5 Quiz Questions for Sweepstakes Lovers
Test your knowledge and learn something new!
How well do you think you know everything there is about sweepstakes? Do you know the history and laws well enough to be considered a Quiz ‘Witch’? Try out these questions below and see how you do.
What is the largest prize ever offered in a sweepstakes in history?
We doubt you know this one! If you’re thinking it was our $777,777.77 unfortunately you would be wrong, since Pepsi once tried to give away ONE BILLION DOLLARS. They had set up bilionsweeps.com to promote Pepsi products and in the end had both million dollar and billion dollar prizes. The catch? Whoever won the million dollar prize would have to forfeit it to go for the billion - so it never happened. If you won our $777,777 prize would you forfeit it and play for more if you had the chance?
What is the largest prize ever won in sweepstakes history?
Following up on the last question - it sure wasn’t a billion! If you knew it was 10 million you would be correct. PCH once offered a 10 million dollar prize which was won by a couple in New Jersey - and this was all the way back in the 1980’s! Accounting for inflation that prize dwarfs any others.
Is the Powerball and Mega Millions considered Sweepstakes?
We hope you got this one right, considering the largest prizes of both of those have been over a billion dollars. The answer is NO! Those are both lotteries - the difference being that sweepstakes are always free to play and enter, while lotteries are not.
Do Sweepstakes have to offer cash options for prizes?
At Quizwhich we only offer cash so this one may be a little bit tricky if this is all that you’re familiar with. The answer is sometimes. Some jurisdictions state that winners must be able to choose between their prize or the cash value of their prize, since there may be taxes associated with prizes over $600. Most sweepstakes simplify this by offering cash to all winners.
Was the first sweepstakes created before 1900?
If you know the origin of the word ‘sweepstakes’ then you know this one. ‘Sweepstakes’ literally came about from people sweeping up money they won. ‘Sweep’ their ‘stakes’ after they won them - yes with a broom. This dates all the way back to Shakespeare’s time in the 1600’s! If it were invented today they may be called vacuumstakes!