We have tested the history of a large number of logos against the test of time. And that has resulted in some very interesting questions. Do you have your years in order? If you let the questions and logos sink in, it won’t be too bad.

John Vanderaart

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Quiz 1 2a
What year did it become iconic

Apple’s rainbow logo introduced?

A: In 1977
B: in 1987
C: In 1997

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Quiz 2
In what year did the first modern
Windows logo from Microsoft?

A: In 1989
B: In 1992
C: In 1995

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Quiz 3 2
The green Android logo is a particular one
been black for a period.
During what period was that?

A: From 2019 to 2023
B: From 2014 to 2019
C: From 2008 to 2014

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Quiz 4 2a

Look at by far the nicest Intel Inside logo ever.
During what period did Intel use this logo?

A: From 2012 to 2013
B: From 2013 to 2014
C: From 2014 to 2015

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Quiz 5 2a

AMD has the logo – on perhaps a color accent
after – left unchanged for a very long time.
How long actually?

A: For 24 years
B: For 29 years
C: For 34 years

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Quiz 5 forced

NVIDIA is the company behind the GeForce video card.
For a certain period of time the name NVIDIA
not (!) on the GeForce logo.
During what period was that?

A: From 2009 to 2015
B: From 2011 to 2017
C: From 2013 to 2019

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Quiz 7

Here you see Samsung’s first company logo.
At least, that’s what you should do for convenience
take it from us…
What year would this logo actually date from?

A: From 1938
B: From 1943
C: From 1948

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Quiz 8

The first Toshiba logo dates back to (don’t be alarmed)
1893. In what year did Toshiba come to the westerners
with an understandable and also
legible logo?

A: In 1945
B: In 1950
C: In 1955

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Quiz 9 2a


IBM – as everyone knows –
for International Business Machines.
International has had that for 22 years
Business Machines written in full in it
company logo. During which 22 years?

A: From 1924 to 1946
B: From 1930 to 1952
C: From 1936 to 1958

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Quiz 10

The Nokia company dates back to 1865 and is ever
started as a wood pulp manufacturer.
The logo from that time features a fish.
What does that fish refer to?

A: To the town of Nokia
B: After the hobby of founder Nokia: “Fishing!”
C: To the Nokianvirta river

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At some point the R for appeared
Registered Trademark in the Nintendo logo. Quiz 11 2
When was that?

A: In 1967
B: In 1977
C: In 1987

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Quiz 12
NVIDIA is the company behind the GeForce video card.
For a certain period of time the name NVIDIA
not (!) on the GeForce logo.
During what period was that?

A: From 2009 to 2015
B: From 2011 to 2017
C: From 2013 to 2019

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Quiz 13 2


Atari was very proud of having it for a while
from your own website. During that wonderful time
the URL www.atari.com was included in the logo.
How beautiful and how long was that time?

A: From 2007 to 2009, 2 years
B: From 2009 to 2012, 3 years
C: From 2012 to 2016, 4 years

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Quiz 14 2


In what year is it – note – red and black
(= two-color) Adobe logo introduced?

A: In 1993
B: In 1997
C: In 1981

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Quiz 15 HCC of course also has a logo history.
But what year does it actually date from?
the first HCC logo?

A: From 1973
B: From 1977
C: From 1981


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