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WorksheetsProduct Placement in Sports & Entertainment
Total questions: 44
Worksheet time: 22mins
Select the best answer. This is a form of advertising in which name brand goods are embedded in sports & entertainment programs.
product promotion
product advertising
product placement
product selling
Select the best answer. This company’s coolers, cups, bottles, and towels have been on the sidelines of NFL games since 1983.
Nike
Under Armour
Vitamin Water
Gatorade
Select the best answer. This company designs and provides all NFL uniforms and pays millions for an exclusive license to sell NFL branded apparel.
Adidas
New Balance
Nike
Under Armour
Select the best answer. Which of the following is a TRUE statement about product placement?
It is rarely used by advertisers.
It is declining in popularity among advertisers.
It is ineffective as an advertising tool.
It is used by two thirds of advertisers.
Select the best answer. Most product placement (80%) occurs in:
movies
sporting events
network & cable TV programs
video games
Select the best answer. The other 20% of product placement occurs in:
books
videogames
movies
all of the above are correct
Select the best answer. This product appeared in 1993’s Jurassic Park. Steven Spielberg received 6 of these modified vehicles. Sales of this SUV increased dramatically after the movie.
Toyota 4-Runner
Ford Explorer
Range Rover
Mitsubishi Montero
Select the best answer. The 2018 Marvel movie Ant Man and the Wasp had a very significant product placement for:
Entenmann’s Pastries
LG Televisions
Sony Computers
Mitsubishi Cars
Select the best answer. Which of the following is a TRUE statement about product placement?
Paid product placements are not disclosed at the time that the product is featured.
All consumers understand the use of product placement in sports & entertainment.
Product placement in sports & entertainment is on the decline in the U.S.
All consumers prefer to see paid product placement in their entertainment programs.
Select the best answer. The 1996 movie Space Jam featured products from:
Adidas and Burger King
Reebok and Hardees
Nike and McDonalds
New Balance and Sonic
Select the best answer. This automotive company has a multi-picture deal in place with Marvel for all future movies featuring The Avengers:
Audi
BMW
Mercedes
Acura
Select the best answer. This is a term sometimes used to describe product placement:
industrial positioning
stealth advertising
consumer advertising
marketing positioning
Select the best answer. This is another term that is also used to describe product placement:
sports casting
brand casting
screen casting
entertainment casting
Select the best answer. Why have TV networks, movie producers, and advertisers decided to destroy the wall that once separated entertainment from advertising?
It is expensive and risky to produce new television programs.
Product placement creates a new source of funds that can be used to finance the programing.
Advancements in technology have reduced the effectiveness of traditional television commercials.
All of the above are correct answers.
Select the best answer. Which of the following technological innovations has increased the need for product placement?
The Digital Video Recorder
Online Banking
The Self-Driving Car
GPS Navigation Systems
Select the best answer. The first modern example of product placement occurred in 1982 with this movie:
Jurassic Park
Space Jam
E.T.
The Avengers
Select the best answer. The 1993 “Junior Mints” episode of this long-running television comedy proved that products could be placed in programs WITHOUT negative consequences.
Hogan’s Heroes
Seinfeld
Bonanza
Gilligan’s Island
Select the best answer. This category of product placement occurs when the logo of an object or a brand name is visible but the athletes or actors don’t draw attention to the brand or product.
Basic Product Placement
Advanced Product Placement
Product Integration
Industrial Product Placement
Select the best answer. This category of product placement occurs when the product or brand is mentioned by name by athletes or actors.
Basic Product Placement
Advanced Product Placement
Product Integration
Industrial Product Placement
Select the best answer. This category of product placement occurs when the product becomes an integral part of the program or athletic event.
Basic Product Placement
Advanced Product Placement
Product Integration
Industrial Product Placement
Select the best answer. The Microsoft search engine Bing had a very prominent placement on the TV program Hawaii Five-0 in which the characters “Binged” the answer to a question. This is an example of:
Basic Product Placement
Advanced Product Placement
Product Integration
Industrial Product Placement
Select the best answer. This term is used to describe the integration of advertising and entertainment.
Brand Casting
Industrial Casting
Infomercial
Advertainment
Select the best answer. Dodge vehicles played an important and essential role in the Fate of the Furious movie. With this type of movie, the cars are part of the action. This is an example of:
Basic Product Placement
Advanced Product Placement
Product Integration
Industrial Product Placement
Select the best answer. This type of product placement involves creating products in real life to match those seen in a fictional setting.
Forward Product Placement
Retrograde Product Placement
Reverse Product Placement
Double Product Placement
Select the best answer. Universal Studios theme park in Orlando engineered and created a Harry Potter themed division. This Harry Potter inspired restaurant sells butter beer:
The Bubba Gump Shrimp Company
The Three Broomsticks Inn
The Hard Rock Café
The Rainforest Café
Select the best answer. The 2016 movie Jurassic World had numerous PAID product placements. Which of the following brands appeared in this movie?
Coca Cola
Starbucks
Beats Headphones
All of these appeared in the movie.
Select the best answer. This is a partnership between businesses to create a product that combines both brands. Coca Cola partnered with the Olympic Games using this marketing strategy.
Co-Branding
Reverse Branding
Trade-In Branding
Forward Branding
Select the best answer. The Bubba Gump Shrimp Company restaurant was created after the tremendous success of the movie Forrest Gump. This type of product placement is referred to as:
Forward Product Placement
Reverse Product Placement
Retrograde Product Placement
Double Product Placement
Select the best answer. The movie Space Jam was made with the objective of selling merchandise promoted by the movie. Who was primary target market for this movie and the merchandise?
senior citizens
business owners
children
middle-aged adults
Select the best answer. Which of the following companies would be considered a brand partner of the popular television show American Idol?
Pepsi Cola
Coca Cola
POM Wonderful
Minute Maid Orange Juice
Select the best answer. This American fast-food company has a brand partnership arrangement with the movie Jurassic World. One their signature menu items is named for the movie.
McDonald’s
Burger King
Dairy Queen
Sonic
Select the best answer. These can be created from a popular entertainment or sports brand. The sale of these products creates an additional source of revenue for movie producers and sports team owners.
Industrial Products
Ancillary Products
Inverse Products
Forward Products
Select the best answer. This product appeared in the movie E.T.
M & M’s
Reese’s Pieces
Skittles
Snickers
Select the best answer. This company paid to have a “beetle cage” used as a shark cage during a season of Discovery’s Shark Week.
Mitsubishi
Toyota
Ford
Volkswagen
Select the best answer. The TV program America’s Got Talent has a product placement deal with
Folger’s Coffee
Seattle Best Coffee
Dunkin Donuts
Starbucks
Select the best answer. The potential for ancillary products (aka merchandise or merch) is often the most important factor when studio executives consider funding for a new movie.
True
False
Select True or False: Studio executives view movies as sources of revenue and movies with multiple ways of generating revenue will be preferred.
True
False
Select True or False: Advertisers want to integrate the product into the athletic event or entertainment portion of the program seamlessly so that the product becomes part of the program.
True
False
Select True or False: Sales of Reese's Pieces increased by only 5% after appearing in the movie E.T.
True
False
Select True or False: The artist value of a movie is the most important consideration to movie producers today.
True
False
Select True or False: Virtually all viewers with a DVR will skip traditional television commercials.
True
False
Select True or False: Gatorade has developed an emotional connection with professional sports that allows the company to better reach its target market.
True
False
Select True or False: Advertisers hope to gain exposure with product placement by having their products blend into the story so it doesn’t look like a commercial.
True
False
Select True or False: Brand casting allows networks to successfully turn soft drinks and other products into co-stars.
True
False
