You're in Ghana and feeling thirsty-how about a refreshing bottle of _____ Cola?
Bad
Poo
Pee
Boy
When Sharwoods launched its new Bundh sauces in India, they received complaints because "bundh" sounds like the Punjabi word for _____
disgusting
blood
butt
toilet
Mmm, delicious! Who could resist a jam that "Tastes like ......."?`
Feet
Sweat
Dirty
Grandma
Mercedes-Benz entered the Chinese market under the brand name "Bensi," which means "______."
cheap and slow
rush to die
waste of money
pig machine
Hmm, suddenly I'm not hungry any more! These Chinese potato chips are called....
Only Burp
Only Skin
Only Puke
Only Pee
In the 1970’s, American Motors released their new car, the Matador, in Puerto Rico. Unfortunately, Matador translates to “_____” in Spanish.
robber
drug dealer
killer
idiot
"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 scare you to death
Pepsi will kill you
For some reason, this Polish chocolate bar just wasn't popular in other countries. What was its name?
Yuck
Fart
Poop
Hell
Electrolux at one time marketed its vacuum cleaners in the U.S. with the tag line: Nothing ____ likes an Electrolux.
blows
works
sucks
cleans
Google was originally known as _____rub.
Nose
Foot
Head
Back
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
KFC made Chinese consumers a bit worried when "finger licking good" was translated as "______."
kiss your tasty fingers
bite your fingernails
your fingers smell delicious
eat your fingers off
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
wet your pants
make you pregnant
sneeze on you
Need to do some repairs in your house? Why not go to IKEA and pick up a _____ workbench?
Stiupid
Smelli
Ugli
Fartfull
______ 's brand name, when first marketed in China, was sometimes translated as "Bite The Wax Tadpole."
Subway
Ferrari
Coca Cola
Apple
Which social media app was originally known as Burbn?
Instagram
Facebook
Twitter
TikTok
Braniff International Airline advertised their comfortable aeroplane seats with the slogan "Fly into Leather" -unfortunately, in Spanish this translated as.....
Fly Naked
Fly Ugly
Fly Smelly
Fly Dirty
When Ford launched their new car campaign in Belgium, they mistakenly used the slogan "Every car has a high-quality ______"
stink
crash
armpit
corpse
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