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Fun business trivia questions with answers about Hershey's, Burpee, Ford Motor Company, Gillette Razors, and more.

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What enduring advertising symbol was created by a Virginia schoolboy as part of a drawing competition held in 1916?
A: Mr. Peanut--the trademark of Planters Peanuts. Schoolboy Antonio Gentile of Suffolk, Virginia, received $5 for his winning entry.

When Gillette first marketed its safety razor at the turn of the century, it sold 20 blades for $1.00 How much did the razor handle cost?
A: $5.

What was the name of the first major deodorant company in the United States?
A: Odorono--its magazine ad mentioning underarm odor in 1919 led hundreds of offended women to cancel their subscriptions to the "Ladies Home Journal."

What actress was billed as "Miss Deepfreeze" when she toured the country demonstrating refrigerators?
A: Kim Novak.

On a February afternoon in 1959, the TV game show "Haggis Baggis" was interrupted with the announcement, "Ladies and gentlemen, Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt." What followed?
A: A commercial for Good Luck Margarine delivered by the former First Lady.

"She kissed the hairbrush by mistake. She though it was her husband Jake." What is the origin of this rhyme?
A: Burma Shave roadside jingle 1940.

All automaker Henry Ford's cars were black until 1925, when he introduced two new colors. What were they?
A: Green and maroon.

What are the street lights in Hershey, Pennsylvania designed to look like?
A: Foil-wrapped Hershey's chocolate kisses.

What U.S. department store was the first to install electric lighting?
A: Wanamaker's of Philadelphia, in 1878.

What was sold in the Burpee mail-order catalog when it was introduced by 17-year old Washington Atlee Burpee in 1876?
A :Chickens.  Burpee soon added chicken feed and then the vegetable and flower seeds the catalog has long been famous for.

What product used Bobby Darin's 1958 hit song "Splish Splash" in its commercials?
A: Drano.

What famous American, in a bid to show the commercial potential of the soybean, appeared at a convention in 1939 outfitted in clothes made entirely from that very versatile vegetable?
A: Henry Ford. His shoes were the only part of his wardrobe not made from soybeans.

The first paid radio commercial ever aired promoted a cooperative apartment house in New York City in 1922. The ad cost $100. How long did it last?
A: 10 minutes.

Where did Uniroyal get the steel frame for the 80-foot tall tire that stands near Detroit's Edsel Ford Freeway?
A: It was the Ferris wheel at the 1964 New York World's Fair.

What was  unusual about the Sexto-Auto manufactured by the Reeves Manufacturing Company of Columbus, Indiana, in 1912?
A: It had six wheels--two in front and four in the rear.  The same company previously had manufactured the eight-wheel  Octo-auto.

The Ford Motor Company manufactured one million cars for the first time in 1922. In what year did it hit the two-million mark?
A: In 1923.

What were Kleenex tissues marketed as when the were first introduced in 1924?
A: A cold cream remover.