Brand and Company Trivia

Rejoice is a shampoo brand owned by Procter & Gamble (P&G). It was acquired by P&G as part of their expansion into hair care products. HUL (Hindustan Unilever) owns other brands like Dove and Sunsilk, while Ayur is a different herbal brand.

Kinley is a packaged drinking water brand owned by The Coca-Cola Company. It was launched in India as Coca-Cola's answer to Bisleri. Pepsi owns Aquafina, while Bisleri is an independent Indian company.

Mountain Dew is a carbonated soft drink brand owned by PepsiCo. It was created in 1940 and was acquired by PepsiCo in 1964. Coca-Cola competes with Sprite, Frooti is a mango drink from Parle, and Parle Agro is a different company altogether.

Bingo! is a potato chips and snacks brand owned by ITC Limited. It was launched by ITC as their entry into the Indian snacks market to compete with multinational brands. PepsiCo owns Lays and other snack brands, while Britannia is primarily known for biscuits and bakery products.

ADIDAS is commonly believed to stand for 'All Day I Dream About Sports' - a popular backronym that has become culturally accepted. However, the company was actually named after its founder Adolf 'Adi' Dassler (ADIdas DASSler). The mnemonic option C matches the popular backronym version that appears in quizzes, though technically the company name is derived from the founder's name, not a phrase.

Diners Club was the first independent credit card company, founded in 1950 by Frank McNamara. The concept emerged after McNamara forgot his wallet at a restaurant in New York. American Express launched its card in 1958, and Andhra Bank is an Indian bank, not a credit card company.

Amway was originally founded as Ja-Ri Corporation (short for Jay-Richard, after founders Jay Van Andel and Richard DeVos) before changing its name to Amway in 1963.

Amway was originally founded as Ja-Ri Corporation (short for Jay-Richard, after founders Jay Van Andel and Richard DeVos) before changing its name to Amway in 1963.

The Bata shoe company was founded in 1894 in Zlin (then part of Austria-Hungary, now Czech Republic) by Tomáš Baťa, whose family were cobblers. Bata became one of the world's largest shoe manufacturers.

Saint Juice is a brand owned by Parle Products, the Indian conglomerate known for Parle-G biscuits and other beverages. Pepsi and Coca-Cola are multinational competitors, while Amul is a dairy cooperative.

Coca-Cola's 1930s advertising campaign featuring Haddon Sundblom's Santa Claus imagery popularized the modern jolly Santa image worldwide. While Santa existed in advertising before, Coke's campaign is the most famous and culturally significant in establishing the contemporary look.

A beamer is a delivery in cricket that reaches the batter at head or shoulder height without pitching on the ground first. It's considered a dangerous delivery and is usually illegal. Yorker is a full-pitched ball at the toes, googly and chinaman are types of leg-spin deliveries.

The first product scanned with a Universal Product Code (UPC) barcode was a 10-pack of Wrigley's chewing gum in 1974. Option D correctly identifies this historic retail moment. Options A, B, and C are incorrect.

A pack of Wrigley's chewing gum was the first product to be scanned with a UPC barcode in 1974. This historic moment occurred at a Marsh Supermarket in Troy, Ohio, marking the beginning of the modern barcode scanning system used in retail worldwide.