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Free Symbols & Pictograms quiz: 50 trivia questions and answers — everyday codes decoded. Easy to hard, with explained answers. No sign-up.
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They are everywhere: on our devices, clothes, roads and screens. This quiz teaches you to decode everyday symbols, the ones we think we know… and often mix up.
This quiz currently has 50 questions, ranging from easy to hard, available in French, English and Spanish when the Spanish translation is available.
Warm up before the quiz with these 10 trivia questions and their explained answers: click a question to reveal the answer.
Answer: Power/on-off or standby. The familiar power symbol combines the binary ideas of 1 and 0 and is commonly used for power or standby controls.
Answer: A mandatory action. Mandatory-action signs generally use a blue circle, for example to require eye, head or hearing protection.
Answer: More options or actions. An ellipsis commonly opens a menu with additional actions without cluttering the screen.
Answer: The battery is charging. A lightning bolt over the battery usually indicates that an external power source is charging the device.
Answer: Tumble drying. A circle inside a square represents tumble drying; dots generally indicate the heat level.
Answer: Corrosive. The corrosion pictogram warns of severe skin burns and eye damage and can also indicate corrosion of metals.
Answer: Ionizing-radiation hazard. The radiation trefoil is the classic international warning symbol for ionizing radiation and radioactive materials.
Answer: Keep dry. The umbrella means the package or its contents must be protected from moisture during transport and storage.
Answer: Do not use handling hooks. This handling symbol forbids hooks that could damage the package or its contents.
Answer: Automatically identify an item. An EAN/GTIN identifies an item in commercial systems; price and other data are generally retrieved from an associated database.
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