Eric Johnson
Lunchtime Quiz: TypeFace/Off II (TV Titles)
by Eric Johnson - June 28, 2010 - 11:30 AM

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Welcome to another edition of TypeFace/Off, where we show you a font and you tell us where it’s from. Last week we tested you on movie posters. All the fonts this time around are inspired by the logos of TV shows and networks. Good luck!

Take the Quiz: TypeFace/Off II

If you’d like an answer key to make things a bit easier, here you go…
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Fill in the blanks with these answers:
The Addams Family, Alias, Battlestar Galactica, Bewitched, The Brady Bunch, CNN, ESPN, Gilligan’s Island, MASH and Jeopardy!

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Comments (13)

  1. I got Battlestar Galactica and ESPN mixed up. Fail on me.

    posted by this is not my name on 6-28-2010 at 11:40 am

  2. So close! I flipped Gilligan’s Island and The Brady Bunch.

    posted by Kathryn on 6-28-2010 at 11:47 am

  3. 10/10 – again, proof that there is too much TV in my life

    posted by Michael on 6-28-2010 at 12:23 pm

  4. 70%, but I never could have done that without the hint list.

    posted by Jon. on 6-28-2010 at 1:01 pm

  5. At first I tried this without the list of shows and found it extremely difficult. Halfway through the quiz, I pulled up the list and felt silly for not recognizing the fonts without the cheat sheet. If anyone gets a perfect score without the list, you are truly the fontmaster. :)

    posted by Becky on 6-28-2010 at 1:10 pm

  6. @Michael – same score and same thought

    @Becky – I tried the same thing and was so confident going in. Despite watching Jeopardy, ESPN, and CNN everyday, I only got the obvious one, MASH. The thing that threw me was that it would include TV shows as well as networks. I hope there are more in this series.

    posted by Kevin on 6-28-2010 at 1:54 pm

  7. With the list, it was pretty easy. Without, I would never have identified the networks or a couple of the shows. The CNN one in particular makes some odd choices that would’ve thrown me way off.

    [Going back and looking, I think the 'Addams Family' one is based on the movies rather than the series.]

    posted by Kevin on 6-28-2010 at 1:58 pm

  8. Dangit, I’m going to need to come up with a different name for here. This keeps happening to me.

    posted by Kevin on 6-28-2010 at 2:00 pm

  9. Woohoo! My first 100%!

    posted by Grobanite33 on 6-28-2010 at 2:13 pm

  10. 7/10 – and I too flipped The Brady Bunch and Gilligan’s Island. (I also put Battlestar Galactica down twice; by the time I realized what I’d done, it was too late to go back.)

    posted by Steve from San Diego on 6-28-2010 at 2:28 pm

  11. 10 out of 10 100% YAY!!! Again this goes to prove that I watch way too much television. Of course I used the list but I think it would have been next to impossible with out it.

    posted by CHUY on 6-28-2010 at 3:43 pm

  12. I thought it was going to be about TV Shows. Not networks! I guess I should have tried the answer key, why wasn’t it included with the quiz?

    Also I assumed it was going to be iconic shows that everyone watched like Friends, The Simpsons, etc..

    There was way too much sports (and yes one question about sports is always way too much!) and sci fi.

    posted by Shannon on 7-2-2010 at 8:09 pm

  13. My wife and I can’t agree on a name! It’s getting dicey!

    Lots of goofy stuff related to babies out there. Like the size comparison stuff:

    http://tinyurl.com/37mrj77

    posted by Jules on 7-8-2010 at 11:06 am

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