What is Coca-Cola?
A: Coca-Cola, or Coke, is a carbonated soft drink manufactured by the
Coca-Cola Company.
Confederate Colonel John Pemberton, wounded in the
American Civil War and addicted to morphine, also had a medical degree and
began a quest to find what?
A: A substitute for the problematic drug.
In 1885 at Pemberton's Eagle Drug and Chemical House,
his drugstore in Columbus, Georgia, he registered what?
A: Pemberton's French Wine Coca nerve tonic.
Pemberton's tonic may have been inspired by what?
A: The formidable success of Vin Mariani, a French-Corsican coca wine.
His recipe additionally included what African
ingredient?
A: The African kola nut, the beverage's source of caffeine.
A Spanish drink called "Kola Coca" was presented at a
contest in Philadelphia in 1885, a year before what?
A: The official birth of Coca-Cola.
The rights for this Spanish drink were bought by
Coca-Cola in what year?
A: 1953.
In 1886, when Atlanta and Fulton County passed
prohibition legislation, Pemberton responded by doing what?
A: Developing Coca-Cola, a nonalcoholic version of Pemberton's French Wine
Coca.
Where were the first sales?
A: At Jacob's Pharmacy in Atlanta, Georgia, on May 8, 1886.
What did it initially sell for??
A: Five cents a glass.
Drugstore soda fountains were popular in the United
States at the time due to what?
A: The belief that carbonated water was good for the
health.
Pemberton's new drink was marketed and sold as a what?
A: A patent medicine.
Pemberton claimed it would cure many
diseases,
including what?
A: Morphine addiction, indigestion, nerve disorders, headaches, and
impotence.
Where did Pemberton run the first advertisement for the
beverage?
A: In the Atlanta Journal.
By 1888, three versions of Coca-Cola – sold by three
separate businesses – were what?
A: On the market.
A co-partnership had been formed on January 14, 1888,
between Pemberton and what four Atlanta businessmen?
A: J.C. Mayfield, A.O. Murphey, C.O. Mullahy, and E.H. Bloodworth.
Charley's exclusive control over the "Coca-Cola" name
became a what?
A: A continual thorn in Asa Candler's side.
Candler's oldest son, Charles Howard Candler, did what
in 1950?
A: Authored a book published by Emory University.
In this definitive biography about his father, Candler
specifically states what?
A: " on April 14, 1888, the young druggist Asa Griggs Candler purchased a
one-third interest in the formula of an almost completely unknown
proprietary elixir known as Coca-Cola."
The deal was between John Pemberton's son Charley and
Walker, Candler & Co. – with John Pemberton acting as what?
A: A cosigner for his son.
For $50 down and $500 in 30 days, Walker, Candler & Co.
obtained what?
A: The one-third interest in the Coca-Cola Company that Charley held, while
Charley still held on to the name.
After the April 14 deal, on April 17, 1888, one-half of
the Walker/Dozier interest shares were acquired by whom?
A: Candler for an additional $750.
In 1892, Candler set out to incorporate what second
company?
A: The Coca-Cola Company (the current corporation).
When did John Pemberton die suddenly?
A: On August 16, 1888.
Asa Candler then decided to move swiftly forward to
attain full control of what?
A: The entire Coca-Cola operation.
In 1914, Margaret Dozier, as co-owner of the original
Coca-Cola Company in 1888, came forward to claim what?
A: That her signature on the 1888 Coca-Cola Company bill of sale had been
forged.
On September 12, 1919, Coca-Cola Co. was purchased by a
group of investors for how much money?
A: $25 million and reincorporated in Delaware.
The company publicly offered 500,000 shares of the
company for how much a share?
A: $40 per share.
In 1986, the Coca-Cola Company merged with two of their
bottling operators (owned by JTL Corporation and BCI Holding Corporation) to
form what?
A: Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc.
In December 1991, Coca-Cola Enterprises merged with
who?
A: The Johnston Coca-Cola Bottling Group, Inc.
Where did the first bottling of Coca-Cola take place?
A: In Vicksburg, Mississippi, at the Biedenharn Candy Company on March 12,
1894.
Where was the first outdoor wall advertisement that
promoted the Coca-Cola drink painted in 1894?
A: In Cartersville, Georgia.
Cola syrup was sold as an over-the-counter dietary
supplement for what?
A: Upset stomach.
By the time of its 50th anniversary, the soft drink had
reached the status of a what in the US?
A: A national icon.
in the US. In 1935, it was certified kosher by whom?
S: Atlanta rabbi Tobias Geffen.
With the help of Harold Hirsch, Geffen was the first
person outside the company to see what?
A: The top-secret ingredients list.
What happened on July 12, 1944?
A: The one-billionth gallon of Coca-Cola syrup was manufactured by the
Coca-Cola Company.
When did Cans of Coke first appear?
A: In 1955.