General Awareness

Brand and Company Trivia

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Brand and Company Trivia covers the history, founders, mascots, and acquisitions of major global corporations. These questions often feature in banking, SSC, and corporate quiz competitions. Practice these questions to improve your recall of business and marketing facts.

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Brand and Company Trivia Questions

Multiple choice general knowledge

Take Care

  1. Johnsons & Johnsons

  2. Godrej

  3. Band Aid

  4. Garnier
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Garnier uses the slogan 'Take Care' to emphasize its focus on personal care and skincare products. Johnson & Johnson's famous tagline is 'No Tears' for baby products, Godrej has different brand slogans, and Band Aid is a product line rather than a brand with this tagline.

Multiple choice general knowledge

Brands also have a name

  1. True

  2. False
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Brands do have names - a brand name is a fundamental element of brand identity that helps consumers identify and differentiate products or companies in the marketplace.

Multiple choice general knowledge science & technology

LOGO is best known for its

  1. Tiger Graphics

  2. Turtle Graphics

  3. Mouse Graphics

  4. Hi-Res Graphics
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

LOGO is best known for turtle graphics, a feature where students control an on-screen "turtle" that draws as it moves, teaching programming concepts visually. The turtle moves with commands like FORWARD, BACK, LEFT, RIGHT, making abstract programming concepts concrete. This educational approach was revolutionary for teaching programming to children in the 1960s-70s.

Multiple choice general knowledge

what was the first credit card

  1. Diners Club

  2. American Express

  3. Columbus Bank and Trust

  4. Wells Fargo Credit Cards
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The Diners Club card, introduced in 1950, is widely credited as the first modern credit card. It was originally a charge card that had to be paid in full each month, but it established the concept of a universal card for multiple merchants. American Express followed in 1958.

Multiple choice general knowledge

after water what i sthe most consumed beverage

  1. Tea

  2. Golden Glow

  3. Rebecca

  4. Softdrinks
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Tea is globally recognized as the second most consumed beverage after water, with billions of cups consumed daily worldwide. The question contains a minor typo ('i sthe' instead of 'is the') but the factual answer is correct.

Multiple choice general knowledge

______________ was India's most popular brand prior to the introduction of Pepsi and Coca-Cola to the Indian market in 1991.

  1. 777

  2. Campa Cola

  3. Fanta

  4. Bijoli Grill
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Campa Cola was indeed one of India's most popular home-grown soft drink brands before the market opened to multinational giants like Pepsi and Coca-Cola in 1991. It had a significant market share and was widely recognized across India.

Multiple choice general knowledge

What is the sweetener in most colas sold in the USA?

  1. Sugar

  2. HFCS 55

  3. HFCS 42

  4. HFCS 90
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

HFCS 55 (High Fructose Corn Syrup with 55% fructose) is the standard sweetener used in most US soft drinks including colas. HFCS 42 (42% fructose) is used in some baked goods and beverages, while HFCS 90 (90% fructose) is blended to make other HFCS types. Sugar is rare in US colas due to corn subsidies and tariffs on imported sugar.

Multiple choice general knowledge

Coca Cola was originally sold a wine manufactured from the coca plant. What was the first retail name of this drink when it went on sale in 1885?

  1. Pemberton's Wine Coca

  2. Pemberton's Riviera Wine Coca

  3. Pemberton's Sparkling Wine

  4. Pemberton's French Wine Coca
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Pemberton's French Wine Coca was the original name of Coca-Cola when first sold in 1885. It was a wine made from the coca plant. When Atlanta prohibited alcohol in 1886, Pemberton reformulated it as a non-alcoholic beverage which became Coca-Cola.

Multiple choice general knowledge

Which cola was for "ladies, and all those whose sedentary employment causes nervous prostration, irregularities of the stomach, bowels and kidneys, who require a nerve tonic and a pure, delightful diffusable stimulant"

  1. Pepsi

  2. Diet Coke

  3. Coca Cola

  4. RC Cola
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

This quote comes from early Coca-Cola advertisements targeting women and office workers. The original Coca-Cola was marketed as a patent medicine and nerve tonic, claiming to help with nervous exhaustion, digestive issues, and as a pure stimulant - matching the description perfectly.

Multiple choice general knowledge

The iconic Coca Cola bottle was designed by the Root Glass Company. Chapman J. Root, president of the Root Glass Company, turned the project over to members of his supervisory staff, including company auditor T. Clyde Edwards, plant superintendent Alexander Samuelsson, and Earl R. Dean, bottle designer and supervisor of the bottle molding room. Root and his subordinates decided to base the bottle's design on one of the soda's two ingredients, the coca leaf or the kola nut, but were unaware of what either ingredient looked like. Dean and Edwards went to the Emeline Fairbanks Memorial Library and were unable to find any information about coca or kola. Instead, Dean was inspired by a picture of __________________ in the Encyclopedia Britannica. Dean made a rough sketch of what he saw and returned back to the plant to show Mr. Root. He explained to Root how he could transform the shape of the pod into a bottle. Chapman Root gave Dean his approval. What was the inspiration?

  1. Ridge gourd

  2. A WWII artillery shell

  3. A gelogical formation near Columbus, GA

  4. Cocoa pod
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The Coca-Cola bottle's iconic contour shape was inspired by the cocoa pod, which has distinctive ribbed sides that Dean translated into the bottle's design. While the designers initially hoped to find images of the coca leaf or kola nut (soda ingredients), they found cocoa instead and used its pod shape. Ridge gourd and artillery shells don't match the historical record, and the Georgia formation is not the documented inspiration.

Multiple choice general knowledge

The Pepsi Cola Company began in 1898 by a NC Pharmacist and Industrialist Caleb Bradham, but it only became known as PepsiCo when it merged with __________ in 1965.

  1. Frito Lay

  2. Walkers Crisps

  3. Cheetos

  4. Mentos
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Pepsi-Cola Company merged with Frito-Lay in 1965 to form PepsiCo, creating a combined beverage and snack food conglomerate. This merger created one of the world's largest food and beverage companies. Frito-Lay was already a major snack food company, and this merger allowed Pepsi to diversify its product portfolio significantly.

Multiple choice general knowledge

Until 1997 PepsiCo also owned KFC, ________ , and Taco Bell, but these fast-food restaurants were spun off into Tricon Global Restaurants, now Yum! Brands, Inc.

  1. US Pizza

  2. Pizza Hut

  3. Domino's Pizza

  4. Papa Gino's
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

PepsiCo indeed owned KFC, Pizza Hut, and Taco Bell before spinning them off in 1997 to form Tricon Global Restaurants, which later became Yum! Brands, Inc. This was a major corporate restructuring in the fast-food industry.