10-18T14:51:02

It's Friday Trivia Time! It's been a while, but it's back. Some day I'll have to write down all the questions I've asked so that I don't duplicate one.

Here's some TV commercial trivia for 25 Trivia Points:

According to Mr. Owl, just how many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie-Roll Tootsie-Pop? No Google.

5 point speed bonus question - According to an unscientific study done by Tootsie using their own volunteers, what was the average number of licks it took a person to get to the center? Google permitted.

Good luck!

UPDATE: ajtaylor wins the 25 Trivia Point question. The 5 point bonus is being awarded to both ajtaylor and vsergu (because there's more than one correct answer).

On an unrelated note, do you think Purdue patented their "licking machine"? ;)


that's easy

ajtaylor on 2002-10-18T15:54:23

"One...two...thrrrreeeee. *chomp* Three." I can hear the commercial in my head even after all these years. :-)

Re:that's easy

vsergu on 2002-10-18T15:58:02

An answer to the bonus question is 144 to 411 (warning: page refers to "licking machines").

Re:that's easy

ajtaylor on 2002-10-18T15:58:49

Darn it! I was just getting ready to submit this page!

Re:that's easy

djberg96 on 2002-10-18T18:05:33

I just realized that I had only read the top of the page and was only looking at the Purdue "study". Therefore, I'm going to give both you and ajtaylor the bonus points.

Re:that's easy

djberg96 on 2002-10-18T18:02:33

Congrats! You get the points.

bonus question

ajtaylor on 2002-10-18T15:57:09

According to http://www.itsscience.com/tootsiepop/conc.htm (not the commissioned study mentioned in the question) the answer is 280.5.

Re:bonus question

djberg96 on 2002-10-18T18:03:19

That's slightly more than the "official" study done by Tootsie. Sorry.