The Joy of *Pepsi*: The *Pepsi* Legacy Quiz

Answer: Caleb Bradham

Caleb was a pharmacist who owned a drug store and had a soda fountain there for his customers, located in New Bern, North Carolina. He began experimenting with different concoctions of ingredients and came up with a flavor to everyone's liking.

Answer: Brad's Drink

It was known as Brad's Drink until August 28, 1898, when the name was changed to Pepsi-Cola.

Answer: August 28, 1898

According to pepsi.com, Caleb bought the name "Pep Kola" from a local competitor and changed it to Pepsi-Cola. The new name, Pepsi-Cola, is derived from two of the principal ingredients, pepsin and kola nuts.

Answer: 1923

Caleb Bradham lost his company by gambling on the stock market. He believed sugar prices would rise but they fell instead. Its assets were sold to a North Carolina concern, Craven Holding Corporation, for {$30,000.}

Further bankruptcies followed in 1931 and 1939.

Answer: Roy C. Megargel

He was a Wall Street broker and he bought the Pepsi trademark, business and goodwill from Craven Holding Corporation for {$35,000,} forming the Pepsi-Cola Corporation. Although it has been stated that the Loft Candy Company's president, Charles G. Guth, reformulated the popular soft drink in 1931, it isn't mentioned on Pepsi's Official Site, pepsi.com.

Answer: Nickel, Nickel

'Nickel, Nickel' became a hit record and was translated into 55 languages.

Answer: Pepsi and Pete

The 'Pepsi and Pete' comic strip was used to endorse the 'twice as much for a nickel' theme in newspapers. In support of America's war effort, in 1941, Pepsi changes the color of its bottle crowns to red, white and blue. A Pepsi canteen in Times Square, New York, operated throughout the war, enabling more than a million families to record messages for armed services personnel overseas.

Answer: 1964

Mountain Dew also made its first appearance to the market in 1964.

Answer: 1988

The 'choice of a new generation' expands its flavors with Wild Cherry Pepsi in 1988. In 1998, Pepsi introduces Pepsi One, 'the first one calorie drink without that diet taste!' and PepsiCo. Chairman and CEO Roger A. Enrico donates his salary to provide scholarships for children of PepsiCo employees.

Answer: 'More Bounce to the Ounce'

'Catch That Pepsi Spirit' was the slogan in 1979, 'Have a Pepsi Day' was the slogan in 1976 and 'Be Sociable, Have a Pepsi' was the slogan in 1958.