Food Edition
Jif peanut butter or Smucker's jelly?
Smucker's jelly (1897)
(Smucker's bought Jif (1955) from Proctor & Gamble)
Silly Putty or Silly String?
Silly Putty (1949)
Silly String (1972)
Both were NOT designed to be toys! One was supposed to be a replacement for rubber and the other was supposed to be a spray-on instant cast for broken bones.
Dodge or Ford?
Dodge (1900)
Ford (1903)
iMac or iPod?
iMac (1998)
iPod (2001)
Palmolive or Dawn?
Palmolive (1898)
Dawn (1973)
Wonder Bread or Oscar Mayer?
Oscar Mayer (1883)
Wonder Bread (1921) was the first company to introduce "pre-sliced bread" (1930)
Lincoln Logs or Legos?
Lincoln Logs (1916)
Legos (1949)
Rolls-Royce or BMW?
Rolls-Royce (1906)
BMW (1916)
Pagers or cordless phones?
Pagers (1949)
Cordless phones (1977)
Microwaves or color televisions?
Color TV (1953)
Microwave (1972)
Oreos or Chips Ahoy!?
Oreos (1912), even though they are a ripoff of Hydrox cookies (1908).
Chips Ahoy! (1963)
Barbie or Raggedy Ann dolls?
Raggedy Ann (1920)
Barbie (1959)
The Volkswagen Beetle or the Ford Mustang?
Volkswagen Beetle (1938)
Ford Mustang (1964)
First camera phone or first Airbag?
Airbag (1973)
Camera phone (1999)
Mr. Clean or Pine Sol?
Pine Sol (1929)
Mr. Clean (1958)
Del Monte or Dole?
Dole (1851)
Del Monte (1886)
Tickle Me Elmo or Furby?
Tickle Me Elmo (1996)
Furby (1998)
Massey Ferguson or John Deere?
John Deere (1837)
Massey Ferguson (1958)
Seatbelts or FM radio?
FM Radio (1933)
Seatbelts (1949)
Rotary telephones or vinyl records?
Rotary phones (1904)
Vinyl records (1945)
Lipton or Kool-Aid?
Lipton (1890)
Kol-Aid (1927)
Monopoly or Battleship?
Battleship (1931) originally debuted as a piece of paper and pencil game.
Monopoly (1935)
Greyhound bus or the San Fransisco cable car?
Cable car (1873)
Greyhound bus (1914)
Satellite radio or full sized flat screen TV's?
TV's (1988)
Satellite radio (1999)
Ceiling fans or paper towel rolls?
Ceiling fans (1882)
Paper towels (1931)
Sprite or Mountain Dew?
Mountain Dew (1940)
Sprite (1961)
Boggle or Trivial Pursuit?
Boggle (1972)
Trivial Pursuit (1979)
Ferrari or Fiat?
Fiat (1899)
Ferrari (1939)
First laptop or first PDA?
Laptop (1981)
PDA (1984)
Electric dishwasher or electric hand mixer?
Hand mixer (1885)
Dishwasher (1929)
Burger King or Wendy's?
Burger King (1953)
Wendy's (1969)
Slinky or Play-Doh?
Slinky (1943)
Play-Doh (1955)
Carnival Cruise Line or Royal Caribbean?
Carnival (1972)
Royal Caribbean (1997)
CB Radio or Polaroid instant cameras?
CB Radio (1945)
Polaroid instant cameras (1948)
Window unit Air Conditioners or automatic ice makers?
A\C (1945)
Ice makers (1953)
Rudy's Hot Dogs or Tony Packo's?
Rudy's Hot Dogs (1920)
Tony Packo's (1932)
Etch-A-Sketch or Betsy Wetsy?
Betsy Wetsy (1934)
Etch-A-Sketch (1960)
The Sea-Doo or the Ski-Doo?
Ski-Doo (1959)
Sea-Doo (1968)
Both manufactured by Bombardier Recreational Products (BRP).
Personal Computer or music CD's?
PC (1971)
CD's (1982)
Radio alarm clock or electric razor?
Electric razor (1898)
Radio alarm clock (1940)
Totino's Pizza rolls or Hot Pockets?
Totino's Pizza rolls (1951)
Hot Pockets (1983)
Transformers or G.I. Joe?
G.I. Joe (1964)
Transformers (1984)
Honda or Kia Motors?
Kia (1944)
Honda (1946)
1st Generation iPhone or the Nintendo Wii?
Nintendo Wii (2006)
iPhone (2007)
Electric clothes dryer or electric clothes iron?
Iron (1882)
Dryer (1938)
Pepperidge Farm or Hillshire Farm?
Hillshire Farms - "Tyson Foods" - (1934)
Pepperidge Farm - "Campbell's" - (1937)
Mario or Pac-Man?
Pac-Man (1980)
Mario (1983)
Delta or American Airlines?
Delta (1925)
American Airlines(1926)
Cassette tapes or push button dialing (on telephones)?
Tapes and push button dialing both were introduced in 1963.
Amazon Echo or Google Home?
Amazon Echo (2015)
Google Home (2016)