Braniff International Airline advertised their comfortable aeroplane seats with the slogan "Fly into Leather" -unfortunately, in Spanish this translated as.....
Fly Ugly
Fly Dirty
Fly Smelly
Fly Naked
______ 's brand name, when first marketed in China, was sometimes translated as "Bite The Wax Tadpole."
Apple
Subway
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
kiss your tasty fingers
your fingers smell delicious
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 _________"
spit on you
sneeze on you
wet your pants
make you pregnant
Electrolux at one time marketed its vacuum cleaners in the U.S. with the tag line: Nothing ____ likes an Electrolux.
works
blows
cleans
sucks
"Pepsi brings you back to life", but not in China! The slogan translates into Chinese as .....
Pepsi will destroy your family
Pepsi will scare you to death
Pepsi brings your ancestors back from the grave
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.
drug dealer
killer
idiot
robber
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 Puke
Only Burp
Only Skin
Which social media app was originally known as Burbn?
Twitter
Instagram
TikTok
Facebook
Google was originally known as _____rub.
Head
Nose
Foot
Back
Mmm, delicious! Who could resist a jam that "Tastes like ......."?`
Feet
Grandma
Dirty
Sweat
You're in Ghana and feeling thirsty-how about a refreshing bottle of _____ Cola?
Poo
Boy
Bad
Pee
When Ford launched their new car campaign in Belgium, they mistakenly used the slogan "Every car has a high-quality ______"
crash
stink
corpse
armpit
The American baby food company Gerber had trouble advertising in France when they discovered that "gerber" means "______" in French.
to torture
to vomit
to pick your nose
to poison
