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