Business Quiz 8

251) Its Mexico ads were supposed to have read, "It won't leak in your pocket and embarrass you."
       The company thought that the word "embarazar" (to impregnate) meant to embarrass, so the
        ad read: "It won't leak in your pocket and make you pregnant!"
       Parker Pen

252) Its "Come Alive With the [company name] Generation" translated into "[company name]
        Brings Your Ancestors Back From the Grave" in Chinese.
        Pepsi

253) It introduced a toothpaste in France called Cue, the name of a notorious porno magazine.
        Colgate-Palmolive

254) This auto major marketed this car in Central and South America by the name meaning in
         Spanish, "it doesn't go".
         GM for car Nova

255) This Scandinavian vacuum manufacturer used the following in an American campaign:    
         "Nothing sucks like an [company name]."
          Electrolux

256) In takeover jargon, what is a Poison Pill ?
        Liabilities or losses deliberately assumed by a company, to make it a less attractive
        candidate for takeovers.
257) What is the key difference between cars for the American & Canadian markets?
        Dashboard in FPS system vs. MKS system.

258) What is the similarity between Levi Strauss and Fevicol?
        Their logos are similar: horses pulling apart jeans for Levi's, elephants pulling apart a ball
        for Fevicol. As mentioned above, the respective product logos are derivatives of the
        Magdeburg hemisphere experiment

259) A British company called Wire & Plastic Products Ltd. is the world no. 1 in its field. What field?
         Advertising. It's the core of the WPP Group that owns O&M, JWT and other companies.

260) What invention of the confectioner George Smith was named after a famous race horse of the  
         early 20th century ?
        The Lollipop



261) If you had bought stocks worth $15 in this company in 1964, it would be worth more than
       $5000 in 25 years. This company's success is, more or less, based on a single
       product.(Hint: The company’s name contains the product it sells)
       Kentucky Fried Chicken

262) "Any Airline which has been in service since 1365...." is the beginning of an advertisement for
        which airline ?
        SaudiA

263) Tata - Fiat , connect (recent news)
       Tata Motors going to use the Palio engines for the Indica petrol versions.

264)Tommy Hilfiger is being considered by which Fortune 500 company for buy out
         Wal-Mart is buying Tommy Hilfiger