Decoding the World's Pictograms
A ring, an arrow, a trident: every symbol hides a story. Can you read it?
What this quiz asks
- 1The yellow arrow in the Amazon logo links two letters. What does it mean?
- 2The on/off symbol (a ring cut by a line) comes from a code. Which one?
- 3The name and logo of Bluetooth hide someone's initials. Whose?
- 4The peace symbol (☮) dates from 1958. What do its lines represent?
- 5The USB logo draws on a mythological weapon. Which one?
- 6The three-arrow recycling loop draws a famous figure. Which one?
- 7The symbols ♂ (male) and ♀ (female) come from two Roman gods. What do they draw?
- 8The « biohazard » symbol has a surprising origin in 1966. What is it?
- 9The « Green Dot » (two intertwined arrows) on packaging means what, exactly?
- 10The radioactive symbol (three blades around a ring) stands for what?
