@, & and Friends: The Origins
The @ sign, the ampersand, the power button, Bluetooth: do you know where they come from?
What this quiz asks
- 1In most software, the "Save" icon shows which object?
- 2What is the @ symbol commonly called in English?
- 3And the & symbol, what is its name?
- 4The & symbol is actually a ligature (blend) of which two letters?
- 5On a power button, where do the line | and the circle ○ come from?
- 6The Bluetooth technology is named after whom?
- 7The USB plug logo is inspired by which mythological object?
- 8The three arrows of the recycling logo form which famous geometric figure?
- 9In 1971, who chose the @ to separate the name and the server in an email address?
- 10The "peace" symbol ☮ overlays the semaphore (flag) signals for which letters?
