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  • 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