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Toilet Paper Quiz
This quiz tests your knowledge of the history of toilet paper. Information contained in this quiz was taken from a few different toilet paper related websites on what is known as the internet
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1. In 1391 Chinese emperors begin ordering toilet paper in sheets measuring-
27" 2'
3,000 ft long
2 feet by 3 feet
2. Joseph C. Gayetty of New York started producing the first packaged toilet paper in the U.S. in-
1494
1653
1857
3. It consisted of pre-moistened flat sheets medicated with aloe and was named "_________________________"
Smooth Glow
Ointment Laiden Cactus Paper
Gayetty’s Medicated Paper
4. Rolled and perforated toilet paper as we're familiar with today was invented around-
1777
1880
1972
5. In 1935, Northern Tissue advertised "____________" toilet paper.
blue
quilted
splinter-free
6. In 1942, St. Andrew's Paper Mill in Great Britain introduced-
two-ply toilet paper
scented
edible
7. In ancient Rome, the popular item before toilet paper was a sponge attached to the end of a stick immersed in salt water.
False
True
8. The average sheet of toilet paper weighs in at a little over____ grams.
2lbs
7 grams
0.22
9. The first soda fountain patent was granted to Samuel Fahnestock in 1819, before we had packaged toilet paper.
False
True
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