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  • Hmm, suddenly I'm not hungry any more! These Chinese potato chips are called....
    Only Puke
    Only Skin
    Only Pee
    Only Burp
  • Google was originally known as _____rub.
    Nose
    Head
    Foot
    Back
  • The American baby food company Gerber had trouble selling its products in Africa because....
    the products were too expensive.
    consumers thought the product was made from babies.
    Africans are not used to buying foods that come in jars.
    the products looked inedible.
  • Electrolux at one time marketed its vacuum cleaners in the U.S. with the tag line: Nothing ____ likes an Electrolux.
    cleans
    works
    sucks
    blows
  • Mercedes-Benz entered the Chinese market under the brand name "Bensi," which means "______."
    waste of money
    rush to die
    pig machine
    cheap and slow
  • 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
    wet your pants
    make you pregnant
  • "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
  • You're in Ghana and feeling thirsty, how about a refreshing bottle of _____ Cola?
    Bad
    Pee
    Poo
    Boy
  • For some reason, this Polish chocolate bar just wasn't popular in other countries. What was its name?
    Hell
    Fart
    Poop
    Yuck
  • In the 1970’s, American Motors released their new car, the Matador, in Puerto Rico. Unfortunately, Matador translates to “_____” in Spanish.
    idiot
    drug dealer
    killer
    robber
  • Mmm, delicious! Who could resist a jam that "Tastes like ......."?`
    Feet
    Dirty
    Sweat
    Grandma
  • KFC made Chinese consumers a bit worried when "finger licking good" was translated as "______."
    eat your fingers off
    kiss your tasty fingers
    bite your fingernails
    your fingers smell delicious
  • ______ 's brand name, when first marketed in China, was sometimes translated as "Bite The Wax Tadpole."
    Apple
    Subway
    Coca Cola
    Ferrari
  • When Ford launched their new car campaign in Belgium, they mistakenly used the slogan "Every car has a high-quality ______"
    stink
    armpit
    crash
    corpse
  • Braniff International Airline advertised their comfortable aeroplane seats with the slogan "Fly into Leather" -unfortunately, in Spanish this translated as.....
    Fly dirty
    Fly Smelly
    Fly Ugly
    Fly naked