HERSHEY vs. NESTLE
MYTHOLOGY
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Nestle began making this in 1904; they claim to make the very best of it

chocolate

100

In Incan myth, it was this South American camel relative that warned man about the impending flood

the llama

100

The 2 months that fit the category

March & April

100

Give it a month & the may beetle becomes known by this 7-letter name

a junebug

100

Since its 1992 introduction, this cool brand of sneakers with big thick soles has been "drawing" business

Skechers

100

Slang term for an American infantryman of WWI

doughboy

200

In 1939 Nestle introduced an instant form of this non-milk product

coffee

200

Go to Ellen in the name books & you'll find it's a form of this name from Greek myth

Helen

200

A kind of cereal grain, triticale is produced by crossing rye & this

wheat

200

Because of their long snouts, these cotton destroyers are sometimes called snout beetles

boll weevils

200

Also known as painter pants, these multi-pocketed pants are named for another profession

carpenter pants

200

This blackberry-like fruit is named for the botanist who bred it

boysenberry

300

This peanut butter cup is one of Hershey's bestselling products

Reese's

300

In Roman myth, this powerful tot killed 2 serpents in his cradle

Hercules

300

As a noun, it's a steep-walled canyon; as a verb, it means to stuff yourself with food

gorge

300

A giant species of this "hundred-legged" insect grows to 12 inches in length & eats lizards

a centipede

300

The formless chemise dubbed this by Balenciaga & Givenchy was popular in 1957

the sack dress

300

This word meaning conspicuously dashing & showy comes from the French for "flame"

flamboyant

400

Now a Hershey's product, Mounds was introduced in 1920; this nutty counterpart didn't appear until 1946

Almond Joy

400

According to Greek mythology, this horn of plenty is the horn of the goat Amalthea

the cornucopia

400

An organism's ecological role in the community, or a recess in the wall for a statue

niche

400

Although there are about 2,000 species of these "white ants", only 2 live in Europe

termites

400

In the late '60s, this long cover-up with a Turkish name became popular not only for women but for men too

a caftan

400

On a film set, this title is for the first assistant to the head electrician

a best boy

500

In 1938 Nestle introduced its Crunch bar & Hershey introduced this rival

Krackel

500

Island on which Theseus slew the Minotaur

Crete

500

It can be an object from the past or a personal item associated with a saint

a relic

500

A gnat's compound eye has multiple lenses called these, like the surfaces of a cut gem

facets

500

These shoes that sometimes have a 3" cork sole sound like they were made to be worn waiting for a train

platform shoes

500

The audience booed & threw potatoes at the stage when this Synge play was performed in NYC in 1911

The Playboy of the Western World

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