Companies 1
1. Businessman Victor Kyam 'liked this product so much' he 'bought the company'. What was the product?
Remington Razor
2. Which company, whose products are mainly found in bathrooms these days, started off making swords and bayonets?
Wilkinson Sword
3. The Sandals corporation headquartered in Montego Bay is famous in the field of what?
Holiday resorts
4. Retailer Fortnum and Mason opened its first new UK store for more than 300 years at which London station in November 2013?
St Pancras International
5. What was the name of the electronics company, which moved into the home computer market in the 1980’s, founded by Alan Sugar in 1968?
Amstrad
6. Which large automotive and musical company has a logo comprising three crossed tuning forks?
Yamaha
7. Which bank issued piggy banks called Woody, Annabel and Maxwell, to child account holders in the 1980′s?
NatWest
8. In which decade was Microsoft founded?
(1975) 1970’s
9. Which company released the world’s first waterproof wristwatch, the Oyster in 1926?
Rolex
10. What is the company Foyle’s known for selling?
Books
Companies 2
1. Which company does Road Runner’s arch enemy buy his weapons etc from?
Acme
2. In 1964, Terence Conran opened his first of which chain of shops in Fulham Road, London?
Habitat
3. Ingersoll is a company best known for producing what?
Watches
4. What is the name of the giraffe in the Toys R Us ads?
Geoffrey
5. In which US state will you find the headquarters of Starbucks, Microsoft and Amazon?
Seattle
6. Which fashion house made its fortune supplying uniforms to the SS and the Hitler Youth?
Hugo Boss
7. What is the name of the company that ran from 1964 to 1995 that specialised in posters and postcards?
Athena
8. Swedish Ingvar Kamprad born in 1943 is famous for his creation of which international company?
Ikea
9. What nationality are the companies LG, Samsung and Hyundai?
South Korean
10. Which street in London is Harrods on?
Brompton Road
Companies 3
1. Which paint company works with the National trust to develop paint colours for the restoration of old buildings?
Farrow and Ball
2. Who plays Winston Wolf in the Direct Line Insurance television advertisements?
Harvey Keitel
3. Which computer company created the Amiga range of computers in the 1980’s?
Commodore
4. Prior to Apple becoming the most valuable company in the world in 2012 what corporation had held the record since 1999?
Microsoft
5. Which food chain did Ray Croc found in 1955 in the USA?
Mcdonalds
6. Which US company puts on a televised fireworks display over the East river in New York on the 4th July?
Macy’s
7. BNP Paribas are a French company that are prolific sponsors of sport, but what do they do as a company?
Banking
8. Fashion company Benetton is based in which country?
Italy
9. Which bank in 2010 became the UK's first new high-street bank for over 150 years?
Metro Bank plc
10. Adrian Dalsey, Larry Hillblom and Robert Lynn founded which delivery company in 1969?
DHL
Companies 4
1. Centrica is a British company famous in which field?
Energy
2. What does the EE stand for as in the name of the mobile phone company?
Everything Everywhere
3. The name of which hospitality business comes from the initials of Boss Hogg, a character in The Dukes of Hazzard, and the name of one of the founders teachers.
JD Wetherspoon
4. Which Spanish based bank took over Abbey National in 2004 & Bradford & Bingley in 2010?
Santander
5. Which company operates the national lottery
Camelot
6. What does LG stand for in the name of the electronics brand?
Life's good
7. The name for which fictional company is an acronym for A Company that Makes Everything?
Acme
8. What are the four colours of the Microsoft Windows logo?
Red, green, blue and yellow
9. Which country does the jewellery company Pandora come from?
Denmark
10. In 2016, a second hand handbag broke all records selling for £208k, but which company made it?
Hermes (Birkin Bag)
Companies 5
1. The company Victorinox are best known for making which useful and iconic tool?
The swiss army knife
2. What does the LV stand for in the insurance company name?
Liverpool Victoria
3. Which car related company advertises with the slogan So Quick, So Simple So Schofield?
Webuyanycar.com
4. William & Hugh are the first names of the founders of which upmarket store opened in London in 1707?
Fortnum and Mason
5. Which supermarket chain was bought by The Co-op in 2009
Safeway (originally Gateway)
6. “It Does Exactly What it Says on the Tin” is the tagline for which company?
Ronseal
7. Which designer brand created the Kelly bag?
Hermes
8. Which popular takeaway has 11 secret herbs and spices?
KFC
9. Per Una is the name of the premium brand of younger women’s clothing in which high street shop?
Marks and Spencer
10 Which company produces the Pavilion & Envy range of computers & laptops?
Hewlett Packard
Companies 6
1. Which female Greek mythological creature is used as the logo for Versace?
Medusa
2. What do the Waterman company of New York manufacture?
Pens
3. The messenger of the Gods in Greek mythology lent its name to which German parcel delivery company (now known as Evri)?
Hermes
4. Which company advertises on TV with the line “we cross the T’s, dot the I’s & put U in the middle”?
TUI
5. Lazlo Biro is best known for patenting the first practical ballpoint pen – what nationality was he?
Hungarian
6. On a packet of Scott’s Porridge Oats which athletics event is featured?
Shot put
7. The glass maker Corning invented which brand of heat resistant glass for use in laboratories and kitchens in 1915?
Pyrex
8. Michael Jackson’s hair caught fire in an accident in 1984 while filming an advert for which product?
Pepsi
9. Which fruit is used in the logo of Ann Summers shops?
Apple
10. Which mineral water brand comes from a spring near Lake Geneva?
Evian
Companies 7
1. Energy firm British Gas is owned by which company?
Centrica
2. Ebeneezer Butterick created a company in 1892 which is still around today, But what does it specialise in?
Sewing patterns
3. According to A New York times statistic, 1 in 10 people born in Europe are conceived on beds made by which famous home furniture brand?
Ikea
4. In 1980 which electronics company demonstrated its latest invention, the compact disc?
Philips
5. Jesse Boot created his company Boots the Chemist in 1849 in which UK city?
Nottingham
6. Daisy, Daisy Love and Daisy Dream are perfumes by which brand?
Marc Jacobs
7. Which company manufactures the game Connect 4?
Hasbro
8. Which company has the slogan "Move the way you want"?
Uber
9. Pour Monsieur, Antaeus and Allure Homme are men's perfumes by which brand?
Chanel
10. Which company took over clothing brands Topshop and Miss Selfridge in 2021?
ASOS
Companies 8
1. Which bank released a business bank account called Mettle in 2023?
Nat west
2. Which long distance UK coach operator started operating in 2003 with fares starting at £1?
Megabus
3. During a test flight on Halloween 2014 the VSS Enterprise suffered a catastrophic breakup and crashed. Which company did it belong to?
Virgin Galactic
4. Which watch company has a pointed crown as its logo?
Rolex
5. Twitter/X's logo was unveiled by Elon Musk in 2023 when he said he wanted to get rid of the bird logo. But what was the name of the bird?
Larry
6. Bard is an AI Chatbot released in March 2021 by which company?
7. Mark Zuckerberg founded Facebook whilst studying at which university
Harvard
8. Malcolm Billington and Brian Mayman created which discount store, which they named after themselves, in 1978?
B and M
9. What are Barnes and Noble famous for selling?
Books
10. Since 1992, what has been the logo for the aftershave “Old spice”?
A yacht
Companies 9
1. Lacura is the brand of toiletries from which supermarket?
Aldi
2. Cien is the own brand of toiletries range from which supermarket?
Lidl
3. Which massive tech company was formerly nicknamed BackRub?
4. What is the name of the Danish manufacturing company that specialises in roof windows and skylights?
Velux
5. Which brand has a white ghost on a yellow background as its logo?
Snapchat
6. Colman's mustard and Marmite are now both owned by which company?
Unilever
7. William Morris and Co and Sanderson are famous for what type of home decoration?
Wallpaper
8. What did the website Amazon start off selling?
Books
9. Which Japanese company makes Xperia mobile phones?
Sony
10. Which British luxury brand is known for its skincare and makeup products, including the award-winning Charlotte's Magic Cream?
Charlotte Tilbury
Company names 1
1. Which American company is named after a Biblical strongman?
Samsonite
2. The coffee shop Starbucks is named after a character in which novel?
Moby Dick
3. How is the shop TK Maxx known in America?
TJ Maxx
4. On 19th February 1906, the Battle Creek Cereal Company was formed, by what name is it now more famous?
Kelloggs
5. Which company's name was originally Echo Bay Technology Group?
eBay
6. Wiki (as in Wikipedia) means what in Hawaii?
Quick
7. Which company’s name was originally High Tech Computer Company?
HTC
8. What famous sun cream company is named after a mountain in Switzerland?
Piz Buin
9. Which company, on the 1st April 2010 changed its name to Topeka as an April fools joke?
10. The Pseudoscience lifestyle website "Goop" is owned by which celebrity?
Gwyneth Paltrow
Company names 2
1. ‘Albrecht Discount’ supermarket is better known by what name?
Aldi
2. Which company is named after a musical starring Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire?
Holiday Inn
3. Which company was founded in 1973 by Richard Tompkins and named after the Greek city he was staying in when he came up with the idea for the company?
Argos
4. Which sports wear company takes its name from the Afrikaans name for a type of antelope?
Reebok
5. Vodafone gets its name from three words, what are those words?
Voice, Data, Telephone
6. Which two words is the company name Intel abbreviated from?
Integrated technology
7. Which British-based high street company is named after the secretary of the male founder?
Ann Summers
8. Which internet search engine is named after creatures in Gulliver’s travels?
Yahoo
9. The name of which very large company is an acronym of the founder’s name, the farm where he grew up, and his home parish?
IKEA
10. Which company's name is short for Durability, Reliability and Excellence?
Durex
Advertising slogans 1
1. Which bank claims to be the world’s local bank?
HSBC
2. Which company has the slogan “Ideas for life”?
Panasonic
3. Which company has the slogan "Don't be evil"?
4. With which company would you associate the tag line “put a tiger in your tank”?
Esso
5. Which Sunday newspaper used to advertise itself as ‘a newspaper, not a snooze paper’?
The mail on Sunday
6. Which company uses the slogan “never knowingly undersold”?
John Lewis
7. What company had the slogan “When you care enough to send the very best”?
Hallmark
8. What in advertising was “made in Scotland from girders”?
Irn Bru
9. Which company has the advertising tagline “Making a house a home”?
Homebase
10. Which company has the tagline “The makeup of makeup artists”?
Max factor
Advertising slogans 2
'1. Why have cotton when you can have silk?' was used to advertise which chocolate bar?
Galaxy Milk Chocolate
2. “Challenge Everything” is the slogan of which games company?
EA games
3. Which beer declares that it is “Probably the best lager in the world”?
Carlsberg
4. Who uses the slogan “It could be you!”?
The National Lottery
5. Which company told us to "Let Your Fingers Do the Walking" from the 60's?
Yellow Pages
6. The slogan "Snap! Crackle! Pop!" has been selling which of Kellogg’s cereals since the 1930's?
Rice Krispies
7. Which food product has used the slogan "Taste the rainbow" since 1994?
Skittles
8. “Good things come to those who wait” is the slogan for which beer brand?
Guinness
9. "Finger lickin’ good" was the slogan used by which fast food company
KFC
10. Which company uses the advertising tagline “get the London look” on TV?
Rimmel
Famous products 1
1. What did Earl Hass invent, that is used on a monthly basis, that saw him listed as one of the Sunday Times top inventors of the 20th century?
Tampons
2. What is the surname of Earl Silus who gave his name to a household storage product?
Tupper
3. What does the ‘Q’ stand for in the name of the cotton buds Q-Tips?
Quality
4. Kevlar, the high-strength material, used in armour and sports equipment, is a product made by which corporation?
DuPont
5. What technological kitchen development is Kenneth Wood famous for?
The food processor (Kenwood)
6. In D.I.Y, which company licenced and produced the portable workbench ‘The Workmate’ in the 1970′s?
Black and Decker
7. What toy was invented by a carpenter named Ole Kirk Christiansen?
Lego
8. Dr Martens were named after Klaus Martens but what was Mr Martens' career?
He was actually a doctor
9. Which product is associated with the sound plink, plink Fizz?
Alka Seltzer
10. By what trade name is Sildenafil better known?
Viagra
Famous products 2
1. Fly, Birkenstock, and Tiva are notable brands of what?
Shoes
2. Which product's name stems from an embossed depiction of a fool wearing a cap with bells?
Foolscap paper
3. The Speedmaster watch is made by which manufacturer?
Omega
4. What product was developed by the Zenith Radio Corporation in 1950 and officially called “Lazy bones”?
Remote control
5. From what is the J derived in the brand name 'J-cloth'?
Johnson and Johnson
6. Who patented the ball cock plumbing mechanism in the 1500’s?
Thomas Crapper
7. What did Alexander Bain invent in the 19th century that became generally available in the 1980’s and then lost sales because of the internet?
The fax machine
8. Victor Hasselblad is a Swiss entrepreneur famous for his inventions in which field?
Cameras
9. What product did British toymaker Frank Hornby patent in 1907, which is still popular today? (It has nothing to do with railways!)
Meccano
10. What name is given to the family of Adidas footballs, first used in the 1994 world cup?
Questra
Famous products 3
1. Which goddess did Gillette name their safety razor designed especially for women after?
Venus
2. Which two animals are the mascots for Silent night beds?
Hippo and duck
3. Which model of ford shares its name with a British DIY chain that went into administration in 2011?
Focus
4. Which shampoo brand gets its name from the Finnish word for gloss?
Timotei
5. According to the advertising slogan, how many owners said that their cats preferred Whiskas?
8 out of 10
6. Which cleaning brand is also the name of a Queen hit song?
Flash
7. Which brand of toothpaste is named after a tooth?
Wisdom
8. What type of drug is panadol a brand of?
Paracetamol
9. Which brand of pen has two small hearts as its logo?
Papermate
10. In January 2007, Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced which landmark product at a conference in San Francisco?
iphone
High Street shopping
1. John Boot founded which company in Nottingham in 1849?
Boots
2. Which company that started off as a market stall in Leeds had the slogan “Don’t ask a price, it’s a penny”?
Marks and Spencer
3. Which British retailer owns the Brands Elizabeth Duke, Bush and Chad Valley?
Argos
4. Sir John Cohen is the founder of which supermarket?
Tesco
5. Which family run US company owns the UK supermarket ASDA?
Walmart
6. In 2003, which UK retailer won a legal battle to be able to advertise for staff in job centres?
Ann Summers
7. Which UK supermarket chain has an in-store section called ‘Market Street’?
Morrison’s
8. In which country was the Aldi chain of supermarkets founded?
Germany
9. Which grocery retailer has a fir tree inside a circle as its logo?
Spar
10. The first ever Tesco opened in which decade?
(1920’s) 1929