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