Classic Coffee Breaks Trivia Quiz

Classic Coffee Breaks: Brands, Percolators, and Office Pots
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Classic Coffee Breaks: Brands, Percolators, and Office Pots
Kitchen brewers, instant crystals, diner refills, office pots, and coffee ads from the break-room era.
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This Classic Coffee Breaks trivia quiz follows everyday coffee culture from the kitchen counter to the office pot. Expect clues about TV neighbors, orange-handled restaurant pots, bubbling brewers, instant crystals, and diner refills.
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What This Quiz Covers

The questions cover TV coffee neighbors, long-running ad slogans, orange restaurant pot handles, bubbling kitchen brewers, early drip machines, instant crystals, diner refills, office pots, and a New York grocery-store origin.

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  1. Which workplace appliance became a social gathering point long before single-serve pods appeared?
  2. Which decaffeinated brand was strongly associated with orange packaging and restaurant pot handles?
  3. Which brand promoted its crystals as a quick cup from a jar with the phrase “Taster’s Choice”?
  4. Which brand’s commercials emphasized “mountain grown” coffee in a red can?
  5. Which baseball star appeared in ads for an automatic drip machine that became a kitchen fixture?
  6. Which home machine brand, launched in the early 1970s, helped drip coffee replace many kitchen percolators?
  7. Which brand used Mrs. Olson in TV commercials about a better-tasting cup from the kitchen?
  8. Which brand was long tied to the slogan “Good to the Last Drop”?
  9. Which coffee seller took its name from an old New York grocery store at 63rd Street and Broadway?
  10. Which electric brewing device made the bubbling sound many kitchens associated with morning coffee?
  11. Which brand used “Fill it to the rim” in ads built around a cup filled close to the top?
  12. Which restaurant habit was often signaled by a server circling the dining room with a glass pot?
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