General Awareness
Brand and Company Trivia
2,803 Questions
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
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Pepsi
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Charmin
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Oldsmobile
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Fancy Feast
A
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Explanation
'Come alive! You're in the Pepsi generation' was Pepsi's iconic 1960s campaign targeting youth culture and positioning Pepsi as the choice for a new generation. Charmin is toilet paper, Oldsmobile is cars, and Fancy Feast is cat food.
A
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H&M owns multiple brands targeting different market segments. Weekday is indeed one of the brands in the H&M Group portfolio, alongside others like COS, & Other Stories, and Monki. This brand diversification allows them to reach different customer segments.
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JC Penny
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Levis
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Morocco and Jordan
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Marc Jacobs
C
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Explanation
In 2011, H&M expanded its global footprint by opening franchise stores in Morocco and Jordan. This was achieved through a partnership with the retail franchise operator M.H. Alshaya Co. The other options are individual brands, not geographic markets.
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Beverages
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Steel
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Clothing
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Food
C
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Explanation
H&M (H&M Hennes & Mauritz AB) is a Swedish multinational clothing retailer known primarily for fast fashion clothing and accessories. They do not deal in beverages, steel, or food products as their core business.
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JC Penny
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Levis
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Morocco and Jordan
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Marc Jacobs
C
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In 2011, H&M expanded its franchise reach by entering the Moroccan and Jordanian markets through franchise partnerships with the Alshaya Group. JC Penney, Levis, and Marc Jacobs are other brands or retailers, not new geographic franchise markets for H&M.
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Beverages
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Steel
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Clothing
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Food
C
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H&M's core business is clothing and fashion retail. While the company has expanded into home goods and beauty products, its primary business remains clothing and apparel, not beverages, steel, or food products.
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LG
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Whirlpool
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Electrolux
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Samsung
B
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Explanation
Ajay Devgan and Kajol have been a celebrity couple endorsing Whirlpool refrigerators. Whirlpool has strategically used celebrity couples to build brand recall and trust in the home appliances segment. LG, Samsung, and Electrolux use different celebrity strategies.
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It was named just like that
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Named after the disorder it had cured
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Named after the person who invented it
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Name of some organisation
B
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Explanation
Pepsi was originally marketed as 'Brad's Drink' but was renamed Pepsi-Cola in 1898. The name was derived from the word 'dyspepsia' (indigestion), as it was marketed as a healthy drink that aided digestion.
D
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Explanation
Whose is the possessive relative pronoun (grandfather's founding). Who and that refer to people but show no possession. Which cannot refer to people. The sentence needs to show the grandfather belonged to the man.
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A.ll D.ay I. D.ream A.bout S.ource code
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All Day I Dream About Sports
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All Day I Dream About Squash
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Adidas is a shortened version of the founder's name. (Adi Dassler of Germany.)
B,D
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Explanation
Adidas is named after its founder Adolf 'Adi' Dassler. The popular urban legend 'All Day I Dream About Sports' is a backronym, but both are accepted as correct answers in common trivia. Options A and C are fictional variants.
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Malbaro
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Wrigley's gum
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Gillette
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McD
B
Correct answer
Explanation
The first product to be scanned with a barcode was a pack of Wrigley's chewing gum on June 26, 1974, at a supermarket in Ohio. This historic purchase marked the commercial debut of the Universal Product Code (UPC) system. The other options are incorrect - Marlboro (not Malbaro), Gillette, and McDonald's came later.
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Malbaro
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Wrigley's gum
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Gillette
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McD
B
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Explanation
The first UPC barcode was scanned on a 10-pack of Wrigley's chewing gum at a Marsh Supermarket in Troy, Ohio on June 26, 1974. This historic purchase marked the debut of barcode scanning technology in retail, though the barcode system itself had been developed earlier.
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Red Bull
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Monster
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Rockstar
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Full Throttle
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The Gang of Four
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The Party of Five
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The soft-drink industry
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AC/DC
A
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Explanation
The Gang of Four (Erich Gamma, Richard Helm, Ralph Johnson, John Vlissides) wrote the seminal 'Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software' (1994), which established 23 classic design patterns and profoundly influenced modern OOP practices.
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Sunkist Orange Soda
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Coca-Cola Classic
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Pepsi-Cola
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Dr. Pepper
A
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Explanation
Among 12-ounce sodas, Sunkist Orange Soda contains approximately 41mg caffeine and 51g sugar, making it one of the most caffeinated and sugary options. Coca-Cola Classic has ~34mg caffeine and 39g sugar, Pepsi has ~38mg caffeine and 41g sugar, and Dr. Pepper has ~41mg caffeine but 40g sugar.