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
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