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Brands are an integral part of our everyday lives. They are the names and logos that we associate with the products and services we use. Some of the most well-known brands in the world have become household names, synonymous with the products and services they provide. There is a wide range of brands trivia questions that can be asked, whether you're a consumer or someone who is curious about the world of branding.
Here are some examples of brands trivia questions you might come across: What is the oldest brand in the world? Who owns Coca-Cola? What brand has the slogan "Just Do It"? What is the most valuable brand in the world? These questions cover a wide range of brand's history, ownership, marketing and their impact on the market.
In addition to the history and ownership of brands, there are also many fun and interesting facts to learn about them. For example, did you know that the oldest brand in the world is "Barclay & Company" established in 1728? Or that the most valuable brand in the world is currently "Amazon"? These trivia questions will not only test your knowledge, but also give you a glimpse into the many fascinating aspects of brands, the history of their establishment, how they evolved over time and how they impact our daily lives.
1. What "shedding-type" card game has been a Mattel brand since 1992 and features cards with titles such as "Wild" and "Reverse?"
Answer: Uno
2. There was a huge kerfuffle in 2020 when Uber offloaded their bike division to Lime and removed thousands of what red bikes they used to rent? Many of these bikes were later rebranded under the new corporate parent.
Answer: Jump
3. In 2015 and 2016, what "ghostly" mattress company tried its hand at journalism by launching Van Winkle's, an online news site about topics related to sleep?
Answer: Casper
4. Craisins are both a popular snack and a registered trademark. What fruit is used to make craisins?
Answer: Cranberries
5. The Sentra, Altima, and Pathfinder are all car models made by what maker?
Answer: Nissan
6. Typically only known by his title and last name, what famous cereal mascot technically has Horatio Magellan as his first and middle names?
Answer: Cap'n Crunch
7. First introduced in 1933, Clydesdale horses have been famously advertised in association with which Anheuser-Busch brand? Their appearance in Super Bowl TV ads has been a long-standing tradition since 1986.
Answer: Budweiser
8. Stan Lee had dozens of cameos in films created by what iconic brand? Lee himself famously created many of the characters that the brand leverages.
Answer: Marvel
9. What American fast casual restaurant, formerly known as Boston Chicken, was founded in Newton, MA in 1984? While the company headquarters have since moved to Colorado, the chain sticks to its proud Boston namesake roots.
Answer: Boston Market
10. Sildenafil is the generic name for a “little blue” drug that relaxes smooth muscle and allows for increased blood flow in body tissues. What is the more commonly known brand name of this drug?
Answer: Viagra
11. What "M" brand is a top-selling expectorant in the U.S.? This class of drugs aids in the clearance of mucus from the airways, lungs, bronchi, and trachea by increasing secretions.
Answer: Mucinex
12. Delavan, Wisconsin—not South America—is the location of the factory that produces what brand of rectangular chocolate mint candies?
Answer: Andes
13. What casual steakhouse chain has its corporate headquarters in Louisville, Kentucky, despite having the Lone Star State in its name?
Answer: Texas Roadhouse
14. What credit card company adopted a gladiator or centurion into their logo in 1958? Although the image has taken less prominence in the brand over time, it still appears on the company's travelers’ checks, charge cards, and credit cards.
Answer: American Express
15. In June 2015, Nike signed an 8-year deal with the NBA to become the league's official uniform supplier. All teams in the league besides the Hornets now feature the Nike Swoosh. What logo do the Hornets uniforms feature?
Answer: Jumpman
16. Heineken has featured prominently in the 2000s as a major sponsor of the UEFA Champions League, which is an athletic competition in what sport?
Answer: Soccer
17. What Swiss chocolate bar brand features red text and a yellow mountain, which surreptitiously displays the sketching of a white bear within the yellow mountain?
Answer: Toblerone
18. The Ohio Art toy company purchased the rights to manufacture l'Ecran magique ("the Magic Writer") and renamed the product to what more commonly known name? The toy was released in 1960 and sold 600,000 units that first year, becoming one of the defining toys of the Baby Boom era.
Answer: Etch A Sketch
19. The instantly recognizable see-through, hexagonal design is a hallmark of the Cristal pen, an inexpensive ballpoint model made by what company?
Answer: Bic
20. In 2003, Nike purchased a footwear company that was founded almost 100 years prior in Massachusetts. This acquired company dominated the "court shoe" market for decades and pivoted to military boot manufacturing during WWII. What is this brand, which owns the Jack Purcell and Star Chevron trademarks?
Answer: Converse
21. What cartoon character "let down" her iconic, towering blue hairdo to promote Dove Styling haircare products in a 2000s ad campaign?
Answer: Marge Simpson
22. During a brainstorming session with Nike executives just before his star client committed to Nike as his apparel sponsor, Michael Jordan's agent David Falk came up with what iconic two-word brand name?
Answer: Air Jordan
23. Now appearing prophetic, what device was announced in 2007 with the following slogan? "This is only the beginning."
Answer: iPhone
24. What is the name of the brand of architectural paint and exterior wood care products whose name is a homophone with a type of very large mammal? This brand was first created in the 1940s, is based in California, and is sold exclusively by the Home Depot.
Answer: Behr
25. In 2012, Felix Baumgartner set a soon-to-be-broken world record for highest skydive and during the jump, became the first person to break the sound barrier while not in a vehicle. What is the name of the "winged" brand that sponsored the stunt?
Answer: Red Bull
26. The LeSabre, Century, and Roadmaster are all automobile models from what brand? This brand was the first manufacturer to start General Motors.
Answer: Buick
27. In use since 1971, what athletic apparel brand uses a trefoil design as one of its two official logos? The other logo is not a swoosh.
Answer: Adidas
28. What was the name of the "house brand" introduced by Walmart in 1993?
Answer: Great Value
29. Among Walmart's many store brands is one with what six-letter name that means "to regard as the same?"
Answer: Equate
30. Nike-sponsored athlete Mat Fraser is the five-time world champion in the "Games" associated with what branded fitness regimen?
Answer: CrossFit
31. What Nabisco-produced snack cookie with mostly yellow packaging was named for a town near Boston?
Answer: Fig Newton
32. What five-letter palindrome is both the name of a water transportation vessel and a transportation-focused website that went public in 2012? At one point, this company's namesake app was featured on Travel + Leisure's list of "Best Apps and Websites for Travelers."
Answer: Kayak
33. What internationally recognized car brand, commissioned in 1934 by the country's notorious leader, translates in English to "People's car?"
Answer: Volkswagen
34. "Set phasers to stunning" promised ads for Eau My, a fragrance from a beloved helmsman on what old-school sci-fi show?
Answer: Star Trek
35. THINK was the company motto for more than 40 years, for the company often referred to as "Big Blue." What is this frequently acronymed company?
Answer: IBM
36. Cola, cherry, licorice, apricot, and cardamom are five of the 23 flavors famously advertised to be present in every can of what drink?
Answer: Dr Pepper
37. In 2018, the athletic apparel brand Nike made a somewhat surprising acquisition of Invertex, a computer vision firm based in Tel Aviv in what country?
Answer: Israel
38. What is the brand name owned by Italian manufacturer Nordica which was the first brand to distribute inline skates worldwide? The term has somewhat evolved to become the generic term for its object similar to Kleenex or Google.
Answer: Rollerblade
39. Better known for its Animal model vacuum cleaners, what brand has branched into hair care, with products like the Corrale straightener and the Airwrap styler?
Answer: Dyson
40. The international publishing group Random House merged with what "aviary" publisher in 2013 resulting in a new publishing conglomerate?
Answer: Penguin Group
41. A large, double-sided sign featuring the logo of an oil company overlooks Kenmore Square in Boston. The sign was first installed in 1940 and most recently had its logo updated in 1965. What brand is represented on this sign?
Answer: Citgo
42. The Accent, Santa Fe, and Palisade are all car models manufactured by what international automotive company?
Answer: Hyundai
43. British-born geophysicist Cecil Green lived in Toronto and San Francisco growing up, and ultimately earned two college degrees from M.I.T. However, when he cofounded a company, the firm included what other state in its name? You might be most familiar with one of their products from algebra class.
Answer: Texas Instruments
44. Rice-A-Roni, Cap'n Crunch, and Life cereals are all food brands that PepsiCo acquired as part of their 2001 purchase of what company?
Answer: Quaker Oats Company
45. Deemed the best overall conditioner by New York Magazine in 2020, the "ghost conditioner" from what brand that shares its name with a part of speech contains moringa oil and green tea extract?
Answer: Verb
46. The Virgin V6 Box is considered Virgin TV's flagship set-top box and is powered by what four-letter DVR brand?
Answer: TiVo
47. A cool $250,000 buys a VIP night, including Jay-Z branded champagne and the right to control the famous fountains of what Las Vegas Strip hotel?
Answer: The Bellagio
48. When hunting down "the most interesting man in the world," what brand was looking for a Hemingway-esque spokesperson?
Answer: Dos Equis
49. With only 13 months between the phone's first release and the discontinuation of the product, the Fire phone was widely considered a commercial flop for what tech giant?
Answer: Amazon
50. The "Cutie" brand of produce primarily focuses on what miniature cousin of the orange?
Answer: Clementine
51. In 2016, one day after signing a new five-year Real Madrid contract, a certain Portuguese man signed a new long-term sponsorship deal with Nike. This man stated: "I have a great relationship with this brand, I have great friends here in the company. We work as a family too. This is my brand." Who is this man?
Answer: Cristiano Ronaldo
52. Anna Kendrick sings of "bags of Tostitos with salsa and queso" in a Frito-Lay ad that parodies what song from "The Sound of Music?"
Answer: My Favorite Things
53. The Segway PT did not reach its famously predicted scale and impact, but rather found a steady home for tourists and mall cops. What do the letters PT stand for in this famous invention?
Answer: Personal Transporter
54. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is the majority owner of what manufacturing company which predominantly sells audio equipment? The company was founded by an associate professor who later in life donated his shares to the school.
Answer: Bose
55. Despite the companies merging only three years ago in 2017, PetSmart announced in October 2020 that it would be splitting from what online pet food and supply store?
Answer: Chewy
56. In July 2015, The Home Depot acquired a company for $1.6 billion and later rebranded this company as The Home Depot Pro. The former brand name was a nine-letter word that could be viewed as the point at which multiple segments cross paths. What was the name of this acquisition prior to the rebranding?
Answer: Interline Brands
57. "The truth is, we're not that dumb, and we're not that smart" was a quote from Donald Keough, the president of what drink manufacturer, after conspiracies arose about a purposely inferior product the company had released to drive up demand for their original product?
Answer: Coca-Cola
58. Richard Branson licensed the Virgin brand in November 2006, but the company had been formed eight months prior when NTL merged with what other telecom company?
Answer: Telewest
59. Founded in 1914 and owned by FIAT since 1993, what is the name of the Italian luxury car manufacturer that features a trident as its emblem?
Answer: Maserati
60. Young NBA players such as Deandre Ayton and Marvin Bagley eschewed both Nike and Adidas when choosing what footwear brand as their sponsor in 2018? The mammalian company re-entered basketball in 2018 after a 20-year absence.
Answer: Puma
61. The orange-and-blue packaging of what Nestlé candy bar proclaims that it is "crispety, crunchety, peanut-buttery?"
Answer: Butterfinger
62. Internet mogul Richard Barton founded the online travel company Expedia, the employment search engine and company review website Glassdoor, and what internet-based real estate company?
Answer: Zillow
63. The United States Playing Card Company owns one of the most famous brands in playing cards, a brand name chosen to reflect the popularity of a late 19th century mode of transportation. The namesake brand is displayed on the Ace of Spades in each deck. What is this brand?
Answer: Bicycle
64. Both the tax preparation application TurboTax and the small business accounting program QuickBooks are products owned and sold by what publicly traded company?
Answer: Intuit
65. Since 2000, Mack Trucks has been a subsidiary of what Swedish carmaker?
Answer: Volvo
66. Lindt expanded their chocolate empire in the 1990s with the acquisition of what California-based chocolate company founded by and named after an Italian immigrant?
Answer: Ghirardelli
67. It was originally introduced in Thailand where it was used by truck drivers and laborers to stay alert. When a jet-lagged European sampled some, he realized his hangover had been cured and decided to buy the rights and produce it outside Thailand, eventually making it a world-class brand. What peppy drink brand are we talking about?
Answer: Red Bull
68. "All the News That's Fit to Print" has been the tagline, and printed on the masthead, of what media brand since 1897?
Answer: The New York Times
69. What athleisure brand was once designed with a specific "muse" in mind: a 32-year-old woman named Ocean making $100,000 a year?
Answer: Lululemon
70. "Where's the beef?" is a catchphrase in the United States and Canada introduced in 1984 by what fast food chain? The phrase eventually entered popular culture as a multipurpose phrase questioning the substance of an idea.
Answer: Wendy's
71. What is the name of the Japanese snack food first sold in 1966 initially described as a "chocolate-covered biscuit stick?" There are now additional flavored coatings such as almond, strawberry, milk, green tea, banana, and coconut.
Answer: Pocky
72. Bethenny Frankel, founder of lifestyle brand Skinnygirl and former daytime talk show host, is one of the main cast members of what series in the Real Housewives reality TV franchise?
Answer: The Real Housewives of New York City
73. What branded product from chemical giant Monsanto was initially developed as a covering to turn asphalt lots in urban areas into playgrounds?
Answer: AstroTurf
74. The company's personal transportation device launched in 2000 and quickly sold five million units (mostly for children) and won the "Toy of the Year." What is this "sharp" company?
Answer: Razor
75. What is the seven-letter branded software standard created by Apple that enables a car radio or touchscreen to be a display and a controller for an iOS device?
Answer: CarPlay
76. Since a 2010 merger, Ticketmaster has been a subsidiary of what larger entertainment company?
Answer: Live Nation Entertainment
77. What American brand of polyurethane adhesives features an orange label and is named after a genus in the Hominidae family?
Answer: Gorilla Glue
78. What popular toy was "discovered" during WWII as scientists were searching for a substitute product for rubber?
Answer: Silly Putty
79. After Dayton, Ohio served as home for 125 years, the electronics company NCR relocated to Duluth, Georgia in 2009. What do these initials stand for? The company grew by selling the value proposition that their product would help stores deter theft from retail clerks, and they were the first to sell the mechanical version of their flagship product.
Answer: National Cash Register
80. What American tech company had a microprocessor facility in Costa Rica that at one time was responsible for 20% of Costa Rican exports and 5% of the country's GDP?
Answer: Intel
81. Which eyewear startup, founded in 2010. began with an online-only business model and promised to donate one pair of glasses for every pair purchased?
Answer: Warby Parker
82. Torpedo, Hazy Little Thing, Pale Ale, and Hoptimum are all beers brewed by the seventh-largest brewer in the U.S. that was founded in Chico, California in 1979. What is the name of this geographic-sounding brewery?
Answer: Sierra Nevada
83. What is the name of the strong-tasting hard liquor popular in Costa Rica made from sugarcane? In order to discourage bootlegging, the government created a brand of this liquor called Cacique.
Answer: Guaro
84. "I Am Canadian" was the slogan for what beer brand from 1994 until 1998 and between 2000 and 2005? The campaign was retired shortly after a merger with Coors in 2005.
Answer: Molson Canadian
85. The Italian company Piaggio manufactures a vehicle under an iconic brand synonymous with their style of a painted, pressed steel unibody vehicle. The name is inspired by the Italian word for "wasp." What is this brand?
Answer: Vespa
86. What famous drink was introduced as "Brad's Drink" in New Bern, North Carolina in 1893 at a drugstore? The product was renamed five years later after the Greek "p" word for "digestion."
Answer: Pepsi Cola
87. Known widely as "il Commendatore" or "il Drake," what famous motor racing driver became a household name once his surname became attached to an automobile brand?
Answer: Ferrari
88. Most famous for its iconic trench coats, what British fashion company was founded in 1856 in Basingstoke, England?
Answer: Burberry
89. American Cone and Pretzel Company was the initial name of what snack brand founded in 1917 in Philadelphia that has been owned by Frito-Lay since the 1960s?
Answer: Rold Gold
90. Capital Brands is the current owner of what usually silver, projectile-looking appliance that’s famous for its "as seen on TV" stripe on its packaging and its 30-minute, early morning infomercials? It helps make drinks with its uniquely shaped cup, and was first launched in 2003.
Answer: Magic Bullet
91. The oldest beer brand from a certain American brewer is advertised on its packaging as "The Champagne of Beers." What is this beer? Note, we're looking for the specific beer, not just the brewer.
Answer: Miller High Life
92. What brand released the world's first commercially available cellular phone?
Answer: Motorola
93. What 6-letter compound word is the brand name of the hair-volumizing insert popularized in late-2000s television commercials?
Answer: Bumpit
94. What brand's name is a "syllabic abbreviation" of two states in which some of their original potato fields were located? The brand originally included the outlines of these states, but the logo has simplified over the years and they are now a brand within the Kraft Heinz snack food empire.
Answer: Ore-Ida
95. What outdoorswear apparel company founded in Boston in 1952 is known mostly for its footwear? Its "Yellow Boot" collection has become a global pop culture icon.
Answer: Timberland
96. When founded in 1906, this apparel company had a longer name that included the phrase "Arch Support Company," but the name has since been trimmed to only two words. What is this Boston-based manufacturer that famously features numbered product lines?
Answer: New Balance
97. The Pink Pony Fund is a philanthropic initiative focused on breast cancer care and prevention. The initiative is associated with what apparel company?
Answer: Ralph Lauren
98. Think of the word that means "a small, pond-like body of water that is often connected to a larger body of water." Now translate that word into Spanish and use the diminutive form. What American beer brand do you have?
Answer: Lagunitas
99. Introduced in 1927, what powdered drink mix is the official state soft drink of Nebraska, where it was invented?
Answer: Kool-Aid
100. What technology company was founded in 1993 with the vision that the next wave of computing would be graphics-based? The company took its name from the Latin word for "envy" and features product families GeForce, Quadro, and Tegra.
Answer: Nvidia
101. What brand has an iconic leporine mascot that wears sunglasses and carries a bass drum?
Answer: Energizer
102. What smartphone app and fintech company was founded by father and son duo Walter Wemple Cruttenden III and Jeffrey James Cruttenden to promote incremental and passive investing in 2014? The company's app features a light green color scheme and shares its name with a seed enclosed in a tough, leathery shell. The portfolio options the company offers were designed in part by Nobel laureate Harry Markowitz.
Answer: Acorns
103. From 1994 to 2008, Nike owned the brand Bauer which primarily made footwear and apparel for what popular global sport?
Answer: Hockey
104. Peter Moore, Tinker Hatfield, and Bruce Kilgore were the three designers for the first iteration of what Nike sub-brand of basketball shoes and apparel, first released to the public in late 1984?
Answer: Air Jordan
105. Applegate, Columbus Craft Meats, Dinty Moore, Jennie-O and Skippy are all brands owned and managed by what food processing company founded in Austin, Minnesota in 1891?
Answer: Hormel
106. What famous women's apparel, lingerie, and beauty brand is operated by the L Brands parent company based out of Columbus, Ohio? In addition to its main line, the company operates the popular Pink brand aimed at a younger audience.
Answer: Victoria's Secret
107. Slime is a company brand most well-known for a certain product used on what part of a bicycle?
Answer: Tire
108. The majority of the products sold by the "Adams" brand, with its iconic blue bottles, focus on what animal pest?
Answer: Fleas and ticks
109. In a 2008 brand refresh, Walmart removed the star in its logo (which had previously replaced a hyphen in 1992). It added a new symbol at the end of its brand name. What word does Walmart's website use to define this symbol with six yellow rays?
Answer: Spark
110. Dating back to 1997, the Heineken brand has been displayed in seven consecutive films in what global movie franchise?
Answer: James Bond
111. Known for its signature pink-and-green packaging, what Maybelline mascara brand is so popular that it's said one is sold every two seconds?
Answer: Great Lash
112. What American chain localizes its fare with offerings such as Turkish coffee in the Republic of Georgia and versions of its signature product stuffed with kimchi in South Korea and topped with fish flakes in China?
Answer: Dunkin'
113. Pepsi was the first American product sold in the USSR. In exchange, Pepsi became the sole U.S. distributor of what state-owned vodka brand?
Answer: Stolichnaya
114. What mouthwash brand is named after a doctor who pioneered antiseptic surgical techniques in the 19th century?
Answer: Listerine
115. What is the name of the American truck company that manufactured its first truck in 1907, inspired the name of a Pixar character in the movie "Cars," and was purchased by Volvo in 2000?
Answer: Mack Trucks
116. What Swedish fast-fashion brand acquired half of its brand name after the 1968 acquisition of hunting apparel retailer Mauritz Widforss?
Answer: H & M
117. The third-biggest cruise line operator as measured by number of annual passengers was founded in the UK and is headquartered in the United States. What is this misleadingly named cruise line co-founded by a dude from Oslo?
Answer: Norwegian Cruise Line
118. In January 2018, Bernard Arnault passed Mark Zuckerberg as the fifth richest person in the world. Which luxury fashion brand/retail giant does Bernard Arnault control?
Answer: LVMH
119. Founded in Minnesota in 1891, what food processing company was known throughout the 20th century as the manufacturer of Spam? Today, the company owns and distributes brands such as Jennie-O and Skippy.
Answer: Hormel
120. What U.S. retailer was founded in 1986 in the Phoenix area and owns private brands "Grreat Choice," "Authority," and "Simply Nourish"? In 2005, they had a very subtle rebrand in which they decided to capitalize the letter S instead of the letter M in the middle of the company's name.
Answer: PetSmart
121. Originally sold with the tagline of "Every Man a Rembrandt," what product was invented by Dan Robbins and first sold in the 1950s?
Answer: Paint by numbers
122. Starr Hill, Three Notch'd, James River, and Devil's Backbone are all breweries and beer brands with home bases in what eastern U.S. state?
Answer: Virginia
123. From 2008-2012, Nike owned what British sports brand which features two concentric rhombuses as its logo?
Answer: Umbro
124. In 1873, Heineken hired Dr. Elion, who helped brew the first Heineken beer brand by developing a yeast for Bavarian bottom fermentation. Elion was a former student of what famous French chemist?
Answer: Louis Pasteur
125. Google Buzz, Google Friend Connect, and Orkut were all Google products that were retired attempts at a social media platform. The fourth attempt was named what?
Answer: Google+
126. Steve Jobs was famous for his black turtleneck, blue jeans, and what brand of sneakers?
Answer: New Balance
127. Developed by George Lerner in 1949 and manufactured by Hasbro in 1952, what children's toy was the first ever to be advertised on television? The campaign was groundbreaking as it was the first campaign to explicitly market towards children, upending the advertising industry and the economics of the toy industry.
Answer: Mr. Potato Head
128. Toblerone got its name from founder Theodor Tobler and "torrone," the Italian word for what crackly confection found in each bar?
Answer: Nougat
129. Mister Donut is a fast food franchise with 1,000+ locations. Although founded in the U.S., Mister Donut is now headquartered in what Asian country?
Answer: Japan
130. For their golden anniversary, Cadillac introduced what car model named for a mythical city?
Answer: Eldorado
131. Richard George founded what cosmetics retailer in 1990? Today, each location of the retailer includes a salon, Benefit brow bar and Dermalogica skin bar.
Answer: Ulta Beauty
132. Nitto and Silverstone are both truck tire brands owned by what Japanese manufacturer who has a name only one letter removed from an Asian capital?
Answer: Toyo Tire Company
133. The Heineken Company owns a number of global beer brands, including what Singapore-made beer with a big cat in its logo?
Answer: Tiger Beer
134. More than 500 million of the Flying Pigeon PA-02 bicycles have been made, many multiples more than the next-most popular model of bicycle. The Flying Pigeon brand has been state-owned since the mid 20th century by what country?
Answer: China
135. Although the brand has a four-letter name coming from its founders' Italian surname, what apparel brand is now technically the largest South Korean sportswear manufacturer? The brand has seen a resurgence in the late 2010s as its sweatpants, platform sneakers, and color blocking became popular with Instagram influencers.
Answer: Fila
136. What kitchen appliance holds an important place in Nike lore due to its application in an early shoe by cofounder Bill Bowerman?
Answer: Waffle iron
137. A large green brontosaurus with the decidedly uncreative name of Dino is the mascot for what gasoline brand?
Answer: Sinclair
138. What polarizing clothing brand opened its first store in New York City in 1994 while lifting design cues from Barbara Kruger's red-and-white propaganda art and prominently featuring the Futura Heavy Oblique font?
Answer: Supreme
139. What is the time of the Italian beer brand with a label featuring a man wearing a green hat that was purchased by Heineken in 1996 and continues to be one of the most popular Italian beer brands?
Answer: Birra Moretti
140. What Nabisco brand, made of a marshmallow-topped cookie with a thin chocolate coating, is seasonal from September through March because the chocolate coating melts in warmer months?
Answer: Mallomars
141. In a 1980s commercial, actress Kelly LeBrock advertised what haircare brand with the slogan "Don't hate me because I'm beautiful?"
Answer: Pantene
142. What sweetener brand is generally known for its two-tone packaging (white on top, yellow on bottom) with blue labeling text? This brand also had a namesake riverside park open in Brooklyn in 2018.
Answer: Domino
143. Fiona was the codename for what Amazon product that was later officially named by branding consultants Michael Cronan and Karin Hibma?
Answer: Kindle
144. What apparel company was founded in 1818 in New York City and is considered by many to be the oldest U.S. retail company still in existence today?
Answer: Brooks Brothers
145. What iconic brand of watch is known for a simple dial with only a circle in the "12 position" at the top of the watch?
Answer: Movado
146. What Emily Weiss-founded cosmetics brand known for pop-up experiences opened their first permanent showroom at 123 Lafayette St. in New York? A second location followed the next year in Los Angeles.
Answer: Glossier
147. The brand Burley is most often associated with what specific bicycle accessory? The Oregon-based brand has been selling this item since the early 1980s.
Answer: Kids trailer
148. The Alto computer released in 1973 was the first to feature a GUI (graphical user interface). Although Apple's far more successful Macintosh system brought the GUI to wider acclaim, what was the company that released the Alto?
Answer: Xerox
149. Owned by Accor, what economy hotel brand with a red-and-white logo shares its name with a wading bird commonly found in wetlands and swamps?
Answer: Ibis
150. What eponymous cosmetics brand was founded by a woman born in Chicago who graduated from college with a self-directed degree in theatrical makeup? In 1991, this woman and her husband partnered with another couple to launch a brand that debuted at Bergdorf Goodman in New York City.
Answer: Bobbi Brown
151. What compound-word brand name popularly sells a product that acts as both an expanding cell phone grip and a phone stand?
Answer: PopSockets
152. Sold in its signature brown-and-white bottles at the time, what haircare brand used the slogan "If you don't look good, we don't look good" in the 1980s?
Answer: Vidal Sassoon
153. Actress and singer Hailee Steinfeld is the niece of Jake Steinfeld, who founded what fitness and lifestyle brand in 1980?
Answer: Body By Jake
154. Edward Boyd's idea to create advertisements showing Black Americans as normal, middle-class citizens (rather than racist stereotypes) was considered revolutionary in the 1940s. At what company was Boyd working when he actioned this plan?
Answer: Pepsi
155. In 1921, a health clinician in Minneapolis accidentally spilled a batch of bran gruel on a hot stove which soon crackled into a crisp flake. What household brand was birthed from this creation?
Answer: Wheaties
156. Phil Knight's deep devotion to his brand extends to permanent ink. Where will you find the Swoosh tattooed on his body?
Answer: Left ankle
157. The first mass consumer product that offered Wi-Fi connectivity was branded as AirPort because the product was produced by Apple. What was this series of laptops that was first released in 1999?
Answer: iBook
158. The founders of Nike started the business as distributors for what "Tiger" footwear brand from Japan?
Answer: Onitsuka
159. Featured in an episode of "Seinfeld," what chocolate syrup brand is George's ATM password?
Answer: Bosco
160. What end-of-the-alphabet eCommerce mattress brand was founded as a tent-focused company by Youn Jae Lee in 1979 and opened its first U.S. manufacturing location in 2021?
Answer: Zinus
161. Boasting of a "Sure Grip" to prevent sliding, and an "eco-friendly, synthetic material" to ensure a long shelf life, SoundAsleep Products is a mattress brand that focuses specifically on what type of lower-cost mattress?
Answer: Air mattress
162. What man was the founder of mortgage giant Rock Financial in 1985, which became the largest independent mortgage lender in the U.S by the late 1990s? The company later rebranded to Quicken Loans and also includes the Rocket Mortgage brand.
Answer: Dan Gilbert
163. The multinational market research firm Millward Brown, which specializes in advertising effectiveness, strategic communication, media and brand equity research, has 87 offices in 58 countries and is a subsidiary of what 3-letter-acronymed media giant?
Answer: WPP
164. The brewery Heineken's most popular brand in terms of beer sold annually is unsurprisingly Heineken. What is the company's second most popular brand?
Answer: Tecate
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Each week, our team will deliver original trivia quizzes straight to your inbox.
All you have to do is pick the categories.
You can leave the rest of the heavy lifting to us.
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We do everything we can to ensure that Water Cooler Trivia's questions are appropriate, relevant, and accurate. Our database has tens of thousands of questions, so we don't always get it right. If you see a question that needs editing, we would love if you let us know here or email quizmaster@watercoolertrivia.com.