Check out this awesome logo quiz from Sporcle.
I got 29/31 on the quiz.
I missed:
- Prudential Financial
- Safeway Inc.
- Chevron Corporation
- Boeing
- Guinness (I don’t drink…)
- Sprint Nextel
- Anheuser-Busch (Again, I don’t drink.)
For the record, I am not American… but I still recognized a lot of American brands, being so close to the border.
It’s amazing that I can recognize so many brands.
I wonder what that says about me. I don’t watch TV (I watch the shows online, vinny), so I am not exposed to advertisements in commercials.
Even without watching TV, the internet really covers the gamut in your mental logo dictionary.
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eemusings
on Nov 9th, 2009
@ 5:25 PM:
What a fun game! I felt a fair few of them were kind of US-centric, though. I got about half of them right within 2 min and then called it quits.
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amy kelinda
on Nov 9th, 2009
@ 5:29 PM:
It’s amazing how something as simple as a logo can be instantly recognizable! I bet that’s every company’s dream, haha!
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Last Born Child
on Nov 9th, 2009
@ 6:12 PM:
I scored 26 – pretty good for someone who lives across the pond.
I think I only did that well because I have been stateside recently. Fun game
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Michelle
on Nov 9th, 2009
@ 6:24 PM:
Canadian’s recognize more American things than we do Canadian:
1. We’re inundated by American images – television
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2. 95% of Canadians live no more than 2 hours from an American border.
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Jess (Fit Chick in the City)
on Nov 9th, 2009
@ 8:17 PM:
Wow! I just scored a 26. If the game had spell checker I would have scored higher. I just can’t spell!
Don@Moneyreasons.com
on Nov 9th, 2009
@ 8:52 PM:
That was a lot of fun!
Wow, I can’t believe I didn’t get Sprint Nextel (I use their service)…
I scored 31/36… I’m an american though, so that was an advantage for me.
I missed:
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Sporcle Inc.
Safeway Inc.
The Boeing company
Guiness
Sprint Nextel (shaking my head still on this one…)
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SeeJaneGetRich.com
on Nov 9th, 2009
@ 8:53 PM:
Within seconds i recognized all but three! I come across these brands in my daily life so even if I wasn’t on the internet in addition to not watching tv, i would still have recognized a lot of these brands.
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The Asian Pear
on Nov 9th, 2009
@ 9:24 PM:
apparently, I don’t notice branding that much… I only got 20/31. Most of the time, I’d KNOW them… But I couldn’t say what company they were.
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E
on Nov 9th, 2009
@ 10:32 PM:
32/26 and that’s because I couldn’t spell Anheuser (?). What surprised me was the Marriott one…considering I stay in enough of them, but never really seen that logo.
Sad comment on brands pervasiveness nevertheless.
E
on Nov 9th, 2009
@ 10:41 PM:
23/36 on the 2nd quiz, but I recognized 3 but couldn’t remember the names.
Foxie
on Nov 9th, 2009
@ 11:14 PM:
30/36 for me on that first one. I am American, what’s my excuse?
Knew I should’ve gotten the adobe one, but I spaced… No surprise I got the beer ones wrong, I hate beer. Only 21/36 on the second, that one I had quite a few I didn’t recognize… Took me a bit to get Yamaha. I knew that one was familiar. 
(No cars missed here! Not even Peugeot.)
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Financial Samurai
on Nov 9th, 2009
@ 11:31 PM:
Doh, got all but one. Logos are powerful!
Jerry
on Nov 9th, 2009
@ 11:32 PM:
Got all but 3!
FS @ Financial Samurai
on Nov 9th, 2009
@ 11:33 PM:
Powerful stuff! I missed all but 1.
That’s why everybody should have an Avatar/Gravatar at least!
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Stephanie
on Nov 9th, 2009
@ 11:34 PM:
I did pretty well. But I now hate you (j/k) because I started taking all the quizzes I saw on that site. Periodic table of the elements, Broadway musicals by character names…oh man, I could spend hours there!
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FB @ FabulouslyBroke.com
on Nov 10th, 2009
@ 8:37 AM:
Fun quiz eh?
Some of you did AWESOME. Only missing 3? Wow.
I did recognize some of the logos I didn’t get but couldn’t figure out where I saw them (Guinness being one, as I see papered ads for them in restaurants)
If they don’t affect my life, I don’t recognize them.
That Marriott logo was the hardest for me, but I eventually got it, because I stayed in the Marriott A LOT when I traveled.
This goes to show that your logo and branding has to be crisp and CLEAR to be able to make it easily recognizable by tons of people.
Anything random like an eagle, makes you think “U.S.”, but the actual company name? Ugh.
Investing Newbie
on Nov 10th, 2009
@ 10:46 AM:
My job blocked the site as a “Game related site” UGH! I’ll take it later on tonight. With the few that were shown on your page, I got 12! Hope that means I’ll do well.
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FB @ FabulouslyBroke.com
on Nov 10th, 2009
@ 1:16 PM:
@Investing Newbie: Good luck! Post your results later