90s Infomercial Products
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Q 01Which cutlery brand was heavily promoted through direct-response TV ads from the late 1970s?
- AThe Miracle Blade
- BThe Ginsu Knife
- CThe Slice Master
- DThe Precision Pro
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The Ginsu Knife
The Ginsu knife campaign, devised by Ed Valenti, Barry Becher and copywriter Arthur Schiff, made "But wait, there's more!", "Operators are standing by" and "An amazing, low, low price!" into television staples.
Q 02Which inventor and TV pitchman hosted the 'Set it, and forget it!' rotisserie infomercials?
- AWolfgang Puck
- BRon Popeil
- CEmeril Lagasse
- DPaula Deen
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Ron Popeil
Ron Popeil founded Ronco in 1964 and coined "Set it, and forget it!" for the Showtime Rotisserie & BBQ, which sold more than eight million units in the US.
Q 03What was the fitness device that Suzanne Somers famously advertised in 1990s infomercials?
- AThighMaster
- BTotal Gym
- CShake Weight
- DAb Circle Pro
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ThighMaster
The ThighMaster is two bent metal tubes joined by a hinge; squeezed between the knees it works the hip adductors. Suzanne Somers fronted the 1990s campaign, which stressed that you could use it while watching television.
Q 04Which late-1980s Israeli-made gadget removed hair by spinning a coil spring across the skin?
- ASilk-epil
- BNair
- CSmooth Away
- DEpilady
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Epilady
The original Epilady was made by Mepro at kibbutz HaGoshrim in 1986. Its motor rotated a coil spring that caught hairs and pulled them out through the follicle — which, as with waxing, many users found painful.
Q 05By 1994, roughly what share of US television stations were airing infomercials?
- AAbout 91 percent
- BAbout 60 percent
- CAbout 75 percent
- DAbout 45 percent
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About 91 percent
Once the FCC dropped commercial-length limits in 1984 the format spread fast — one early operator turned $8 million of cable airtime into $21 million of sales in a year, and by 1994 roughly 91% of US stations were running infomercials.
Q 06How much did Salton pay George Foreman in 1999 to buy out the rights to his name on the grill?
- A$45 million
- B$70 million
- C$110 million
- D$138 million
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$138 million
At peak George Foreman was pocketing around $4.5m a month from the deal, and more than 100 million of the grills have been sold worldwide.
Q 07The Flowbee, an infomercial fixture invented by a San Diego carpenter, cut hair by attaching to which appliance?
- AA hair dryer
- BA garden hose
- CA vacuum cleaner
- DAn electric drill
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A vacuum cleaner
Rick Hunts filed his patent in 1986, and the gadget was immortalised in Wayne's World as the 'Suck Kut'.
Q 08Which Grammy-winning singer hosted the Psychic Friends Network infomercials from 1991?
- ADiana Ross
- BGladys Knight
- CDionne Warwick
- DPatti LaBelle
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Dionne Warwick
Sitting beside psychic Linda Georgian, she helped the hotline pull in nine figures a year — before the company went bankrupt in 1998 with $26m in liabilities.
Q 09When Joy Mangano first pitched her Miracle Mop on QVC herself, how many did she sell in under half an hour?
- A1,800
- B5,000
- C12,000
- D18,000
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18,000
The mop head is a continuous 300-foot loop of cotton, and Mangano's story became the 2015 film Joy, with Jennifer Lawrence in the lead.
Q 10Which martial artist created the Tae Bo workout?
- ABilly Blanks
- BChuck Norris
- CTony Little
- DJake Steinfeld
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Billy Blanks
The name is a blend of taekwondo and boxing, the two disciplines its creator mashed together into a cardio routine.
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