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