Synonymous Trademarks Quiz

Do you really need the 's' at the end of "Q-tips"? Really?

Clever...Nice work!

Being British, a lot of these were impossible!

Same. Scotch tape! Put sellotape for ages and thought there was a mistake.

Is that why they have "spello-tape" in Harry Potter's world? I totally didn't get that reference, LOL! It's like when I finally figured out that "moaning" means something different in the UK, as in Moaning Myrtle. For years I was like, "...she's not moaning." *dumb American alert*

probably a mash-up of cellophane and adhesive tape, I guess.

Good quiz! But you're left out an O in photocopier.

Tazer should also work for taser.

T.A.S.E.R. Stands for Thomas A. Swift's Electric Rifle. So Tazer does not work. That would be like saying S.C.U.B.A could be Zcuba

or like saying that Lazer should work for Laser, except, oh wait... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lazer_Tag

you should totally take magic bullet for food processor

100% whoot whoot (took some time for Cuisinart though)

spelled winnebago wrong. missed muzak and speedo, too.

im with skilly

Post-it should be acceptable....same with Q-tip.

i agree with post it. almost erased it then decided to try with an s

I agree that Q-tip should be acceptable.

Damn, 9. Extremely hard if you're British, or from anywhere that isn't America (or Canada)

Darn you, rollerblades and JumboTron!

Only missed the food processor.

This was fun, and I hate that I missed any.

lol i typed in megatron instead of jumbotron. haha

Lol @JusSpammin, too much Transformers for you. 14/24 and I'm from Australia, pretty happy with that. Although I do watch copious amounts of US tv and movies, so it would be pretty sad if I hadn't picked anything up.

can the spelling vasoline be accepted? I kept typing that. :(

"Winnabago" and "rollerblade" arn't ok?

In UK. bleach is usually Domestos: clear tape is Sellotape: four-wheel drive could be Landrover: Adhesive bandage is Elastoplast. Difficult of non-Americans this one.

How long before Dyson replaces Hoover as the generic term for a vacuum cleaner?

"cuisinart" and "hoover" are debatable. I, for one, have never heard them used as synonyms. how about DUSTBUSTER for vacuum cleaner??

I've heard "hoover" used as a verb many times meaning to suck up or vacuum. Often in a comical context.

agreed. In my opinion it's the most obvious one on the list, although in recent years I have heard people saying they are doing the dysoning, and not necessarily with a dyson.

No idea what a winebego is, although the word sounds vaguely familiar

oh dear...good one, but maybe put a wee note to say they are U.S brand names or Brit, i've never heard of a few of these, q-tip is a cotton bud,, clorox is domestos, band-aid is elasto-plast, chapstick, cuisinart and jell-o are in the unknown dept alongside jumbotron(!) and tylenol, and scotch tape here is sello-tape...good idea though

Hard if your British, but I got 15. Also, people should stop asking for misspellings to be accepted (like vasoline and winnabago) no, they're brand names and they shouldn't be accepted because you can't spell Vaseline or Winnebago or forgot an 's' on Post-Its or Q-tips

Agreed!

A taser (with wire-connected sharp projectiles that stick into a target, and is usually sold only to police forces) is a different thing from a stun gun (which is sold to consumers and features contacts you have to touch to the target and activate).

Was "astro" not enough for artificial grass?

Nice quiz. What about Coke and Polaroid?

Also Discman, though you already have Walkman. For a while video game systems became synonymous with Atari, and then after that Nintendo... Sony tried to do the same thing with PlayStation. They chose the name because it was supposed to be simply and catchy and something that eventually people would use to talk about all video game systems just like Walkman and Discman... but in spite of the PS2 being the belling selling console of all time this strategy never really worked.

Well, Sony's strategy worked here in Australia. Xbox worked as well, once the 360 came out.

i wonder how long it will take for fieldturf to be the household name rather than astroturf which is hardly used anymore

possibly never. I haven't used a photocopier actually made by Xerox in a really long time but we still call it the "Xerox machine"