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1. In the 1960s, Ray Kroc, founder of McDonald's fast-food chain, created an alternative to beef hamburgers. Unfortunately this menu item lacked substance and sales. What did Kroc name this burger?
2. In 1996 motorcycle giant, Harley Davidson, decided to change things up and introduced a product that one normally doesn't associate with bikes or bikers. What failed product did the company come up with?
3. Colgate-Palmolive, the toothpaste manufacturer, introduced a product in the 1980s that had nothing to do with toothpaste and everything do with cuisine. What did the company introduce?
4. As recently as 2016, a pharmaceutical fraud involving the manipulation of lab results ended with the imprisonment of its founder, Elizabeth Holmes. Name the company involved with the scandal.
5. Rear Admiral Bradley Fiske was a prolific American inventor during the early 20th century. He came up with an invention that seemed promising at the time but didn't quite catch on. What did Fiske invent?
6. Even genius inventors like Thomas Edison occasionally create a product that ultimately fails. In 1875 he invented an everyday product that seemed like a good idea at the time. What did Edison invent?
7. Believe it or not, there was a time radium was used for just about any product you could think of. It was promoted as being the next magical health remedy. In the early part of the 20th century, industrialist Ebenezer Byers began promoting what radioactive product?
8. With lives at stake, pharmaceutical companies should test their products accurately and diligently before releasing them on the market. Of course they don't always do that. Such was the case of the premature sales of the anti-inflammatory drug Vioxx. Which pharmaceutical company produced Vioxx?
9. In the 1970s, Ford Motors sold a subcompact car that was discontinued because its fuel tank was not as strong as it should have been. This caused fires when cars were rear-ended. This oversight lead to tank explosions. Which car was it?
10. In 1995 video game giant, Nintendo, released a video game console that hadn't been fully tested. It didn't go over well for various reasons. What was the name of that video console?
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