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Guess the Company From Its Biggest Scandal
Guess the company quiz with a twist: no logos and no products, just the scandals and wild moves they're known for! From cheating emissions tests and exploding phones to buried video games, a fighter jet lawsuit and a CEO paid millions for the word We, every question gets nicher. Keep score, see if…
- 26 questions
- 6 min
- 5 Easy
- 7 Medium
- 8 Hard
- 6 Genius
Guess the Company From Its Biggest Scandal: questions and answers
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Which carmaker cheated diesel emissions tests in 2015? Toyota · Ford · Volkswagen
Volkswagen
Who paid up to 500 million dollars for slowing down old phones? Samsung · Google · Apple
Apple
Whose users' data was harvested in the Cambridge Analytica scandal? Twitter · Facebook · Snapchat
Facebook
Whose phone was banned on planes in 2016 for catching fire? Huawei · Nokia · Samsung
Samsung
Which game company got the most downvoted Reddit comment ever? Ubisoft · EA · Activision
EA – Over 600 thousand downvotes, about loot boxes in Star Wars Battlefront Two!
Whose gaming network was hacked and offline for 23 days in 2011? Microsoft · Sony · Nintendo
Sony
Which company? A luxury island festival that served sad cheese sandwiches was run by… Fyre · Coachella · Tomorrowland
Fyre
Which startup sold blood tests that didn't work, and its founder was convicted? Theranos · WeWork · Juul
Theranos
Who turned down buying Netflix for 50 million dollars in 2000? Walmart · Blockbuster · HBO
Blockbuster
Which chain lost a famous 1994 lawsuit over scalding hot coffee? McDonald's · Starbucks · Burger King
McDonald's – The customer had serious burns, and the jury awarded almost 3 million dollars!
Which fast food chain ran out of chicken in the UK in 2018? KFC · McDonald's · Burger King
KFC
Which crypto exchange collapsed in 2022 and sent its founder to prison? Binance · Coinbase · FTX
FTX
Which sportswear giant faced a huge 1990s sweatshop scandal? Adidas · Puma · Nike
Nike
Who spent over a billion dollars fixing the Red Ring of Death? Microsoft · Sony · Sega
Microsoft
Which company invented the digital camera in 1975, then went bankrupt in 2012? Kodak · Polaroid · Nikon
Kodak
Which airline had a passenger dragged off an overbooked flight in 2017? Delta · United · American
United
Who promised canvas bags in a 200 dollar edition, then shipped nylon ones? Blizzard · Bethesda · Rockstar
Bethesda – It happened with the Fallout 76 Power Armor Edition in 2018!
Which bank's staff opened millions of fake accounts for customers? Wells Fargo · Chase · Citibank
Wells Fargo
Which company buried truckloads of video games in a desert in 1983? Nintendo · Sega · Atari
Atari – They were dug up in 2014, and E.T. cartridges were found!
Which company deleted the book 1984 from people's e-readers? Apple · Amazon · Barnes & Noble
Amazon – It happened in 2009, and yes, the irony was noticed!
Which drink brand paid 13 million dollars because it didn't give anyone wings? Monster · Gatorade · Red Bull
Red Bull
Which laptop maker preinstalled Superfish adware in 2015? Lenovo · Dell · HP
Lenovo
Which startup paid its own CEO 5.9 million dollars for the word We? Airbnb · Uber · WeWork
WeWork – He later gave the money back!
Whose UK bottled water flopped in 2004 after people learned it was purified tap water? PepsiCo · Coca-Cola · Nestlé
Coca-Cola – The brand was Dasani, and it was pulled from UK shops within weeks!
Who did a student sue in 1996 to get a fighter jet from a TV ad? Pepsi · Coca-Cola · Red Bull
Pepsi – He collected 700 thousand dollars to buy the points, but lost in court!
Which toy company recalled millions of toys over lead paint in 2007? Hasbro · Mattel · LEGO
Mattel