Braniff International Airline advertised their comfortable aeroplane seats with the slogan "Fly into Leather" -unfortunately, in Spanish this translated as.....
Fly Naked
Fly Dirty
Fly Smelly
Fly Ugly
______ 's brand name, when first marketed in China, was sometimes translated as "Bite The Wax Tadpole."
Apple
Coca Cola
Ferrari
Subway
Mercedes-Benz entered the Chinese market under the brand name "Bensi," which means "______."
cheap and slow
rush to die
pig machine
waste of money
KFC made Chinese consumers a bit worried when "finger licking good" was translated as "______."
eat your fingers off
bite your fingernails
your fingers smell delicious
kiss your tasty fingers
Parker Pen, when expanding into Mexico, mistranslated "It won't leak in your pocket and embarrass you" into "It won't leak in your pocket and _________"
sneeze on you
make you pregnant
spit on you
wet your pants
Electrolux at one time marketed its vacuum cleaners in the U.S. with the tag line: Nothing ____ likes an Electrolux.
works
blows
sucks
cleans
"Pepsi brings you back to life", but not in China! The slogan translates into Chinese as .....
Pepsi brings your ancestors back from the grave
Pepsi will scare you to death
Pepsi will destroy your family
Pepsi will kill you
In the 1970’s, American Motors released their new car, the Matador, in Puerto Rico. Unfortunately, Matador translates to “_____” in Spanish.
robber
idiot
drug dealer
killer
For some reason, this Polish chocolate bar just wasn't popular in other countries. What was its name?
Hell
Yuck
Poop
Fart
Hmm, suddenly I'm not hungry any more! These Chinese potato chips are called....
Only Pee
Only Burp
Only Skin
Only Puke
Which social media app was originally known as Burbn?
Twitter
TikTok
Facebook
Instagram
Google was originally known as _____rub.
Head
Foot
Back
Nose
Mmm, delicious! Who could resist a jam that "Tastes like ......."?`
Grandma
Feet
Sweat
Dirty
You're in Ghana and feeling thirsty-how about a refreshing bottle of _____ Cola?
Pee
Bad
Poo
Boy
When Ford launched their new car campaign in Belgium, they mistakenly used the slogan "Every car has a high-quality ______"
corpse
stink
crash
armpit
The American baby food company Gerber had trouble advertising in France when they discovered that "gerber" means "______" in French.
to poison
to pick your nose
to torture
to vomit
