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Quiz about Identify the US Business Sign

Identify the US Business Sign Trivia Quiz

If you drive on interstate highways, you pass by any number of signs advertising that a particular business is located at the exit you're coming up to. Let's see if you know which sign is which as of early 2002. Good luck!

A multiple-choice quiz by BaronTR. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
BaronTR

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
71,214

Updated
Jul 06 23

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
3293

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. What sign includes golden arches? Hint

McDonald's

Wendy's

Burger King

Five Guys

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Question 2 of 10

2. Which of these numbers is listed prominently on a motel chain sign? Hint

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Question 3 of 10

3. In the US, which gas company's main sign shows a star?

Answer: (One Word-Milton Berle)

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Question 4 of 10

4. One gas company's sign is not only seen regularly along highways, but a large version of it is a well known landmark overlooking Fenway Park in Boston. Which company am I talking about? Hint

Shell

Fina

Citgo

Texaco

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Question 5 of 10

5. Which company sign features a red bullseye?

Answer: (One Word-6 Letters)

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Question 6 of 10

6. Sam Walton created a discount department store that included part of his last name in the title. On the company sign, what stylized symbol follows the Walmart name? Hint

There is no symbol

Tree

Sun

Exclamation point

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Question 7 of 10

7. What hotel chain sign shows a flower above the company name? Hint

Days Inn

Holiday Inn

Amerisuites

Hampton Inn

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Question 8 of 10

8. On Mobil signs, one of the letters is a different color from the others. Which one is it? Hint

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Question 9 of 10

9. What fast food chain sign includes a drawing of a girl in pigtails? Hint

Whataburger

Wendy's

Taco Bell

Kentucky Fried Chicken

10. The groups fighting tuberculosis use a symbol called The Cross of Lorraine, which is similar to a normal cross but has 2 lines crossing the longer line instead of one. The symbol is also on a business' main sign that is seen along roads all across America. Which company's sign is it?

Answer: (One Word-5 letters)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What sign includes golden arches?

Answer: McDonald's

It's one of the few signs that you can see anywhere in the world and instantly recognize.

2. Which of these numbers is listed prominently on a motel chain sign?

Answer: 6

Motel 6 originally charged {$6} a night for a room.

3. In the US, which gas company's main sign shows a star?

Answer: Texaco

Texaco used the slogan 'You can trust your car to the man who wears the star' for many years.

4. One gas company's sign is not only seen regularly along highways, but a large version of it is a well known landmark overlooking Fenway Park in Boston. Which company am I talking about?

Answer: Citgo

During Red Sox night games, you can see the sign clearly above and behind the Green Monster.

5. Which company sign features a red bullseye?

Answer: Target

The connection to the company name is pretty obvious.

6. Sam Walton created a discount department store that included part of his last name in the title. On the company sign, what stylized symbol follows the Walmart name?

Answer: Sun

The sign was changed in 2008 with a different color scheme, font, and the sun logo instead of a star separating Wal and Mart.

7. What hotel chain sign shows a flower above the company name?

Answer: Holiday Inn

Holiday Inn was the 1st motel chain in the country.

8. On Mobil signs, one of the letters is a different color from the others. Which one is it?

Answer: O

Who knows how much longer this particular sign will remain since Mobil has merged with Exxon.

9. What fast food chain sign includes a drawing of a girl in pigtails?

Answer: Wendy's

Dave Thomas named the restaurants after his daughter Melinda, who was knicknamed Wendy by her siblings.

Answer: Exxon

Next time you pass an Exxon sign, look at the way the XX part of the sign is written. It's a Cross of Lorraine turned on it's side so that the 2 cross lines create the dual X's. I read a short mystery by Issac Asimov some years ago where the solution hinged on this.

Source: Author BaronTR

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