Famous Product Failures (American)

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  

1. What company gave us the ill-fated Premier Cigarette? Philip Morris Brown & Williamson Lorillard R.J. Reynolds

2. What year did the McDonald's Arch Deluxe debut? 1997 1994 1995 1996

3. New Coke was a major failure for Coca-Cola, but the company had another place in commerical infamy with OK Cola in 1994. Where was the soda NOT test-marketed? Boston Minneapolis Seattle Miami

4. When was Corfam available? 1962-1973 1964-1971 1963-1972 1965-1974

5. Crystal Pepsi was available in 1991. True False

6. What was the name of the Ford Motor Company failure made from 1957-1960? Answer: (One Word)

7. What was the name of the home computer system Coleco released in the 1980s? Raphael Michael Adam Gabriel

8. A video game based on (at the time) the highest-grossing movie ever has been blamed for the problems of the video game industry in the mid-1980s. True False

9. The Sony Betamax was first introduced in _____. 1975 1979 1977 1981

10. Numerous Internet companies failed. Which of these went under in 2001? pets.com Boo.com eToys Webvan