Everyone knows the asterisk, the ampersand and the “at” symbol, but what about their lesser-known cousins? See how well you fare when you try to match up the obscure and semi-obscure punctuation marks with their names.
Take the Quiz: “$#@!”
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ha! 0% right…
posted by old hippy chick on 5-20-2010 at 9:49 pm
Me too!
posted by Tex on 5-20-2010 at 11:03 pm
I got 70% which I thought was pretty good. Then, in a quick attempt to show someone how it worked I just typed in 1 – 10 in the boxes in order. Also got 70%. HA!
posted by Hyacinth on 5-21-2010 at 11:34 am
70%. Hooray. I rarely beat the average on these things.
posted by AP on 5-21-2010 at 1:50 pm
Fail. What would be nice is if the images were a touch smaller or arranged differently so I could see all of them at once.
posted by Joshua on 5-21-2010 at 2:48 pm
Got the caret and chevron mixed up, so only 80%.
posted by Beth on 5-21-2010 at 5:35 pm