Pepsi or Coca-Cola? Trivia Quiz

Answer: Coca-Cola

Topo-Chico is a sparkling water that originated in Monterrey, Mexico, in 1895 and named after a mountain in the city. In 2025, the company celebrated their 130th anniversary. The brand was purchased by Coca-Cola in 2017. While its popularity is highest in Mexico and the southern United States, it's been gaining market share in the U.S. and U.K. share each year as it's been featured in a hard seltzer.

Answer: Coca-Cola

Minute-Maid was founded in 1945 as Florida Foods, Inc. The American company is most known for their orange juice, lemonade, and soft drink products. In 1949, they took on the name Minute-Maid Corp. In 2003, Minute-Maid formally merged with Coca-Cola North America. The major competition has been between Minute-Maid and Tropicana.

Answer: PepsiCo

"Rice-A-Roni, the San Francisco treat" was a popular advertising slogan. in 1958, an Italian-American, Vince DeDomenico debuted his family's boxed rice invention. In 1986, Quaker Oats bought the company and ultimately PepsiCo bought them out in 2001.

Answer: Coca-Cola

Just as PepsiCo and Coca-Cola battle in the cola drink field, Sprite and 7-Up are the leaders in the lemon-lime soft drink world. Sprite was created by T. C. "Bud" Evans in 1955 and Coca-Cola bought the rights in 1960. One of Sprite's most famous slogans is "Obey your thirst".

Answer: PepsiCo

Frito-Lay is what the brand is known as today but it was a merger in 1961 of the Frito Company and the H.W. Lay & Company. In 1965, it was obtained by PepsiCo and being a wholly owned subsidiary of the corporation. The brand is best known for their corn chips known as Fritos.

Answer: Coca-Cola

In 2006, Coca-Cola marketed their Gold Peak Tea brand. This is an iced tea that is already premade and sold as either on a shelf or chilled. The company's tagline is "the taste that brings you home". The brand has a market share of over 10% of U.S. ready-to-drink tea brands.

Answer: Coca-Cola

In 2018, Coca-Cola purchased a minority stake in the BodyArmor sports drink company. In 2021, Coca-Cola bought out the brand fully. The drink has been popularized with endorsements from athletes ranging from tennis player Naomi Osaka, baseball great Mike Trout, and NFL stars Rob Gronkowski and Joe Burrow.

Answer: PepsiCo

Author Andrew Smith named Cracker Jack as the first "junk food". The classic mixture of caramel corn and peanuts is synonym with Major League Baseball and the seventh inning stretch song. The Cracker Jack brand was sold to Frito Lay, a brand of PepsiCo in 1997.

Answer: Coca-Cola

Glaceau smartwater is known as smartwater (no capital letter). In 1998, it was marketed as smartwater in the United States. By 2016, the Coca-Cola based company became one of the top five selling water brands in the U.S. The water is made by a distillation process followed by adding in mineral electrolytes.

Answer: PepsiCo

Mountain Dew Kickstart is an energy drink that was originally marketed as a morning pick-me-up. The citrus drink is loaded with caffeine and used to provide extra energy. The drink originated in 2013 and is a member of the PepsiCo, Inc. family.