Sweet Poppin' Corn
Kernels In Your Teeth
Let's Kettle This Like Gentlemen (Name that Popcorn Type)
Pop Culture
The Movie Theatre Staple
100
This version of the delicious popped treat arrived on shelves in 1945.
What is Microwavable Popcorn?
100
Popcorn is low in ________ and ___, making it a healthier snack alternative (before all the butter and add-ons!)
What are calories and fat?
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100
Name this type of popcorn!
(Hint: Color is a factor here.)
What is White Popcorn?
100
Only this small percentage of corn planted in the United States is sweet corn.
What is 1%?
100
The world record for the tallest corn stalk is more than __ feet.
Hint: Between 1-50 ft.
What is 48 feet?
200
This temperature (in Fahrenheit) is ideal for popping corn kernels.
(Hint: In the Hundreds)
What is 400 degrees Fahrenheit?
200
This country ate over 68 quarts of popcorn per person last year.
What is the United States of America?
200
Name this type of popcorn!
Hint: (Color is a factor here!)
What is Yellow Popcorn?
200
Each corn plant produces between _ to _ cobs each.
What is 1-3?
200
This type of business once banned snacks, including popcorn, to protect their then ornate floors in the 1920's!
What are Movie Theatres?
300
Popcorn does NOT contain this, which makes it the ideal snack for those with dietary restrictions or sensitivities.
What is Gluten?
300
The oldest ears of popping corn were discovered in a cave of this mammal in New Mexico; they are over 5,500 years old.
What is a Bat?
300
Name this type of popcorn!
What is Caramel Corn?
300
Corn is grown on every continent with the exception of _________.
What is Antarctica?
300
With snacks being key to a movie theater’s profits, it’s no wonder the mark-up can produce some sticker shock. An $8 popcorn might cost just this much in materials.
Hint: Less than a Dollar!
What is 90 cents?
400
Leaving popcorn in the refrigerator is a no-no, as it removes ________ from the kernels, rendering them unpoppable.
What is moisture?
400
If you want to get a full serving of this essential building block of the body by just eating popcorn, you’d have to consume three cups of the stuff!
What is Protein?
400
Name this type of Popcorn!
Hint: It's named for what its made in!
What is Kettle Corn?
400
A bushel of corn can sweeten 400 cans of ____.
What is Soda Pop?
400
Most movie theaters earn more profit from popcorn sales than this.
What are ticket sales?
500
Move over, Superman! Popcorn kernels can pop up to this many feet in the air in a single bound!
Hint: Between 1 and 10 ft. Happy Guessing!
What is 3 feet?
500
Most popcorn comes in two basic shapes when it's popped: One is named after precipitation, and one a vegetable!
What are Snowflake and Mushroom?
500
Name this type of popcorn!
Hint: This ain't easy!
What is Cheese Popcorn?
500
Usually corn is yellow, but it can also come in colors such as these three colors.
What is Red, Green, White?
500
This popcorn additive is actually usually a topping made with soybean oil, beta carotene, tertiary Butylhydroquinone for shelf stability, and polydimethylsiloxane to prevent foaming. It is NOT actually what we call it!
What is Butter?
