Braniff International Airline advertised their comfortable aeroplane seats with the slogan "Fly into Leather" -unfortunately, in Spanish this translated as.....
Fly Smelly
Fly Dirty
Fly Ugly
Fly Naked
______ 's brand name, when first marketed in China, was sometimes translated as "Bite The Wax Tadpole."
Subway
Apple
Coca Cola
Ferrari
Mercedes-Benz entered the Chinese market under the brand name "Bensi," which means "______."
rush to die
pig machine
waste of money
cheap and slow
KFC made Chinese consumers a bit worried when "finger licking good" was translated as "______."
bite your fingernails
eat your fingers off
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 _________"
make you pregnant
sneeze on you
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
cleans
sucks
blows
"Pepsi brings you back to life", but not in China! The slogan translates into Chinese as .....
Pepsi will destroy your family
Pepsi brings your ancestors back from the grave
Pepsi will scare you to death
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
drug dealer
idiot
killer
For some reason, this Polish chocolate bar just wasn't popular in other countries. What was its name?
Poop
Fart
Yuck
Hell
Hmm, suddenly I'm not hungry any more! These Chinese potato chips are called....
Only Skin
Only Puke
Only Pee
Only Burp
Which social media app was originally known as Burbn?
Twitter
Instagram
Facebook
TikTok
Google was originally known as _____rub.
Head
Back
Nose
Foot
Mmm, delicious! Who could resist a jam that "Tastes like ......."?`
Sweat
Grandma
Dirty
Feet
You're in Ghana and feeling thirsty-how about a refreshing bottle of _____ Cola?
Boy
Poo
Bad
Pee
When Ford launched their new car campaign in Belgium, they mistakenly used the slogan "Every car has a high-quality ______"
crash
corpse
armpit
stink
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 vomit
to torture
