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EPISODE SIX
ADVERTISING SPREADS THE WORD
1. Which founding father of the United
States printed America’s first magazine
ad in 1742?
A. Benjamin Franklin
B. Thomas Jefferson
C. John Adams
2. In 1906, W.K. Kellogg placed his
first ads for breakfast cereal in six
newspapers. Which product was the
company promoting?
A. Rice Krispies
B. Special K
C. Corn Flakes
3. What year did radio surpass magazines in terms of advertising revenue?
A. 1935
B. 1938
C. 1940
4. Name the first magazine to carry
$100 million in advertising annually.
A. Life
B. Newsweek
C. Time
5. What was the total number of road-
side signs used to make up a Burma
Shave jingle?
A. 4
B. 6
C. 8
6. What year did more than half of U.S.
households have a television?
A. 1952
B. 1954
C. 1956
7. Which decade did Hershey first start
using radio and television to advertise
its products?
A. 1940s
B. 1950s
C. 1960s
8. Which candy used the slogan “Melts
in your mouth, not in your hand” in a
1954 ad?
A. M&Ms
B. Hershey
C. Reese’s Pieces
9. The well-known slogan “Tastes
Great, Less Filling” described a type of
beer. Which brand was behind the famous ad campaign?
A. Budweiser
B. Coors
C. Miller Lite
10.
What year did internet advertising
top $200 million?
A. 1997
B. 1999
C. 2001
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RADIO’S GOLDEN AGE
11. What year did the first paid ra-
16. What term was used to describe
12. Which company was the sponsor
17. A popular ad campaign for cereal
dio commercial air on WEAF in New
York?
A. 1919
B. 1920
C. 1922
of the first nationally broadcast radio
soap opera, Clara, Lu, ‘n Em, that first
aired on NBC in 1931?
A. Colgate
B. Procter & Gamble
C. SC Johnson
13. Which product was the sponsor
of the popular radio program “Ma Perkins?”
A. Oxydol
B. Old Dutch Cleanser
C. Spic and Span
14. Name the popular watch compa-
ny that produced the nation’s first ever
radio commercial in 1926.
A. Timex
B. Bulova
C. Fossil
15. In the early days of radio, who
often owned the rights to the program?
A. Entertainers
B. Sponsors
C. Networks
President Franklin Roosevelt’s radio briefings?
A. Weekly radio address
B. Radio ramblings
C. Fireside chats
mentioned that the product was “shot
from guns.” Which cereal was it?
A. Kellogg’s Corn Flakes
B. Quaker Puffed Wheat
C. Cheerios
18. Which famous comedian’s radio
show often featured a humorous skit
involving Jell-O, an early sponsor of
the program?
A. Red Skelton
B. Groucho Marx
C. Jack Benny
19. Fibber McGee and Molly ended well
after TV replaced radio as the main source
of entertainment. What year did the show
end?
A. 1956
B. 1959
C. 1961
20.
Which company was the first
sponsor of Fibber McGee and Molly?
A. Johnson’s Wax
B. Pet Milk
C. Reynolds Aluminum
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TV’s PERSUASIVE POWER
21. Name the brand of cigarettes that
26. TV commercials for a powdered
22. In 1970, who banned all cigarette
27. The song “I’d Like To Teach the
used the following jingle in television
ads: “____ tastes good like a cigarette
should!”
A. Winston
B. Pall Mall
C. Marlboro
advertising from television and radio?
A. Surgeon General
B. Federal Communications
Commission
C. Congress
23. Which toothpaste brand promoted
the benefits of a fluoride compound in
its product in a 1956 TV ad?
A. Colgate
B. Aquafresh
C. Crest
24.
The first presidential debates to be
televised were held in what year?
A. 1956
B. 1960
C. 1964
25. Who was the Democratic nominee
for President in 1968 who lost to Republican Richard Nixon?
A. Hubert Humphrey
B. George Wallace
C. Robert Kennedy
drink in the 1960s included images of
NASA and the space program. What was
the product?
A. Tang
B. Ovaltine
C. Country Time Lemonade
World to Sing” originated from a popular Coca-Cola jingle that aired in 1971.
What was the jingle?
A. You Can’t Beat the Feeling
B. I’d Like to Buy the World a Coke
C. Have a Coke and a Smile
28. Name the digital video recorder
first released in 1999 that posed new
challenges to advertisers because it
allowed users to easily skip past commercials.
A. On Demand
B. TiVo
C. ReplayTV
29. Which popular TV show about an
advertising agency in New York City
in the 1950s and 1960s ended in 2015
after 7 seasons?
A. Mad Men
B. Mad About You
C. Breaking Bad
30. What was the average cost of a
Super Bowl ad in 2015?
A. $3.5 million
B. $4.5 million
C. $5.5 million
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FAMOUS SLOGANS & JINGLES
31. Which breakfast cereal features fa-
mous athletes on its boxes and brags that
its product is the Breakfast of Champions?
A. Wheaties
B. Cheerios
C. Kellogg’s Corn Flakes
32. Which popular brand of coffee
used the advertising slogan, Good to
the Last Drop?
A. Chase & Sanborn
B. Folgers
C. Maxwell House
33. A peanut butter maker invited
people to try its brand with the slogan,
“If you like peanuts, you’ll love…”
What peanut butter finished the phrase?
A. Jif
B. Peter Pan
C. Skippy
34. What food product promised to
Help Build Strong Bodies 12 Ways?
A. Wonder Bread
B. Chocolate Ovaltine
C. Chef Boy-Ar-Dee Pizza
35. A national oil company touted its
commitment to service with the slogan
“You Can Trust Your Car To The Man
Who Wears The Star.” What was the
company?
A. Mobil
B. Texaco
C. Conoco
36. Greyhound used the slogan Go
Greyhound, Leave the Driving to Us in
print, TV and billboards for more than
four decades. What year was the slogan
first used?
A. 1948
B. 1952
C. 1956
37. A luxury car maker combined tes-
timonial advertising with an easy-to-remember slogan: “Ask The Man Who
Owns One.” What was the car?
A. Pontiac
B. Plymouth
C. Packard
38. Name the brand of soup that was
billed as “Mmmmn Mmmmn Good.”
A. Lipton
B. Campbell’s
C. Progresso
39. Which fast-food company advertised that its specialty was “finger-lickin’ good?”
A. Kentucky Fried Chicken
B. Taco Bell
C. Domino’s Pizza
40.
Name the wrist watch company
that used the slogan “It takes a lickin’
but keeps on tickin’?”
A. Bulova
B. Timex
C. Rolex
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MEMORABLE AUTOMOBILE ADS
41. What year did the Ford Motor Com-
46. Which luxury car maker merged
42.What year did the first Jeep models
47. What feature of the Corvair made
pany stop production on the Model T?
A. 1927
B. 1930
C. 1934
become available to civilians?
A. 1945
B. 1946
C. 1947
with Studebaker in 1954?
A. Cadillac
B. Buick
C. Packard
the compact car so unique?
A. First station wagon
B. Engine in the back
C. First fuel injection system
43. Name the auto company whose
48. Which Volkswagen model was
44. How much did Chevrolet spend on
49. What year was the first Corvette
45. What standard automotive feature
50.
slogan in 1949 was: “Make a Date with
the 88!”
A. Oldsmobile
B. Dodge
C. Lincoln
advertising in 1950?
A. $21 million
B. $41 million
C. $51 million
was first introduced to American consumers in the 1950s?
A. Anti-lock brakes
B. Power steering
C. 4-wheel drive
featured in the company’s 1959 print ad
campaign titled “Think Small?”
A. Golf
B. Type 2
C. Beetle
Sting Ray released?
A. 1962
B. 1963
C. 1964
Which American auto maker used
the slogan “Grab life by the horns” for
several years starting in 2001 to describe its trucks?
A. Dodge
B. Ford
C. Chevy