So, I get every other symbol and reach the caduceus, which I have only ever seen on the signs of pharmacies and other medical organizations. I spent the better part of three minutes trying every possible variation of the words medicine and pharmacy. Only after the quiz do I discover that the caduceus erroneously takes the place of the Rod of Asclepius on 76% of commercial healthcare organizations in the United States.
Yeah, not accepting "medicine", "medical", "doctor", "physician", "medic" (all of which I tried), etc., doesn't really make any sense, since the other accepted answers for the more abstracted symbols are what the symbol *represents*, not what the symbol *is*.
It does not represent medicine, it represents commerce. Stupid commercial healthcare organizations use it because they are stupid. Most doctors and professional medical associations use the correct symbol, the Rod of Asclepius.
Ah, I gotcha! I didn't even know the difference between the caduceus and the Rod of Asclepius for the exact reason you said, Walacama: in the US there is SUCH widespread misuse of the caduceus, that the Rod of Asclepius – the CORRECT symbol for medical uses – looks completely unfamiliar to me! I'm going to start Twitter-shaming places like those 24-hour urgent care chains who are misusing the caduceus on their web sites. Thanks for the education, Quizmaster and commenters!!
That infinity symbol isn't called that but called the lemniscate. The lemniscate is used as a symbol for infinity. At the very least, the word "lemniscate" should be accepted as an answer also.
Fun little quiz, though maybe not the most challenging thing in the world. Fleur-de-lis was a good addition, Ichthys and Caduceus, too. Is there a more difficult version?
I had to look up correct spellings for caduceus and ichthys. I was trying cadduceus and ichthius, ichtheus, etc. I also tried Jesus and fish, but not Jesus fish. A fun quiz.
could you just accept fish or christian fish for the jesus fish? I knew it was a religious symbol and a fish but had no idea it could be called a jesus fish
Am I the only one who tried "Communism" for the hammer and sickle one? :P Really fun quiz, would like for "Staff of Asclepius" to have been accepted and "toxic" for the skull and crossbones (chemistry)
Did you ever know the term for a 12-sided polyhedron confidently enough to instantly type it in without thinking about it, get it right, and then immediately start to wonder how in the hell you knew that?
Fun quiz. I think polyhedron should be accepted for the last one, though. The shape depicted IS a polyhedron, and it's difficult to tell exactly how many sides it has by looking at the two dimensional photo.
true but if Jesus fish is accepted for Ichthys then simpler names should be put for the more difficult ones for example I put female for the Venus Symbol so I think POLYHEDRON should be acceptable yet I didn't make the quiz so all I can give are suggestions
Agreed. I tried "Hammer and Scythe" and couldn't figure out why it wasn't accepted. It should be IMO. (I guess they're slightly different tools, but still...)
A crescent is a crescent. Apparently reading your and one other comment there is something called specifically red crescent, but that is not the only crescent out there. (Like heart is probably used for many things, the symbol is still a heart though)
But if only a crescent is asked for, it should have a neutral color. They are not typically displayed in red, unlike a heart. So, if it IS red, it should be called a red crescent.
Could you accept "ank" as a type in for ankh? I knew the word, but not the the spelling lol! I'm sure that there are other quizzers in this boat. Thanks and what a fun quiz! :)
I'm not religious by any means, but I am shocked to see how few people got the Jesus fish. I tried, "fish," and when that didn't work, typed "Jesus." Maybe it's so low because the user didn't allow "Jesus fish" as an answer for quite some time.
Dreieck, Viereck, Fünfeck, Sechseck, Siebeneck, Achteck...
You just put the number and eck and there you go. :D
Also I put Red Crescent, thinking you meant the equivalent of the Red Cross. If you just want crescent could you change the colour please?