80 Consumer Brands History Trivia Questions with Answers

80 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?

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Which Kodak product became the first camera sold with film already loaded, in 1888?

Answer

Kodak camera

Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
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Which coffee brand was introduced by Nestlé in 1938 as the world's first successful instant coffee?

Answer

Nescafé

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Which soft-drink brand was created in Germany in 1940 as a wartime substitute for Coca-Cola?

Answer

Fanta

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What was the original company name of Sony when it was founded in Tokyo in 1946?

Answer

Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo

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Which company introduced the LEGO plastic building brick in its modern form in 1958?

Answer

LEGO

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Which company launched the first commercially successful personal computer, the Apple II, in 1977?

Answer

Apple

Easy Easy difficulty.
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Which brand introduced the first commercially successful disposable diaper, Pampers, in 1961?

Answer

Pampers

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Which brand became the first soft drink consumed in space when Coca-Cola was tested aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger in 1985?

Answer

Coca-Cola

Easy Easy difficulty.
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Which company created the first commercially successful safety razor with disposable blades in 1903?

Answer

Gillette

Easy Easy difficulty.
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Which brand launched the Walkman TPS-L2, the first portable stereo cassette player, in 1979?

Answer

Sony

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Which automaker introduced the Prius, the first mass-produced hybrid car, in 1997?

Answer

Toyota

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Which company launched the first instant noodle, Chicken Ramen, in 1958?

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Nissin Foods

Easy Easy difficulty.
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Which brand introduced toothpaste in a collapsible tube in 1896?

Answer

Colgate

Hard Hard difficulty.
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What was Nintendo’s first dedicated home video-game system, released in Japan in 1977?

Answer

Color TV-Game 6

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Which brand did Earl Tupper create after patenting an airtight plastic container seal?

Answer

Tupperware

Hard Hard difficulty.
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Which brand launched the first commercially available mobile phone, the Motorola DynaTAC 8000X?

Answer

Motorola

Hard Hard difficulty.
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What was the original name of the company that became Google, created by Larry Page and Sergey Brin?

Answer

BackRub

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Which company created the first commercially successful instant camera, the Polaroid Land Camera?

Answer

Polaroid

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Which automobile became the first mass-produced car made on moving assembly lines at Ford?

Answer

Ford Model T

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What was the first name of the Starbucks store opened at Seattle's Pike Place Market in 1971?

Answer

Starbucks Coffee, Tea, and Spice

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Which brand introduced the first commercially successful blue jeans patented by Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis?

Answer

Levi's

Easy Easy difficulty.
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Which Japanese company began in 1889 by making hanafuda playing cards?

Answer

Nintendo

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What year did Mattel first release the Barbie fashion doll?

Answer

1959

Easy Easy difficulty.
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Where did the McDonald brothers open the first McDonald's restaurant in 1940?

Answer

San Bernardino, California

Easy Easy difficulty.
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What was the first product sold by Amazon when Jeff Bezos launched the company online in 1995?

Answer

Books

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Who founded the German sportswear brand Adidas in 1949?

Answer

Adolf Dassler

Easy Easy difficulty.
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Which Greek goddess inspired the name of the sportswear brand Nike?

Answer

Nike

Easy Easy difficulty.
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What was Pepsi originally called when Caleb Bradham created the soft drink in 1893?

Answer

Brad's Drink

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What does the name IKEA abbreviate, combining its founder's initials with two Swedish place names?

Answer

Ingvar Kamprad Elmtaryd Agunnaryd

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What was Coca-Cola inventor John Pemberton's original profession before he created the drink?

Answer

Pharmacist