Google was originally known as _____rub.
Nose
Head
Back
Foot
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
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
______ 's brand name, when first marketed in China, was sometimes translated as "Bite The Wax Tadpole."
Coca Cola
Subway
Apple
Ferrari
You're in Ghana and feeling thirsty, how about a refreshing bottle of _____ Cola?
Poo
Pee
Bad
Boy
Mercedes-Benz entered the Chinese market under the brand name "Bensi," which means "______."
pig machine
cheap and slow
rush to die
waste of money
Electrolux at one time marketed its vacuum cleaners in the U.S. with the tag line: Nothing ____ likes an Electrolux.
blows
cleans
works
sucks
For some reason, this Polish chocolate bar just wasn't popular in other countries. What was its name?
Poop
Fart
Hell
Yuck
Braniff International Airline advertised their comfortable aeroplane seats with the slogan "Fly into Leather" -unfortunately, in Spanish this translated as.....
Fly Smelly
Fly Ugly
Fly dirty
Fly naked
When Ford launched their new car campaign in Belgium, they mistakenly used the slogan "Every car has a high-quality ______"
armpit
corpse
crash
stink
"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 destroy your family
Pepsi will kill you
Pepsi will scare you to death
Mmm, delicious! Who could resist a jam that "Tastes like ......."?`
Grandma
Sweat
Feet
Dirty
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
make you pregnant
wet your pants
Hmm, suddenly I'm not hungry any more! These Chinese potato chips are called....
Only Pee
Only Burp
Only Skin
Only Puke
The American baby food company Gerber had trouble selling its products in Africa because....
consumers thought the product was made from babies.
the products were too expensive.
the products looked inedible.
Africans are not used to buying foods that come in jars.