Q 01/05

In which city did pharmacist John Pemberton first sell his new temperance soda in 1886?

A) Atlanta

B) Nashville

C) Charlotte

D) Memphis

Answer · why

A) Atlanta

The first glasses were poured at Jacob's Pharmacy for five cents each, after Atlanta and Fulton County went dry.

Q 02/05

In what year did Coca-Cola replace its formula with the short-lived 'New Coke'?

A) 1975

B) 1985

C) 1979

D) 1982

Answer · why

B) 1985

Taste tests actually favoured the new recipe, but nostalgia forced the old one back as Coca-Cola Classic within three months.

Q 03/05

Which company put a red-suited Santa in its ginger ale ads in 1923, before Coca-Cola?

A) Canada Dry Ginger Ale

B) Vernors Ginger Soda

C) White Rock Beverages

D) Clicquot Club Company

Answer · why

C) White Rock Beverages

White Rock had already used Santa to sell mineral water in 1915, so the myth that Coca-Cola invented the red-and-white Santa is exactly that.

Q 04/05

Under what name was Pepsi first sold in 1893 at a North Carolina drugstore?

A) Caleb's Cola

B) Pepsin Pop

C) Bern Bubbles

D) Brad's Drink

Answer · why

D) Brad's Drink

Caleb Bradham renamed it Pepsi-Cola in 1898; the company went bankrupt in 1923 before being revived by Charles Guth.

Q 05/05

Pepsi got its 1898 name from a supposed benefit for which bodily function?

A) Sleep

B) Eyesight

C) Circulation

D) Digestion

Answer · why

D) Digestion

Early adverts called it 'The Pepsin Drink' and promised relief from dyspepsia, headaches and drowsiness.