Which soft drink brand was named after a slang term for “moonshine”?
Crush
Sprite
Mello Yello
Mountain Dew
Mountain Dew was first created in the 1940s by a two brothers from Tennessee as a mixer for alcoholic beverages. Originally a 19th-century slang term for whiskey, the name Mountain Dew name was trademarked for the soft drink in 1948. Early bottles carried the reference forward by showing a cartoon-stylized country boy named Willie the Hillbilly on the label. PepsiCo acquired the Mountain Dew brand in 1964, and shortly thereafter the logo was modified as the company aimed to appeal to a more youthful and adventurous demographic.
The correct answer is Mountain Dew.