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Quiz about Company Logos Past and Present

Company Logos, Past and Present Quiz

Some of the most famous company logos are here.

A multiple-choice quiz by tjoebigham. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
tjoebigham

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
67,285

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
6 / 15

Plays
2864

Last 3 plays: Guest 136 (11/15), Guest 92 (4/15), Guest 24 (5/15).

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Question 1 of 15

1. What movie studio uses a Zodiac sign for its symbol? Hint

Orion

Republic

Tri-Star

MGM

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Question 2 of 15

2. What animal logo doesn't belong here? Hint

kiwi

borzoi

penguin

kangaroo

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Question 3 of 15

3. What publishing house uses the old Aldus Manutius symbol of the dolphin twining around an anchor? Hint

Houghton, Mifflin

Doubleday

Little, Brown

Simon and Schuster

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Question 4 of 15

4. Name the logo of 'The New Yorker' magazine. Hint

Alfred E. Neuman

Eustace Tilly

Sylvester P. Smythe

Esky

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Question 5 of 15

5. What pattern symbolizes cereal and pet food? Hint

stripes

ripples

polka dots

checkerboard

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Question 6 of 15

6. Who chases dirt with a stick? Hint

Dutch boy

Ajax knight

Mr. Clean

Dutch girl

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Question 7 of 15

7. What product 'covers the earth'? Hint

asphalt

wallpaper

blankets

paint

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Question 8 of 15

8. What insurance company's logo is the Rock of Gibraltar? Hint

Nationwide

Allstate

Travelers

Prudential

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Question 9 of 15

9. What tire company used a yawning boy holding a tire and candle? Hint

Goodyear

Armstrong

Michelin

Fisk

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Question 10 of 15

10. What logo was created by an English painter? Hint

Morton Salt Girl

Nipper

Sailor Jack and Bingo

Arrow Shirt man

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Question 11 of 15

11. What shoe mascot was once a comic strip character?

Answer: (Two Words)

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Question 12 of 15

12. In terms of racial origin, what fictional food saleperson is the odd one out? Hint

Aunt Jemima

Betty Crocker

Uncle Ben

Cream of Wheat chef

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Question 13 of 15

13. Which of these used to be used in a logo for a now-defunct soft drink brand? Hint

Quaker

Arab man

Native American girl

Eskimo

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Question 14 of 15

14. What classic logo here doesn't sell tuna fish? Hint

Bumble bee

'Charlie'

Mermaid

Psyche

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Question 15 of 15

15. We end with another movie question: what hand does the Columbia woman hold her torch in?

Answer: (One Word)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What movie studio uses a Zodiac sign for its symbol?

Answer: MGM

Leo the Lion is a Zodiac constellation, unlike Orion, Pegasus (Tri-Star's logo) and Republic's plain eagle.

2. What animal logo doesn't belong here?

Answer: kiwi

Kiwi shoe polish was named after the wingless bird found only in New Zealand, the home of the wife of its creator (all New Zealanders are called 'kiwis'). The rest are publishing logos.

3. What publishing house uses the old Aldus Manutius symbol of the dolphin twining around an anchor?

Answer: Doubleday

Houghton, Mifflin uses a boy on a dolphin, Simon and Schuster a sower and Boston-based Little, Brown the Charles Bulfinch eagle column behind the State House.

4. Name the logo of 'The New Yorker' magazine.

Answer: Eustace Tilly

Neuman and Smythe grace 'Mad' and 'Cracked', and Esky 'Esquire'.

5. What pattern symbolizes cereal and pet food?

Answer: checkerboard

William Danforth remembered a woman from his childhood who dressed all her kids in checks so she could spot them after shopping. He made the checks the logo of Ralston Purina, makers of Dog and Cat Chow and Chex cereals.

6. Who chases dirt with a stick?

Answer: Dutch girl

The Dutch boy hawks paint, Mr. Clean uses muscle, and the Ajax knight from 60's TV used his lance.

7. What product 'covers the earth'?

Answer: paint

Sherwin-Williams paint, that is!

8. What insurance company's logo is the Rock of Gibraltar?

Answer: Prudential

Allstate is 'the good hands people', Travelers used a red umbrella and Nationwide uses an eagle.

9. What tire company used a yawning boy holding a tire and candle?

Answer: Fisk

The famed 'Time To Re-Tire' logo. Michelin's is the tire-man Bib, Goodyear's the winged foot of Mercury and Armstrong used a rhino.

10. What logo was created by an English painter?

Answer: Nipper

Francis Barraud painted his late brother's dog Nipper in his 'His Master's Voice', which became the RCA logo, perhaps the most famous of all time. The rest were created in America.

11. What shoe mascot was once a comic strip character?

Answer: Buster Brown

Brown and his bulldog Tige were created by pioneering comic artist Richard Outcault to follow his 'Yellow Kid'.

12. In terms of racial origin, what fictional food saleperson is the odd one out?

Answer: Betty Crocker

Betty Crocker is an image and brand name associated with General Mills, and is never pictured as other than white. The other three are all African-Americans.

13. Which of these used to be used in a logo for a now-defunct soft drink brand?

Answer: Eskimo

The little eskimo was the old Cliquot Club soda logo. The others represented Quaker Oats, Land O'Lakes butter (the native American) and Hills Bros. coffee (the Arab).

14. What classic logo here doesn't sell tuna fish?

Answer: Psyche

Psyche is the "White Rock" soda girl. Charlie the tuna, the "Chicken Of The Sea" mermaid and the bumble bee sell tuna, of course!

15. We end with another movie question: what hand does the Columbia woman hold her torch in?

Answer: right

She is reportedly modeled on the Statue Of Liberty.

Source: Author tjoebigham

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