Q 01/05

Under what name was the cola created by a New Bern, North Carolina pharmacist in 1893 first sold?

A) Brad's Drink

B) Caleb's Tonic

C) New Bern Nectar

D) Carolina Cola

Answer · why

A) Brad's Drink

Caleb Bradham's drink was renamed Pepsi-Cola in 1898 and the company was incorporated on Christmas Eve 1902.

Q 02/05

Pepsi-Cola got its name in 1898 because its formula was said to include an essence of what?

A) A Peruvian pepper extract

B) The digestive enzyme pepsin

C) The founder's pet nickname

D) A rival syrup called Pep

Answer · why

B) The digestive enzyme pepsin

Early ads called it 'The Pepsin Drink' and claimed it relieved indigestion, headaches and drowsiness.

Q 03/05

What size nickel bottle did Depression-era Pepsi sell, twice what Coca-Cola offered?

A) 5 ounces

B) 8 ounces

C) 12 ounces

D) 10 ounces

Answer · why

C) 12 ounces

The 'Nickel, Nickel' radio jingle looped endlessly on 'twelve full ounces, that's a lot', and profits doubled between 1936 and 1938.

Q 04/05

PepsiCo won the right to sell Pepsi in the USSR in a 1972 barter deal for Western rights to which product?

A) Beluga caviar

B) Lada automobiles

C) Siberian timber

D) Stolichnaya vodka

Answer · why

D) Stolichnaya vodka

The deal made Pepsi the first foreign product sanctioned for sale in the USSR, and 'Pepsi-stroika' later became a pun on Gorbachev's reforms.

Q 05/05

In which country did the 1992 'Pepsi Number Fever' promotion's 800,000 winning caps spark deadly riots?

A) Indonesia

B) Argentina

C) Venezuela

D) The Philippines

Answer · why

D) The Philippines

The grand prize was one million pesos, and the botched draw led to riots and five deaths.