Trivia Quiz on Advertising History

1. How many women know the formula of Coca Cola

A) A small number, not publicly disclosed

B) None - not allowed

C) All women who work for Coca-Cola worldwide

D) Only the executives who signed the NDA

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2. What product was advertised by the first commercial to portray nudity on us televison (1987)

A) Victoria's Secret

B) Viola brassieres

C) Playtex bras

D) Sunkist orange soda

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3. Bibendum is whose real name

A) Michelin Tyre Man

B) Michelin Man

C) Ronald McDonald

D) Captain Planet

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4. Who Appeared In A Series Of Ads For Tesco's In Which He Was Chasing Chickens Round France

A) Peter Sellers

B) Dudley Moore

C) Rowan Atkinson

D) John Cleese

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5. What product orginally sold as 'the esteemed brain tonic & intellectual beverage'

A) Pepsi-Cola

B) Coca cola

C) Dr Pepper

D) Vin Mariani

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6. What was Alka-Seltzer first marketed as

A) Cold Cure

B) Relief Tablets for Cold and Flu

C) Effervescent Pain Reliever

D) Fizzing Alkaline Tablet

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7. Which drink was advertised on TV by David Bowie's wife Iman

A) Kahlua

B) Cointreau

C) Baileys

D) Tia Maria

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8. Who is the dog on the crackerjack box?

A) Bingo

B) Spot

C) Rex

D) Fido

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9. What year was Aunt Jemima pancake flour invented

A) 1887

B) 1893

C) 1900

D) 1889

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10. The first American advertisement for tobacco was published in what year

A) 1789

B) 1769

C) 1803

D) 1847

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11. Dick Brams And Advertising Consultant From Missouri Is Responsible For Marketing Which Famous Edible Item

A) Big Mac

B) Oreo Cookies

C) Doritos Chips

D) The Happy Meal

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12. What actor began his career doing Doctor Pepper commercials

A) Brad Pitt

B) Johnny Depp

C) Bruce Willis

D) Keanu Reeves

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13. Which kellogg's cereal was advertised by tusk tusk the elephant

A) Coco

B) Froot Loops

C) Rice Krispies

D) Corn Flakes

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14. What does a brandophile collect

A) Cigar bands

B) Wine labels

C) Bottle caps

D) Trademark logos

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15. What insurance company in the u.s stopped using their slogan 'own a piece of the rock' after rock hudson died of aids

A) Aetna Life Insurance

B) New York Life Insurance

C) MetLife

D) Prudential life

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16. What is the product for the slogan 'silly rabbit'

A) Cap'n Crunch cereal

B) Froot Loops cereal

C) Trix cereal

D) Cocoa Puffs cereal

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17. Toothpaste Was Famously The First Advert On ITV, What Was The Second ?

A) Horlicks Malted Milk

B) Cornflakes Breakfast Cereal

C) Drinking Chocolate

D) A Washing Powder Advertisement

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18. In which sphere of industry or commerce is the name of Arthur Maiden famous

A) Public relations

B) Marketing

C) Graphic design

D) Advertising

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19. What was the claymation Domino's Pizza thing to avoid?

A) The Sauce Monster

B) Captain Pepperoni

C) Crust Creature

D) The Noid

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20. Unfortunate names - Pansy was a brand of what sold in China

A) Toilet paper

B) Mens Underwear

C) Socks

D) Tea

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21. Wrigley's promoted what new flavor chewing gum in 1915 by mailing 4 sample sticks to each of the 1.5 million names listed in us telephone books

A) Spearmint

B) Peppermint

C) Spearment

D) Grape

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22. What was the first toy advertised on TV in USA

A) Barbie

B) Mr Potato Head

C) Slinky

D) G.I. Joe

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23. What product did the first commercial in the USA advertise

A) Coca-Cola

B) Bulova Watches

C) Ford Motor Company

D) Kodak

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24. The Original Hovis Advert (1974) Was Voted The Most Popular Advert Of All Time In 2010 But Who Actually Directed It

A) John Hegarty

B) Alan Parker

C) Ridley Scott

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25. "All human life is there" - a quotation from Henry James - was used to promote which British Sunday newspaper in the 1950s

A) The Sunday Times

B) The Observer

C) The Mail on Sunday

D) News of the world

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26. What was the name of the dog in RCA Victor's trademark?

A) Rover

B) Nipper

C) Spot

D) Bowser

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27. Michael Jackson caught fire while filming a commercial for which carbonated beverage?

A) Coca-Cola

B) Sprite

C) Pepsi

D) 7 Up

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28. Woodbury soap was the first to show what in its advertisements

A) An illustration of a soap dish and suds

B) Full length nude woman 1936

C) A smiling housewife holding soap bars

D) A chart showing soap ingredients and purity

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29. The current image of Santa Claus as a plump man with white beard and red and white tunic dates from a 1931 Advertising campaign, for which product

A) Pepsi-Cola

B) Cadbury Dairy Milk

C) Coca-Cola

D) Wheaties

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30. What product was the first TV advert advertising ?

A) Soap

B) Toothpaste

C) Bulova watches

D) Chewing gum

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31. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer was a character created in a story written in: A=1939, B=1949, C=1954,D=1959

A) B=1949

B) C=1954

C) A=1939

D) D=1959

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32. Which drink, invented in 1886, was first marketed as the 'Esteemed Brain Tonic and Intellectual Beverage'?

A) Dr Pepper

B) Coca Cola

C) Moxie

D) Pepsi-Cola

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33. Which product was renamed `Arthur's' after the star of its advertising campaign?

A) BeaBeef

B) Spotlight Sausage

C) Kattomeat

D) Starlet Bacon

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34. What entertainer is allowing one of his songs to be used in a government campaign to beat drunk driving?

A) Elvis Presley

B) Michael Jackson

C) Madonna

D) Elton John

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