Epic Fails, Future Fame

You don’t lose, you learn – and sometimes mistakes deliver unexpected yet momentous outcomes. This week’s trivia takes a deep dive into the failures that preceded world-changing inventions, enterprises and works of art… score a perfect 15 and you could win one of 6 US$50 vouchers we’re giving away. Get them all wrong…well, you know what to do – try again… you got this! Winners to be announced on 17th June 2025. 

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    1. Before launching a music label from a phone booth, which future tycoon failed at running a student magazine?

    2. Whose first invention was a vote-counting machine that nobody in politics wanted to use?

    3. Which famous director, who later made Jaws and E.T., had to unofficially attend college film classes in his early days because he wasn’t accepted into film school?

    4. Which now-global brand, known for pioneering cyclonic vacuum technology, started with over 5,000 product rejections and a garage full of prototypes?

    5. Who was rejected 1,009 times while pitching his secret fried chicken recipe before founding a global fast-food empire at the age of 65?

    6. Whose first attempt at an app flopped prompting them to lay out air mattresses in their apartment and rent space to strangers, a move that sparked a $100 billion hospitality revolution with Airbnb?

    7. Who was turned down for a job at KFC and later founded China’s leading e-commerce platform?

    8. Who was famously cut from their high school varsity basketball team and went on to win six NBA championships and become a global sports icon?

    9. Whose early ventures included a quadricycle and a failed car company before finally creating one of the world’s most enduring motor brands?

    10. Who was once told they were “unfit for television” while working at a local news station but later built a broadcasting powerhouse from scratch?

    11. Which aspiring writer was turned down by a dozen publishers for having a story that was “too dark” for kids but later became a literary phenomenon?

    12. Who began their journey selling perfume door-to-door, went on to launch a pioneering software startup, and ultimately founded two groundbreaking companies redefining electric cars and space exploration?

    13. Whose paintings, once ignored and ridiculed, now hang in the most prestigious museums with one piece selling for $111 million?

    14. Who co-founded a gaming startup that folded in under a year, before launching the online giant behind Singles’ Day shopping?

    15. Who was once told they “lacked imagination” by a newspaper editor before creating a mouse that transformed animation forever?

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      1. Hello Avalon Pinto. Thank you. It’s heartwarming to have your compliments and this keeps us to strive towards the highest level of service and guest satisfaction as well.

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      1. Yes Rajendra Yadav! If Thomas Edision did not keep his vision alvie we would not have had electricty untill many years later! We are glad to have your comments to us on a regular basis as well.

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      1. Thanks Lavita+Grotra, We are so pleased to see that you are enjoying the “Trivia” that we are putting together, gets our thinking caps on and doen memory lane.

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      1. Yes, SLAMAT TIMOTHY TAN. This keeps us busy all week in getting ready the next fun and challenging quiz. Thank you for taking part as well.

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