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