Coca-Cola Trivia Quiz - #1

Coca-Cola Trivia Quiz - #1
Oh the bubbles, they tickle your nose.

1.       The Coca-Cola Company is headquartered in this southern city.

2.       Coca-Cola was invented in what year?

3.       $40.00 purchased one share of stock in 1919.  Reinvesting all dividends made it worth how much in 2012?

4.       In 2007, the US was responsible for what percentage of gallons distributed?

5.       Coca-Cola offers how many brands in over 200 countries?

6.       In the mid 1980’s Coca-Cola purchased and sold what movie studio?

7.       Coca-Cola had cocaine in it back in 1885, true or false?

8.       What did Coke do to itself in 1985 that made many a Coke drinker mad?

9.       In 2009, Costco stopped selling Coke and Diet Coke, true or false?

10.   How many mg’s of caffeine are in 12 fluid ounces?

11.   A link has been shown between long-term regular cola intake and osteoporosis in older women, true or false?

12.   Coke controls __% of the total carbonated soft drink market, compared with Pepsi's __%?

13.   Each 12oz Coke has how many bubbles?   A.  5,349, B.  9,981 or C. 12,352?

14.   Every day, how many Coca-Cola beverages are enjoyed worldwide?

15.   This artist painted 6 artistic creations for Coke advertising?

16.   If you drank a different Coke product every day, how long would it take you to try them all?

17.   The average person living anywhere in the world consumes a Coke product how often?

18.   It takes 3 liters of water to make one liter of Coke, true or false?

19.   Coke uses 17.4% of this US industry.  Can you name it?

20.   Who spends more on advertising, Coke, Microsoft or Apple?

 

 

Answers below

 

 

 

1.       Atlanta, Georgia.

2.       1886.

3.       $9.8 million.

4.       43%.

5.       500.

6.       Bought Columbia Pictures in 1981, sold it in 1989 to Sony.

7.       True.  It wasn’t much, but it was in it.

8.       They introduced “New Coke”.

9.       True.  Some still sell Coke, but it’s from Mexico.

10.   34.  Pepsi has 37.5 per 12 oz.

11.   True.  Due to the presence of phosphoric acid.

12.   42% to 30% according to Beverage Digest.

13.   C.  (Who counted them?)

14.   Over 1 billion.

15.   Norman Rockwell.

16.   Over 9 years.  There are more than 3,500 beverages.

17.   Every 4 days.

18.   False.  It takes 2 liters of water to make one liter of Coke.

19.   Coke needs 300,000 tons of aluminum for its cans every year just for its US operations.

20.   2010 budgets:  Coke = $2.9 billion, Microsoft = $1.6 billion and Apple $691 million.

 

 

 

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