Later Life
Hershey’s cocoa butter toilet soap was a success.
True or False?
False!
For a long time how much was a Hershey's chocolate bar? Even in the Great Depression?
A. 5 Cents B. 15 cents C. 25 cents
5 cents
What did He need to make the chocolate?
What is Milk?
Who did Milton Hershey marry?
Bonus 100 how much older was he than her?
Katherine Sweeney AKA Kitty. He was 15 years older than her!
Who was Milton Hershey is a ....
A. Fairy Tale
B. Legend or Fable Story
C. Biography
C. Biography
Milton wanted to keep all his money to himself.
True or False?
False. He wanted to help others in need.
How did the Hershey Kiss get it's name?
Extra 100 if you can get it.what was it called before?
The machine made a smacking sound which Milton heard and thought it sounded like a kiss.
Why didn’t Milton and Kitty have any children?
a. Children would interfere with their business.
b. Kitty’s illness prevented her from having children. c. They did not want to have children
B. Kitty's Illness prevented them from having children.
“The chocolate business is a fad. But caramel is something we will always have.” -Milton Hershey
True or false?
False “The caramel business is a fad. But chocolate is something we will always have.”
Why did Milton Hershey stop going to school when he was 12?
Extra 50 points Did he like school?
He had to go to work. He never really liked school
Why didn’t Milton use the tickets he purchased to go on the Titanic?
a) He had a business meeting.
b) He heard Kitty was sick.
c) He knew the Titanic was going to sink.
A. He had a business meeting.
Where did Milton get the idea to make the Chocolate?
What is The Columbian Exposition in Chicago?
in Milton's town the homes had running toilets when many homes didn't have them yet.
True or False?
True!
For how much money did Milton sell his caramel company? a. $1 million b. $2 million c. $5 million
A. 1 million. Worth a whole lot more today!
Milton Hershey did well at his very first job at a printing press. True of false?
False! He was fired. He dropped a hat into a machine and broke it.
Milton Hershey's town was not successful.
True or False?
False! It became bigger than anyone else ever imagined.
How did Hershey help with World War I and World War II?
a) He lent his chocolate making machines.
b) He donated uniforms and medicine.
c) He provided chocolate bars for the soldiers.
C. He provided Chocolate bars for the Soldiers.
What are 3 things that made Milton Hershey's town a nice place to live?
Accept any 3. Possible others.
It smelled like Chocolate.
There was schools, stores, and Churches
What were 2 things Milton saw at the Chicago World's fair that interested him the most?
A temple made out of chocolate
A chocolate factory.
What were 2 reasons Milton didn't have an easy life growing up?
Accept any.
His baby sister died before she was 5.
His parents split up.
He didn't have a lot of money.
He lost the money he saved and buried.
He had to quit school before age 12.
After the chocolate and candy factories became successful, what did he focus on>
A. He focused only on the chocolate factory.
What is the first step in making Chocolate the Hershey way?
A. A machine rolls the beans to take off the outer shell.
B. The beans are ground into a liquid called cocoa liquor. The liquid was mixed with sugar, vanilla, milk and additional flavors
C. The cacao beans are picked, cleaned, dried, and then roasted
C. The cacao beans are picked, cleaned, dried, and then roasted
What did they almost name Hershey, Pennsylvania?
If stuck can you remember why they didn't end up staying with the name?
Hersheykoko. The post office said that sounded like a product not a town.
Chocolate comes from a Chicken? True or False
False. It starts with milk from a cow.
What were Milton's first 3 jobs?
Extra 100 if you can tell me what happened to at least 2 of those jobs and why he was not working there anymore.
1. Printing Press
2. Ice Cream shop assistant
3. Caramel Store Owner