Just yesterday I was thinking about a similar quiz from a mid-80's Games magazine. It wasn't this quiz, though, as I remember there being an incorrect 'Zenith' logo in the Games quiz.
The point? There is no point. I've been up all night, and there is no goddamn point. posted by item at 6:04 AM on October 16, 2006
I got 3 out of 4, but it wasn't really creative a quiz... they just flipped colors around. posted by XQUZYPHYR at 6:05 AM on October 16, 2006
...and there is no goddamn point. posted by item at 6:08 AM on October 16, 2006
About half of those logos have fallen out of use. posted by jedrek at 6:09 AM on October 16, 2006
Your point? posted by item at 6:11 AM on October 16, 2006
Maybe I need more media reading and watching. Only number 8 really jumped out as wrong to me. posted by caddis at 6:38 AM on October 16, 2006
I believe at least one point is how little you notice the visual noise of the world when you're awash in a sea of crap. posted by DenOfSizer at 6:41 AM on October 16, 2006
That's pretty lame. I don't need a quiz to tell me I don't know the arrangement of the colors in the Windows logo. posted by smackfu at 6:46 AM on October 16, 2006
OMG, item, I loved that Games magazine quiz. If you're ever up all night again and, somehow, somewhere find a link to it , please let me know. posted by lagreen at 6:50 AM on October 16, 2006
Well I for one noticed the Windows logo was wrong. That makes me pretty lame I guess. posted by ClarissaWAM at 6:52 AM on October 16, 2006
I think I've figured out the point: there is absolutely nothing fun about that quiz, which is a shame as Mental Floss is usually a fine internet website. posted by item at 6:53 AM on October 16, 2006
lagreen: I'd love to find it. All I remember, as I mentioned, is that the 'Z' in the 'Zenith' logo was missing it's lightning-bolt-esque zig-zags. posted by item at 6:55 AM on October 16, 2006
Was that your impression of an 1337 snake, thirteenkiller? posted by Greg Nog at 8:37 AM on October 16, 2006
This is 55555, indeed! posted by dmd at 9:12 AM on October 16, 2006
[[ there is absolutely nothing fun about that quiz, which is a shame ]]
So you did badly, is what you're saying. Shame. posted by Oriole Adams at 9:26 AM on October 16, 2006
...and there is no goddamn point.
But, it's very important you be able to correctly identify the crests of your corporate masters. posted by Thorzdad at 9:37 AM on October 16, 2006
Pepsi Red posted by hal9k at 10:35 AM on October 16, 2006
So you did badly, is what you're saying. Shame.
I got all but one right, and I'd have to concur that this was about as fun as watching paint dry. And wrongly colored paint at that. posted by deadcowdan at 12:44 PM on October 16, 2006
The quiz sucked but the snarks were worth the FPP. So... thanks, Oriole Adams. posted by Doohickie at 1:41 PM on October 16, 2006
The subtleties of corporate logos. Goes in the category of "Who cares?" posted by brendan66 at 7:54 PM on October 16, 2006
Glad to have obliged with the daily minimum requirement of snarkiness.
I remember that Games magazine quiz, too, and this one just happened to remind me of it. The Games quiz, IIRC, showed one small portion of a logo, like the "A" in Arrow shirts, or the "J" in Juicy Juice (which was the one that tripped me up). I've just always been somehow fascinated with logos and emblems... posted by Oriole Adams at 1:55 AM on October 17, 2006
wouldnt it be more fun if they mixed them up gave us Pepsi in the Fedex color and font, and Jiff in the Mastercard logo and we had to match them with eachother and figure out what was missing. posted by Megafly at 5:52 PM on October 17, 2006
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The point? There is no point. I've been up all night, and there is no goddamn point.
posted by item at 6:04 AM on October 16, 2006