Doritos Trivia Quiz Questions With Answers
What are Doritos?
A: Doritos is a brand of seasoned tortilla chips.
They have been produced since 1964 by what company?
A: The American
food company Frito-Lay.
Where was the original product made?
A: At the Casa de Fritos at
Disneyland in Anaheim,
California.
"Doritos" were released nationwide in what year?
A: 1966, the first tortilla chip to be launched nationally in the United States.
Where did the name come from?
A: The Mexican Spanish doradito, meaning "turned golden or crisp.
In a television special on the National Geographic Channel
it was said that Doritos is product worth how much?
A: $4 billion a year.
This made it the number one seller in what?
A: Corn based chips.
It’s the second leading seller behind what product?
A: Lay's Potato Chip, another Frito Lay product.
According to Information Resources International, how much
money did Doritos earn in retails sales in
1993?
A: $1.3 billion.
In 1994 the company spent $50 million to redesign Doritos
to make the chips what?
A: 20% larger, 15% thinner, and round the edges of the chip.
According to Roger J. Berdusco, the vice president of
tortilla chip marketing, a primary reason for the change was what?
A: Greater competition from restaurant-style tortilla chips, that are larger and
more strongly seasoned.
The change was the result of a two-year what?
A: Market research study that involved 5,000 chip eaters.
The new design gave each chip rounded corners, making it
what?
A: Easier to eat and reducing the scrape resulting from broken corners.
Each chip was also given more what?
A: Seasoning, resulting in a stronger flavor.
The redesigned chips were released in four flavors
beginning when?
A: In January 1995.
When did Frito-Lay eliminate trans
fat from all Doritos
varieties?
A: In 2002.
The company was sued in 2003 by whom?
A: Charles Grady, who claimed that his throat had been damaged because of
eating Doritos.
According to Grady, the shape and rigidity of the chips
made them inherently what?
A: Dangerous.
In 2005, what happened to Doritos sales in the United
States?
A: It fell by 1.7% to $595 million.
What are the plain chips made of?
A: Ground corn, vegetable oil, and
salt.
Frito-Lay introduced what flavor Doritos in
1968 and they
were a tremendous success?
A: Taco-flavored.
Four years later, national distribution began of what type
of flavored Doritos, which were also a hit?
A: Nacho cheese-flavored.
In the 1990s, what two new flavors of Doritos were
introduced?
A: Taco Bell's Taco Supreme and Pizza Hut's Pizza Cravers.
Briefly in 2004, Doritos introduced a new shape called "Rollitos",
which were corn chips shaped into what?
A: Small tubes, like a regular triangular Dorito was "rolled" up.
Rollitos flavors included what four flavors?
A: Nacho Cheesier, Zesty Taco, Cooler Ranch and Queso Picante.
In 2010 Doritos introduced to New Zealand with what
flavors?
A: Nacho Cheese, Cheese Supreme, Salted, and Salsa.
This year also saw the original Taco flavor of Doritos
revived in the what?
A: The original packaging design.
What new flavor was released in the spring of
2011?
A: Tapatio hot sauce flavor.
To coincide with the 50th anniversary of Taco Bell, Doritos
and Taco Bell partnered to form what?
A: The Doritos Locos Tacos, introduced on March 8,
2012.
The taco comes either as a Doritos Locos Taco Supreme, or
a Regular Doritos Locos Taco, but the taco shell is made out of what?
A: Nacho Cheese Doritos.
In March 2012, a new line of Doritos were introduced called
what?
A: Doritos Jacked.
How are the new chips different?
A: The chips are 40% larger than standard Doritos.
