TEN! - Season 7 - Day 5

[Vandal]

TEN! - Season 7 - Day 5
November 5, 2021 (open all weekend)

Spectacular Failures

Below is a list of TEN! companies/products/sites that were once spectacular successes, but eventually became spectacular failures for a variety of reasons.


1- A web browser first released in 1994 was once the dominant browser in terms of usage share. The parent company won an antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft, but eventually lost the browser war — although not before selling itself off to AOL.
Name the browser.

2- From 2005 to 2008, it was the largest social networking site in the world. Then along came The Facebook.
Name this site.

3- Once the most popular (or a close #2) beer in the US, this brand changed its brewing process in the early 1970s with disastrous results. Next came a failed advertising campaign, followed by a nearly four-month strike, which forced the brand to close the doors to its Milwaukee brewery. The classic formula is still produced today by Pabst Brewing Company.
Name the beer.

4- Their fast-fashion business model, which was based on quick-turnaround designs that could be inexpensively mass produced, proved wildly popular with young customers who didn’t have much money to spend but wanted the latest looks. By 2015, global sales peaked at $4.4 billion, with 480 stores occupying enormous spaces in malls across America. By 2019, the so-called "retail apocalypse" took its toll and the company experienced a 32% drop in global sales, forcing it into bankruptcy protection.
Name the fashion store chain.

5- An airline was the principal and largest international air carrier and unofficial overseas flag carrier of the United States for much of the 20th century. After a tragedy over Scotland, they struggled to survive in the rapidly expanding market and permanently grounded the fleet in 1991.
Name the airline.

6- These personal digital assistants with monochrome screens were launched 1996, but couldn't survive the onslaught of the Blackberry and eventually, smart phones.
Name the product.

7- Although a company developed and patented the first handheld digital camera in 1975, they commanded 90% of film sales and 85% of (film) camera sales in the U.S. As technology progressed, they didn't fully pursue the digital market and the use of films and printing sheets gradually came to a halt. The ignorance of new technology and not adapting to the changing market dynamics initiated their downfall.
Name the company.

8- A theater-subscription service, founded in 2011, played the middleman by buying movie tickets at list price, then giving them to subscribers. The initial hope was that most subscribers wouldn’t actually use the service regularly — like gyms, which use no-show subscribers to financially offset their heavy users. But as it turns out, people like movies more than they like going to the gym. Many of their subscribers who were attracted to the new service by the lower price began using it frequently. When they started losing money on virtually every subscriber, the service then went bankrupt in 2019.
Name the service.

9- Released in the mid-2010s, a company's optical head-mounted display raised concerns regarding the intrusion on privacy, and the etiquette and ethics of using the device in public and recording people without their permission. In spite of all that, its failure was a result of bad marketing.
Name the product.

10- Originally called “DiscoVision”, this product became a popular home video format in the 1980s and 90s. Some 16.8 million of these players were sold worldwide, but by 2001, it had been completely replaced by DVD in the North American retail marketplace, as media was no longer being produced.
Name the product.

No points bonus: In the movie The Aviator, which actor played the president of the company in question 5?

[jarnon]

Spoiler

1- A web browser first released in 1994 was once the dominant browser in terms of usage share. The parent company won an antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft, but eventually lost the browser war — although not before selling itself off to AOL.
Name the browser. Netscape

2- From 2005 to 2008, it was the largest social networking site in the world. Then along came The Facebook.
Name this site. Myspace

3- Once the most popular (or a close #2) beer in the US, this brand changed its brewing process in the early 1970s with disastrous results. Next came a failed advertising campaign, followed by a nearly four-month strike, which forced the brand to close the doors to its Milwaukee brewery. The classic formula is still produced today by Pabst Brewing Company.
Name the beer. Schlitz

4- Their fast-fashion business model, which was based on quick-turnaround designs that could be inexpensively mass produced, proved wildly popular with young customers who didn’t have much money to spend but wanted the latest looks. By 2015, global sales peaked at $4.4 billion, with 480 stores occupying enormous spaces in malls across America. By 2019, the so-called "retail apocalypse" took its toll and the company experienced a 32% drop in global sales, forcing it into bankruptcy protection.
Name the fashion store chain.

5- An airline was the principal and largest international air carrier and unofficial overseas flag carrier of the United States for much of the 20th century. After a tragedy over Scotland, they struggled to survive in the rapidly expanding market and permanently grounded the fleet in 1991.
Name the airline. Pan American World Airways

6- These personal digital assistants with monochrome screens were launched 1996, but couldn't survive the onslaught of the Blackberry and eventually, smart phones.
Name the product.

7- Although a company developed and patented the first handheld digital camera in 1975, they commanded 90% of film sales and 85% of (film) camera sales in the U.S. As technology progressed, they didn't fully pursue the digital market and the use of films and printing sheets gradually came to a halt. The ignorance of new technology and not adapting to the changing market dynamics initiated their downfall.
Name the company. Eastman Kodak

8- A theater-subscription service, founded in 2011, played the middleman by buying movie tickets at list price, then giving them to subscribers. The initial hope was that most subscribers wouldn’t actually use the service regularly — like gyms, which use no-show subscribers to financially offset their heavy users. But as it turns out, people like movies more than they like going to the gym. Many of their subscribers who were attracted to the new service by the lower price began using it frequently. When they started losing money on virtually every subscriber, the service then went bankrupt in 2019.
Name the service.

9- Released in the mid-2010s, a company's optical head-mounted display raised concerns regarding the intrusion on privacy, and the etiquette and ethics of using the device in public and recording people without their permission. In spite of all that, its failure was a result of bad marketing.
Name the product. Google Glass

10- Originally called “DiscoVision”, this product became a popular home video format in the 1980s and 90s. Some 16.8 million of these players were sold worldwide, but by 2001, it had been completely replaced by DVD in the North American retail marketplace, as media was no longer being produced.
Name the product.

No points bonus: In the movie The Aviator, which actor played the president of the company in question 5?

[kroxquo]

Spoiler

Below is a list of TEN! companies/products/sites that were once spectacular successes, but eventually became spectacular failures for a variety of reasons.


1- A web browser first released in 1994 was once the dominant browser in terms of usage share. The parent company won an antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft, but eventually lost the browser war — although not before selling itself off to AOL.
Name the browser.

Linux

2- From 2005 to 2008, it was the largest social networking site in the world. Then along came The Facebook.
Name this site.

MySpace

3- Once the most popular (or a close #2) beer in the US, this brand changed its brewing process in the early 1970s with disastrous results. Next came a failed advertising campaign, followed by a nearly four-month strike, which forced the brand to close the doors to its Milwaukee brewery. The classic formula is still produced today by Pabst Brewing Company.
Name the beer.

Schlitz

4- Their fast-fashion business model, which was based on quick-turnaround designs that could be inexpensively mass produced, proved wildly popular with young customers who didn’t have much money to spend but wanted the latest looks. By 2015, global sales peaked at $4.4 billion, with 480 stores occupying enormous spaces in malls across America. By 2019, the so-called "retail apocalypse" took its toll and the company experienced a 32% drop in global sales, forcing it into bankruptcy protection.
Name the fashion store chain.

Rue 21

5- An airline was the principal and largest international air carrier and unofficial overseas flag carrier of the United States for much of the 20th century. After a tragedy over Scotland, they struggled to survive in the rapidly expanding market and permanently grounded the fleet in 1991.
Name the airline.

Pan Am

6- These personal digital assistants with monochrome screens were launched 1996, but couldn't survive the onslaught of the Blackberry and eventually, smart phones.
Name the product.

Pocket Pager

7- Although a company developed and patented the first handheld digital camera in 1975, they commanded 90% of film sales and 85% of (film) camera sales in the U.S. As technology progressed, they didn't fully pursue the digital market and the use of films and printing sheets gradually came to a halt. The ignorance of new technology and not adapting to the changing market dynamics initiated their downfall.
Name the company.

Kodak

8- A theater-subscription service, founded in 2011, played the middleman by buying movie tickets at list price, then giving them to subscribers. The initial hope was that most subscribers wouldn’t actually use the service regularly — like gyms, which use no-show subscribers to financially offset their heavy users. But as it turns out, people like movies more than they like going to the gym. Many of their subscribers who were attracted to the new service by the lower price began using it frequently. When they started losing money on virtually every subscriber, the service then went bankrupt in 2019.
Name the service.

9- Released in the mid-2010s, a company's optical head-mounted display raised concerns regarding the intrusion on privacy, and the etiquette and ethics of using the device in public and recording people without their permission. In spite of all that, its failure was a result of bad marketing.
Name the product.

Apple Glasses

10- Originally called “DiscoVision”, this product became a popular home video format in the 1980s and 90s. Some 16.8 million of these players were sold worldwide, but by 2001, it had been completely replaced by DVD in the North American retail marketplace, as media was no longer being produced.
Name the product.

Betamax

No points bonus: In the movie The Aviator, which actor played the president of the company in question 5?

[PanicinDetroit]

Epic

1- A web browser first released in 1994 was once the dominant browser in terms of usage share. The parent company won an antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft, but eventually lost the browser war — although not before selling itself off to AOL.
Name the browser. Netscape

2- From 2005 to 2008, it was the largest social networking site in the world. Then along came The Facebook.
Name this site. MySpace

3- Once the most popular (or a close #2) beer in the US, this brand changed its brewing process in the early 1970s with disastrous results. Next came a failed advertising campaign, followed by a nearly four-month strike, which forced the brand to close the doors to its Milwaukee brewery. The classic formula is still produced today by Pabst Brewing Company.
Name the beer.Schlitz

4- Their fast-fashion business model, which was based on quick-turnaround designs that could be inexpensively mass produced, proved wildly popular with young customers who didn’t have much money to spend but wanted the latest looks. By 2015, global sales peaked at $4.4 billion, with 480 stores occupying enormous spaces in malls across America. By 2019, the so-called "retail apocalypse" took its toll and the company experienced a 32% drop in global sales, forcing it into bankruptcy protection.
Name the fashion store chain.Forever 21?

5- An airline was the principal and largest international air carrier and unofficial overseas flag carrier of the United States for much of the 20th century. After a tragedy over Scotland, they struggled to survive in the rapidly expanding market and permanently grounded the fleet in 1991.
Name the airline.Pan Am

6- These personal digital assistants with monochrome screens were launched 1996, but couldn't survive the onslaught of the Blackberry and eventually, smart phones.
Name the product.Palm Pilot

7- Although a company developed and patented the first handheld digital camera in 1975, they commanded 90% of film sales and 85% of (film) camera sales in the U.S. As technology progressed, they didn't fully pursue the digital market and the use of films and printing sheets gradually came to a halt. The ignorance of new technology and not adapting to the changing market dynamics initiated their downfall.
Name the company.Kodak?

8- A theater-subscription service, founded in 2011, played the middleman by buying movie tickets at list price, then giving them to subscribers. The initial hope was that most subscribers wouldn’t actually use the service regularly — like gyms, which use no-show subscribers to financially offset their heavy users. But as it turns out, people like movies more than they like going to the gym. Many of their subscribers who were attracted to the new service by the lower price began using it frequently. When they started losing money on virtually every subscriber, the service then went bankrupt in 2019.
Name the service.MoviePass

9- Released in the mid-2010s, a company's optical head-mounted display raised concerns regarding the intrusion on privacy, and the etiquette and ethics of using the device in public and recording people without their permission. In spite of all that, its failure was a result of bad marketing.
Name the product.Google Glass

10- Originally called “DiscoVision”, this product became a popular home video format in the 1980s and 90s. Some 16.8 million of these players were sold worldwide, but by 2001, it had been completely replaced by DVD in the North American retail marketplace, as media was no longer being produced.
Name the product.LaserDisc

No points bonus: In the movie The Aviator, which actor played the president of the company in question 5?Alec Baldwin

[franktangredi]

Spoiler

Spectacular Failures[/b]

Below is a list of TEN! companies/products/sites that were once spectacular successes, but eventually became spectacular failures for a variety of reasons.


2- From 2005 to 2008, it was the largest social networking site in the world. Then along came The Facebook.
Name this site.
MYSPACE

5- An airline was the principal and largest international air carrier and unofficial overseas flag carrier of the United States for much of the 20th century. After a tragedy over Scotland, they struggled to survive in the rapidly expanding market and permanently grounded the fleet in 1991.
Name the airline.
PAN AM

6- These personal digital assistants with monochrome screens were launched 1996, but couldn't survive the onslaught of the Blackberry and eventually, smart phones.
Name the product.
PALM PILOTS

7- Although a company developed and patented the first handheld digital camera in 1975, they commanded 90% of film sales and 85% of (film) camera sales in the U.S. As technology progressed, they didn't fully pursue the digital market and the use of films and printing sheets gradually came to a halt. The ignorance of new technology and not adapting to the changing market dynamics initiated their downfall.
Name the company.
KODAK

10- Originally called “DiscoVision”, this product became a popular home video format in the 1980s and 90s. Some 16.8 million of these players were sold worldwide, but by 2001, it had been completely replaced by DVD in the North American retail marketplace, as media was no longer being produced.
Name the product.
BETAMAX

No points bonus: In the movie The Aviator, which actor played the president of the company in question 5?
ALEC BALDWIN

[littlebeast13]

Spoiler

Spectacular Failures

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Below is a list of TEN! companies/products/sites that were once spectacular successes, but eventually became spectacular failures for a variety of reasons.


1- A web browser first released in 1994 was once the dominant browser in terms of usage share. The parent company won an antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft, but eventually lost the browser war — although not before selling itself off to AOL.
Name the browser. - Netscape

2- From 2005 to 2008, it was the largest social networking site in the world. Then along came The Facebook.
Name this site. - MySpace

3- Once the most popular (or a close #2) beer in the US, this brand changed its brewing process in the early 1970s with disastrous results. Next came a failed advertising campaign, followed by a nearly four-month strike, which forced the brand to close the doors to its Milwaukee brewery. The classic formula is still produced today by Pabst Brewing Company.
Name the beer. - Schlitz?

4- Their fast-fashion business model, which was based on quick-turnaround designs that could be inexpensively mass produced, proved wildly popular with young customers who didn’t have much money to spend but wanted the latest looks. By 2015, global sales peaked at $4.4 billion, with 480 stores occupying enormous spaces in malls across America. By 2019, the so-called "retail apocalypse" took its toll and the company experienced a 32% drop in global sales, forcing it into bankruptcy protection.
Name the fashion store chain.
Forever 21?

5- An airline was the principal and largest international air carrier and unofficial overseas flag carrier of the United States for much of the 20th century. After a tragedy over Scotland, they struggled to survive in the rapidly expanding market and permanently grounded the fleet in 1991.
Name the airline.
Pan Am

6- These personal digital assistants with monochrome screens were launched 1996, but couldn't survive the onslaught of the Blackberry and eventually, smart phones.
Name the product.
Palm Pilot

7- Although a company developed and patented the first handheld digital camera in 1975, they commanded 90% of film sales and 85% of (film) camera sales in the U.S. As technology progressed, they didn't fully pursue the digital market and the use of films and printing sheets gradually came to a halt. The ignorance of new technology and not adapting to the changing market dynamics initiated their downfall.
Name the company.
Kodak

8- A theater-subscription service, founded in 2011, played the middleman by buying movie tickets at list price, then giving them to subscribers. The initial hope was that most subscribers wouldn’t actually use the service regularly — like gyms, which use no-show subscribers to financially offset their heavy users. But as it turns out, people like movies more than they like going to the gym. Many of their subscribers who were attracted to the new service by the lower price began using it frequently. When they started losing money on virtually every subscriber, the service then went bankrupt in 2019.
Name the service.
Silver Screen Videos

9- Released in the mid-2010s, a company's optical head-mounted display raised concerns regarding the intrusion on privacy, and the etiquette and ethics of using the device in public and recording people without their permission. In spite of all that, its failure was a result of bad marketing.
Name the product.
Greentooth

10- Originally called “DiscoVision”, this product became a popular home video format in the 1980s and 90s. Some 16.8 million of these players were sold worldwide, but by 2001, it had been completely replaced by DVD in the North American retail marketplace, as media was no longer being produced.
Name the product.
VHS

No points bonus: In the movie The Aviator, which actor played the president of the company in question 5? - Otto Pilot

[Estonut]

Vandal

TEN! - Season 7 - Day 5
November 5, 2021 (open all weekend)

Spectacular Failures

Below is a list of TEN! companies/products/sites that were once spectacular successes, but eventually became spectacular failures for a variety of reasons.


1- A web browser first released in 1994 was once the dominant browser in terms of usage share. The parent company won an antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft, but eventually lost the browser war — although not before selling itself off to AOL.
Name the browser.
Netscape

2- From 2005 to 2008, it was the largest social networking site in the world. Then along came The Facebook.
Name this site.
MySpace

3- Once the most popular (or a close #2) beer in the US, this brand changed its brewing process in the early 1970s with disastrous results. Next came a failed advertising campaign, followed by a nearly four-month strike, which forced the brand to close the doors to its Milwaukee brewery. The classic formula is still produced today by Pabst Brewing Company.
Name the beer.
Schlitz

4- Their fast-fashion business model, which was based on quick-turnaround designs that could be inexpensively mass produced, proved wildly popular with young customers who didn’t have much money to spend but wanted the latest looks. By 2015, global sales peaked at $4.4 billion, with 480 stores occupying enormous spaces in malls across America. By 2019, the so-called "retail apocalypse" took its toll and the company experienced a 32% drop in global sales, forcing it into bankruptcy protection.
Name the fashion store chain.
Forever 21

5- An airline was the principal and largest international air carrier and unofficial overseas flag carrier of the United States for much of the 20th century. After a tragedy over Scotland, they struggled to survive in the rapidly expanding market and permanently grounded the fleet in 1991.
Name the airline.
Pan Am

6- These personal digital assistants with monochrome screens were launched 1996, but couldn't survive the onslaught of the Blackberry and eventually, smart phones.
Name the product.
Palm Pilot

7- Although a company developed and patented the first handheld digital camera in 1975, they commanded 90% of film sales and 85% of (film) camera sales in the U.S. As technology progressed, they didn't fully pursue the digital market and the use of films and printing sheets gradually came to a halt. The ignorance of new technology and not adapting to the changing market dynamics initiated their downfall.
Name the company.
Eastman Kodak

8- A theater-subscription service, founded in 2011, played the middleman by buying movie tickets at list price, then giving them to subscribers. The initial hope was that most subscribers wouldn’t actually use the service regularly — like gyms, which use no-show subscribers to financially offset their heavy users. But as it turns out, people like movies more than they like going to the gym. Many of their subscribers who were attracted to the new service by the lower price began using it frequently. When they started losing money on virtually every subscriber, the service then went bankrupt in 2019.
Name the service.
MoviePass

9- Released in the mid-2010s, a company's optical head-mounted display raised concerns regarding the intrusion on privacy, and the etiquette and ethics of using the device in public and recording people without their permission. In spite of all that, its failure was a result of bad marketing.
Name the product.
Google Glass

10- Originally called “DiscoVision”, this product became a popular home video format in the 1980s and 90s. Some 16.8 million of these players were sold worldwide, but by 2001, it had been completely replaced by DVD in the North American retail marketplace, as media was no longer being produced.
Name the product.
LaserDisc

No points bonus: In the movie The Aviator, which actor played the president of the company in question 5?
Alec Baldwin

[Beebs52]

Spoiler

1- A web browser first released in 1994 was once the dominant browser in terms of usage share. The parent company won an antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft, but eventually lost the browser war — although not before selling itself off to AOL.
Name the browser.
Netscape

2- From 2005 to 2008, it was the largest social networking site in the world. Then along came The Facebook.
Name this site.
My Space

3- Once the most popular (or a close #2) beer in the US, this brand changed its brewing process in the early 1970s with disastrous results. Next came a failed advertising campaign, followed by a nearly four-month strike, which forced the brand to close the doors to its Milwaukee brewery. The classic formula is still produced today by Pabst Brewing Company.
Name the beer.
Pabst Blue Ribbon

4- Their fast-fashion business model, which was based on quick-turnaround designs that could be inexpensively mass produced, proved wildly popular with young customers who didn’t have much money to spend but wanted the latest looks. By 2015, global sales peaked at $4.4 billion, with 480 stores occupying enormous spaces in malls across America. By 2019, the so-called "retail apocalypse" took its toll and the company experienced a 32% drop in global sales, forcing it into bankruptcy protection.
Name the fashion store chain.
Banana Republic

5- An airline was the principal and largest international air carrier and unofficial overseas flag carrier of the United States for much of the 20th century. After a tragedy over Scotland, they struggled to survive in the rapidly expanding market and permanently grounded the fleet in 1991.
Name the airline.
TWA

6- These personal digital assistants with monochrome screens were launched 1996, but couldn't survive the onslaught of the Blackberry and eventually, smart phones.
Name the product.
Palm Pilot

7- Although a company developed and patented the first handheld digital camera in 1975, they commanded 90% of film sales and 85% of (film) camera sales in the U.S. As technology progressed, they didn't fully pursue the digital market and the use of films and printing sheets gradually came to a halt. The ignorance of new technology and not adapting to the changing market dynamics initiated their downfall.
Name the company.
Eastman Kodak, the yellow mother, purveyor of great recognition trips back in the day

8- A theater-subscription service, founded in 2011, played the middleman by buying movie tickets at list price, then giving them to subscribers. The initial hope was that most subscribers wouldn’t actually use the service regularly — like gyms, which use no-show subscribers to financially offset their heavy users. But as it turns out, people like movies more than they like going to the gym. Many of their subscribers who were attracted to the new service by the lower price began using it frequently. When they started losing money on virtually every subscriber, the service then went bankrupt in 2019.
Name the service. Suckahs

9- Released in the mid-2010s, a company's optical head-mounted display raised concerns regarding the intrusion on privacy, and the etiquette and ethics of using the device in public and recording people without their permission. In spite of all that, its failure was a result of bad marketing.
Name the product.
Go Pro

10- Originally called “DiscoVision”, this product became a popular home video format in the 1980s and 90s. Some 16.8 million of these players were sold worldwide, but by 2001, it had been completely replaced by DVD in the North American retail marketplace, as media was no longer being produced.
Name the product.
SUPER 8

No points bonus: In the movie The Aviator, which actor played the president of the company in question 5?Leonardo Decaprio

[a1mamacat]

TEN! - Season 7 - Day 5
November 5, 2021 (open all weekend)

Spectacular Failures

Below is a list of TEN! companies/products/sites that were once spectacular successes, but eventually became spectacular failures for a variety of reasons.

Spoiler

1- A web browser first released in 1994 was once the dominant browser in terms of usage share. The parent company won an antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft, but eventually lost the browser war — although not before selling itself off to AOL.
Name the browser.

2- From 2005 to 2008, it was the largest social networking site in the world. Then along came The Facebook.
Name this site. MySpace

3- Once the most popular (or a close #2) beer in the US, this brand changed its brewing process in the early 1970s with disastrous results. Next came a failed advertising campaign, followed by a nearly four-month strike, which forced the brand to close the doors to its Milwaukee brewery. The classic formula is still produced today by Pabst Brewing Company.
Name the beer. Schotts

4- Their fast-fashion business model, which was based on quick-turnaround designs that could be inexpensively mass produced, proved wildly popular with young customers who didn’t have much money to spend but wanted the latest looks. By 2015, global sales peaked at $4.4 billion, with 480 stores occupying enormous spaces in malls across America. By 2019, the so-called "retail apocalypse" took its toll and the company experienced a 32% drop in global sales, forcing it into bankruptcy protection.
Name the fashion store chain. Lulu lemon?

5- An airline was the principal and largest international air carrier and unofficial overseas flag carrier of the United States for much of the 20th century. After a tragedy over Scotland, they struggled to survive in the rapidly expanding market and permanently grounded the fleet in 1991.
Name the airline. Pan Am

6- These personal digital assistants with monochrome screens were launched 1996, but couldn't survive the onslaught of the Blackberry and eventually, smart phones.
Name the product.

7- Although a company developed and patented the first handheld digital camera in 1975, they commanded 90% of film sales and 85% of (film) camera sales in the U.S. As technology progressed, they didn't fully pursue the digital market and the use of films and printing sheets gradually came to a halt. The ignorance of new technology and not adapting to the changing market dynamics initiated their downfall.
Name the company. Kodak

8- A theater-subscription service, founded in 2011, played the middleman by buying movie tickets at list price, then giving them to subscribers. The initial hope was that most subscribers wouldn’t actually use the service regularly — like gyms, which use no-show subscribers to financially offset their heavy users. But as it turns out, people like movies more than they like going to the gym. Many of their subscribers who were attracted to the new service by the lower price began using it frequently. When they started losing money on virtually every subscriber, the service then went bankrupt in 2019.
Name the service.

9- Released in the mid-2010s, a company's optical head-mounted display raised concerns regarding the intrusion on privacy, and the etiquette and ethics of using the device in public and recording people without their permission. In spite of all that, its failure was a result of bad marketing.
Name the product.

10- Originally called “DiscoVision”, this product became a popular home video format in the 1980s and 90s. Some 16.8 million of these players were sold worldwide, but by 2001, it had been completely replaced by DVD in the North American retail marketplace, as media was no longer being produced.
Name the product. Laser disc?

No points bonus: In the movie The Aviator, which actor played the president of the company in question 5?

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[T_Bone0806]

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Spoiler

TEN! - Season 7 - Day 5
November 5, 2021 (open all weekend)

Spectacular Failures

Below is a list of TEN! companies/products/sites that were once spectacular successes, but eventually became spectacular failures for a variety of reasons.


1- A web browser first released in 1994 was once the dominant browser in terms of usage share. The parent company won an antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft, but eventually lost the browser war — although not before selling itself off to AOL.
Name the browser.


2- From 2005 to 2008, it was the largest social networking site in the world. Then along came The Facebook.
Name this site.

MySpace

3- Once the most popular (or a close #2) beer in the US, this brand changed its brewing process in the early 1970s with disastrous results. Next came a failed advertising campaign, followed by a nearly four-month strike, which forced the brand to close the doors to its Milwaukee brewery. The classic formula is still produced today by Pabst Brewing Company.
Name the beer.

Schlitz. As they used to say, "When you're out of Schlitz, you're out of beer". As WE used to say, "This tastes like Schlitz".

4- Their fast-fashion business model, which was based on quick-turnaround designs that could be inexpensively mass produced, proved wildly popular with young customers who didn’t have much money to spend but wanted the latest looks. By 2015, global sales peaked at $4.4 billion, with 480 stores occupying enormous spaces in malls across America. By 2019, the so-called "retail apocalypse" took its toll and the company experienced a 32% drop in global sales, forcing it into bankruptcy protection.
Name the fashion store chain.



5- An airline was the principal and largest international air carrier and unofficial overseas flag carrier of the United States for much of the 20th century. After a tragedy over Scotland, they struggled to survive in the rapidly expanding market and permanently grounded the fleet in 1991.
Name the airline.

Pan Am

6- These personal digital assistants with monochrome screens were launched 1996, but couldn't survive the onslaught of the Blackberry and eventually, smart phones.
Name the product.




7- Although a company developed and patented the first handheld digital camera in 1975, they commanded 90% of film sales and 85% of (film) camera sales in the U.S. As technology progressed, they didn't fully pursue the digital market and the use of films and printing sheets gradually came to a halt. The ignorance of new technology and not adapting to the changing market dynamics initiated their downfall.
Name the company.

Eastman Kodak

8- A theater-subscription service, founded in 2011, played the middleman by buying movie tickets at list price, then giving them to subscribers. The initial hope was that most subscribers wouldn’t actually use the service regularly — like gyms, which use no-show subscribers to financially offset their heavy users. But as it turns out, people like movies more than they like going to the gym. Many of their subscribers who were attracted to the new service by the lower price began using it frequently. When they started losing money on virtually every subscriber, the service then went bankrupt in 2019.
Name the service.



9- Released in the mid-2010s, a company's optical head-mounted display raised concerns regarding the intrusion on privacy, and the etiquette and ethics of using the device in public and recording people without their permission. In spite of all that, its failure was a result of bad marketing.
Name the product.



10- Originally called “DiscoVision”, this product became a popular home video format in the 1980s and 90s. Some 16.8 million of these players were sold worldwide, but by 2001, it had been completely replaced by DVD in the North American retail marketplace, as media was no longer being produced.
Name the product.

Laser Discs

No points bonus: In the movie The Aviator, which actor played the president of the company in question 5?

[mellytu74]

Spectacular Failures

Spoiler

1- A web browser first released in 1994 was once the dominant browser in terms of usage share. The parent company won an antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft, but eventually lost the browser war — although not before selling itself off to AOL.
Name the browser.

Netscape

2- From 2005 to 2008, it was the largest social networking site in the world. Then along came The Facebook.
Name this site.

My Space

3- Once the most popular (or a close #2) beer in the US, this brand changed its brewing process in the early 1970s with disastrous results. Next came a failed advertising campaign, followed by a nearly four-month strike, which forced the brand to close the doors to its Milwaukee brewery. The classic formula is still produced today by Pabst Brewing Company.
Name the beer.

Schiltz

4- Their fast-fashion business model, which was based on quick-turnaround designs that could be inexpensively mass produced, proved wildly popular with young customers who didn’t have much money to spend but wanted the latest looks. By 2015, global sales peaked at $4.4 billion, with 480 stores occupying enormous spaces in malls across America. By 2019, the so-called "retail apocalypse" took its toll and the company experienced a 32% drop in global sales, forcing it into bankruptcy protection.
Name the fashion store chain.

Forever 21

5- An airline was the principal and largest international air carrier and unofficial overseas flag carrier of the United States for much of the 20th century. After a tragedy over Scotland, they struggled to survive in the rapidly expanding market and permanently grounded the fleet in 1991.
Name the airline.

Pan American

6- These personal digital assistants with monochrome screens were launched 1996, but couldn't survive the onslaught of the Blackberry and eventually, smart phones.
Name the product.

Palm Pilot

7- Although a company developed and patented the first handheld digital camera in 1975, they commanded 90% of film sales and 85% of (film) camera sales in the U.S. As technology progressed, they didn't fully pursue the digital market and the use of films and printing sheets gradually came to a halt. The ignorance of new technology and not adapting to the changing market dynamics initiated their downfall.
Name the company.

Kodak

8- A theater-subscription service, founded in 2011, played the middleman by buying movie tickets at list price, then giving them to subscribers. The initial hope was that most subscribers wouldn’t actually use the service regularly — like gyms, which use no-show subscribers to financially offset their heavy users. But as it turns out, people like movies more than they like going to the gym. Many of their subscribers who were attracted to the new service by the lower price began using it frequently. When they started losing money on virtually every subscriber, the service then went bankrupt in 2019.
Name the service.

Um, um .... I got nothing.

9- Released in the mid-2010s, a company's optical head-mounted display raised concerns regarding the intrusion on privacy, and the etiquette and ethics of using the device in public and recording people without their permission. In spite of all that, its failure was a result of bad marketing.
Name the product.

Um, um .... I got nothing, Redux.

10- Originally called “DiscoVision”, this product became a popular home video format in the 1980s and 90s. Some 16.8 million of these players were sold worldwide, but by 2001, it had been completely replaced by DVD in the North American retail marketplace, as media was no longer being produced.
Name the product.

Laser Discs

No points bonus: In the movie The Aviator, which actor played the president of the company in question 5?

Alan Alda

[silverscreenselect]

Spoiler

Below is a list of TEN! companies/products/sites that were once spectacular successes, but eventually became spectacular failures for a variety of reasons.


1- A web browser first released in 1994 was once the dominant browser in terms of usage share. The parent company won an antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft, but eventually lost the browser war — although not before selling itself off to AOL.
Name the browser.

NETSCAPE

2- From 2005 to 2008, it was the largest social networking site in the world. Then along came The Facebook.
Name this site.

MYSPACE

3- Once the most popular (or a close #2) beer in the US, this brand changed its brewing process in the early 1970s with disastrous results. Next came a failed advertising campaign, followed by a nearly four-month strike, which forced the brand to close the doors to its Milwaukee brewery. The classic formula is still produced today by Pabst Brewing Company.
Name the beer.

SCHLITZ

4- Their fast-fashion business model, which was based on quick-turnaround designs that could be inexpensively mass produced, proved wildly popular with young customers who didn’t have much money to spend but wanted the latest looks. By 2015, global sales peaked at $4.4 billion, with 480 stores occupying enormous spaces in malls across America. By 2019, the so-called "retail apocalypse" took its toll and the company experienced a 32% drop in global sales, forcing it into bankruptcy protection.
Name the fashion store chain.

THE GAP

5- An airline was the principal and largest international air carrier and unofficial overseas flag carrier of the United States for much of the 20th century. After a tragedy over Scotland, they struggled to survive in the rapidly expanding market and permanently grounded the fleet in 1991.
Name the airline.

PAN AMERICAN

6- These personal digital assistants with monochrome screens were launched 1996, but couldn't survive the onslaught of the Blackberry and eventually, smart phones.
Name the product.

LISA

7- Although a company developed and patented the first handheld digital camera in 1975, they commanded 90% of film sales and 85% of (film) camera sales in the U.S. As technology progressed, they didn't fully pursue the digital market and the use of films and printing sheets gradually came to a halt. The ignorance of new technology and not adapting to the changing market dynamics initiated their downfall.
Name the company.

KODAK

8- A theater-subscription service, founded in 2011, played the middleman by buying movie tickets at list price, then giving them to subscribers. The initial hope was that most subscribers wouldn’t actually use the service regularly — like gyms, which use no-show subscribers to financially offset their heavy users. But as it turns out, people like movies more than they like going to the gym. Many of their subscribers who were attracted to the new service by the lower price began using it frequently. When they started losing money on virtually every subscriber, the service then went bankrupt in 2019.
Name the service.

MOVIEPASS

9- Released in the mid-2010s, a company's optical head-mounted display raised concerns regarding the intrusion on privacy, and the etiquette and ethics of using the device in public and recording people without their permission. In spite of all that, its failure was a result of bad marketing.
Name the product.

GOOGLE GLASS

10- Originally called “DiscoVision”, this product became a popular home video format in the 1980s and 90s. Some 16.8 million of these players were sold worldwide, but by 2001, it had been completely replaced by DVD in the North American retail marketplace, as media was no longer being produced.
Name the product.

LASERDISC

[Bob78164]

Big bucks, no whammies.

1- A web browser first released in 1994 was once the dominant browser in terms of usage share. The parent company won an antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft, but eventually lost the browser war — although not before selling itself off to AOL.
Name the browser. Netscape

2- From 2005 to 2008, it was the largest social networking site in the world. Then along came The Facebook.
Name this site. AOL

3- Once the most popular (or a close #2) beer in the US, this brand changed its brewing process in the early 1970s with disastrous results. Next came a failed advertising campaign, followed by a nearly four-month strike, which forced the brand to close the doors to its Milwaukee brewery. The classic formula is still produced today by Pabst Brewing Company.
Name the beer. Schlitz

4- Their fast-fashion business model, which was based on quick-turnaround designs that could be inexpensively mass produced, proved wildly popular with young customers who didn’t have much money to spend but wanted the latest looks. By 2015, global sales peaked at $4.4 billion, with 480 stores occupying enormous spaces in malls across America. By 2019, the so-called "retail apocalypse" took its toll and the company experienced a 32% drop in global sales, forcing it into bankruptcy protection.
Name the fashion store chain. Zappos

5- An airline was the principal and largest international air carrier and unofficial overseas flag carrier of the United States for much of the 20th century. After a tragedy over Scotland, they struggled to survive in the rapidly expanding market and permanently grounded the fleet in 1991.
Name the airline. PanAm

6- These personal digital assistants with monochrome screens were launched 1996, but couldn't survive the onslaught of the Blackberry and eventually, smart phones.
Name the product. Palm Pilot

7- Although a company developed and patented the first handheld digital camera in 1975, they commanded 90% of film sales and 85% of (film) camera sales in the U.S. As technology progressed, they didn't fully pursue the digital market and the use of films and printing sheets gradually came to a halt. The ignorance of new technology and not adapting to the changing market dynamics initiated their downfall.
Name the company. Fuji

8- A theater-subscription service, founded in 2011, played the middleman by buying movie tickets at list price, then giving them to subscribers. The initial hope was that most subscribers wouldn’t actually use the service regularly — like gyms, which use no-show subscribers to financially offset their heavy users. But as it turns out, people like movies more than they like going to the gym. Many of their subscribers who were attracted to the new service by the lower price began using it frequently. When they started losing money on virtually every subscriber, the service then went bankrupt in 2019.
Name the service. Stubs

9- Released in the mid-2010s, a company's optical head-mounted display raised concerns regarding the intrusion on privacy, and the etiquette and ethics of using the device in public and recording people without their permission. In spite of all that, its failure was a result of bad marketing.
Name the product. Google Glass

10- Originally called “DiscoVision”, this product became a popular home video format in the 1980s and 90s. Some 16.8 million of these players were sold worldwide, but by 2001, it had been completely replaced by DVD in the North American retail marketplace, as media was no longer being produced.
Name the product. LaserDisc

No points bonus: In the movie The Aviator, which actor played the president of the company in question 5? Leonardo DiCaprio

--Bob

[Vandal]

Answers/points:

Netscape
A web browser first released in 1994 was once the dominant browser in terms of usage share. The parent company won an antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft, but eventually lost the browser war — although not before selling itself off to AOL.
Name the browser.

MySpace
From 2005 to 2008, it was the largest social networking site in the world. Then along came The Facebook.
Name this site.

Schlitz
Once the most popular (or a close #2) beer in the US, this brand changed its brewing process in the early 1970s with disastrous results. Next came a failed advertising campaign, followed by a nearly four month strike, which forced the brand to close the doors to its Milwaukee brewery. The classic formula is still produced today by Pabst Brewing Company.
Name the beer.

Forever 21 (not Rue 21, different company)
Their fast-fashion business model, which was based on quick-turnaround designs that could be inexpensively mass produced, proved wildly popular with young customers who didn’t have much money to spend but wanted the latest looks. By 2015, global sales peaked at $4.4 billion, with 480 stores occupying enormous spaces in malls across America. By 2019, the so-called "retail apocalypse" took its toll and the company experienced a 32% drop in global sales, forcing it into bankruptcy protection.
Name the fashion store chain.

Pan Am
An airline was the principal and largest international air carrier and unofficial overseas flag carrier of the United States for much of the 20th century. After a tragedy over Scotland, they struggled to survive in the rapidly expanding market and permanently grounded the fleet in 1991.
Name the airline.

Palm Pilot
These personal digital assistants with monochrome screens were launched 1996, but couldn't survive the onslaught of the Blackberry and eventually, smart phones.
Name the product.

Kodak, accepted Eastman Kodak
Although a company developed and patented the first handheld digital camera in 1975, they commanded 90% of film sales and 85% of (film) camera sales in the U.S. As technology progressed, they didn't fully pursue the digital market and the use of films and printing sheets gradually came to a halt. The ignorance of new technology and not adapting to the changing market dynamics initiated their downfall.
Name the company.

MoviePass
A theater-subscription service, founded in 2011, played the middleman by buying movie tickets at list price, then giving them to subscribers. The initial hope was that most subscribers wouldn’t actually use the service regularly — like gyms, which use no-show subscribers to financially offset their heavy users. But as it turns out, people like movies more than they like going to the gym. Many of their subscribers who were attracted to the new service by the lower price began using it frequently. When they started losing money on virtually every subscriber, the service then went bankrupt in 2019.
Name the service.

Google Glass, accepted Apple Glass
Released in the mid-2010s, a company's optical head-mounted display raised concerns regarding the intrusion on privacy, and the etiquette and ethics of using the device in public and recording people without their permission. In spite of all that, its failure was a result of bad marketing.
Name the product.

Laser Disc
Originally called “DiscoVision”, this product became a popular home video format in the 1980s and 90s. Some 16.8 million of these players were sold worldwide, but by 2001, it had been completely replaced by DVD in the North American retail marketplace, as media was no longer being produced.
Name the product.


NPB: Alec Baldwin

points:

panic ~~ 10
esto ~~ 10
melly ~~ 8
sss ~~ 8
lb ~~ 7
bob#s ~~ 6
jarnon ~~ 6
tbone ~~ 5
krox ~~ 5
tangredi ~~ 4
beebs ~~ 4
saucy ~~ 4