Urban Legends from Corporate America

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  

1. So this woman buys her little girl a Cabbage Patch doll. But the thing was defective and its arm fell off. She sent it back to the company. What did they send her in return? A $500 bill for the corrective surgery A death certificate for her doll A letter accusing her of child abuse The doll's ear, with a ransom note

2. This guy buys a car from a well known American car company. After driving it for a month, he discovers something odd. What? Despite having over a thousand miles on the odometer, the fuel tank was still full There was a GPS tracking device in the engine, secretly monitoring driving habits There was a Chinese newspaper in the trunk lining (American made, indeed) There was a device that would cause the transmission to fail, right when the warrenty expired

3. This woman I know is eating at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. She enjoys her dessert of red velvet cake very much, and asks the waiter for the recipe. What nasty surprise does she get? Red velvet cake is made from people! She gets the recipe all right...and a bill for $300 The waiter whispers they got her $15-a-serving cake for two bucks at the supermarket It was actually white velvet cake...the chef had a little accident with a knife

4. Oh, I wouldn't buy that product if I were you. The president of the parent company was on a talk show and admitted that the company is run by Satanists! Or atheists... or cultists... something bad, at any rate. What company was plagued by these rumors in the 1980s? K-Mart United Brands Procter and Gamble Kraft Foods

5. According to the rumors, what organization secretly owns Marlboro Cigarettes, Coors Beer, Kentucky Fried Chicken, Snapple drinks, and Tommy Hilfiger clothing? Osama bin Laden (or other fanatical Islamic organizations) The Ku Klux Klan The pro-life movement North Korean Communists

6. Hey! This shoe company recycles old shoes to make tracks and playgrounds. Send them an old, ratty pair of your sneakers and they'll send you a brand new pair, no questions asked! Which company finds themselves receiving hundreds of pairs of old shoes, thanks to this rumor? Reebok Converse Adidas Nike

7. Time on a dialysis machine can be expensive. But if you can collect these things, you can trade them in for free medical treatments! What should you collect? Old TV Guides Aluminum pull tabs Paper clips Toilet paper cores

8. Whoa! I wouldn't go into that coffee place if I were you! They put nicotine in their drinks to keep their customers hooked! What coffee shop? Barnes and Nobel Starbucks Tim Hortons Lakota

9. A certain brand of luxury car takes pride is their high-end automobiles. So much, that if this car should break down, they will dispatch a mechanic anywhere in the world and fix the problem for FREE! Which manufacturer supposedly does this? Rolls-Royce BMW Mercedes Benz Porsche

10. Hey, don't throw that Tootsie Pop wrapper away! It has a special mark on it, you can trade it in for a whole case of suckers! What's the mark? The cowboy The girl jumping rope The football player The Indian