Case Study: JOHN D.R. LEONARD, Plaintiff, -against- PEPSICO, INC., Defendant.
1. Prior to the national advertising campaign, Pepsi conducted a test market promotion in which region of the United States?
A. Southeast
B. Northeast
C. Midwest
D. Northwest
2. As the Harrier Jet arrives in one scene, the winds generated by the flight create:
A. a "paper maelstrom"
B. a "significant motion"
C. a "mighty roar"
D. a "controversial setting"
3. An item missing from the real Pepsi Stuff Catalog was:
A. Blue Shades
B. Pepsi Phone Card
C. Bag of Balls
D. Harrier Jet
4. While trying to attempt to buy Pepsi Points rather than drink them, the plaintiff submitted a check in the amount of:
A. $7,000,000.00
B. $700,008.50
C. $2,503.448.00
D. $500,000.99
5. The original state in which the plaintiff, Leonard, brought this lawsuit was:
A. New Jersey
B. Michigan
C. Georgia
D. Florida
6. While the case was moved to another state and another jurisdiction, ultimately the United States District Court ruled that the (choice of) laws of what state would apply when interpreting whether or not there was a legitimate offer and acceptance of a contract?
A. New Jersey
B. Michigan
C. Georgia
D. Florida
7. During its analysis of the issue of whether or not the commercial constituted an offer or merely an advertisement, the court looked to case precedent for guidance. One of the most succinct cases that this court used to analyze whether the Pepsi commercial was an offer (and therefore sufficiently definite to be construed an offer) was Lefkowitz and was from which of the following states:
A. Minnesota
B. Colorado
C. Ohio
D. New Hampshire
8. In a similar analysis, the court went further and explored the issue of whether or not public offers for rewards (i.e., "reward offers") are in fact legitimate offers. The court looked at a famous case litigated in which country which guaranteed that if someone used their product that they would be protected from which disease and, if not, they would be compensated financially for its failure to protect?
A. England-influenza
B. England-scoliosis
C. France-common cold
D. England-headache
9. When someone swears under oath, this is known as:
A. Subpoena
B. Summary Judgment
C. Affidavit
D. Fraud
10. If the plaintiff were to (and he did not) drink enough Pepsis a day in order to accumulate the necessary Pepsi points for a Harrier Jet, he would have to drink (roughly) _________ Pepsis a day for the next 100 years.
A. 325
B. 190
C. 1,250
D. 85