The Post Quiz: Junk Food History

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Life's simple pleasures. Where do they come from? Some marketing genius, no doubt.

The Post Quiz: Junk Food History

Some workers in a crisp factory.

As Douglas Adams wrote, ' The secret of healthy hitch-hiking is to eat junk food.'

Where and when were these hitchhiker delectables introduced?

Short answers.

  1. Popcorn
  2. Ice cream
  3. Cake
  4. Bangers
  5. Coney Island hot dogs
  6. Cracker Jack
  7. Jelly babies
  8. Jammie Dodgers
  9. Pork scratchings
  10. Potato crisps

Sound simple? It isn't. Click the picture below to reveal the sometimes startling answers about the food you know and love.

Actor Tom Baker as the fourth 'Doctor Who'. Graphic by Jimster.
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