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Shapes and Symbols #2

Guess the names of these shapes and symbols.
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Last updated: April 17, 2018
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First submittedJuly 7, 2012
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Level 77
Jul 7, 2012
When I visited Hawaii, everyone made the hang loose sign and said "Mahalo" so I thought it was the Mahalo sign.
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Level 81
Jul 7, 2012
I kept trying "hook 'em horns" and "Texas" and "longhorns" and..... ;>)
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Level 85
Dec 27, 2018
me 2
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Level 59
Feb 5, 2019
ikr
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Level 49
Mar 24, 2020
Even tried rock on
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Level 26
Feb 5, 2019
I tried "radical" and it gave me the square root one lol. I also tried "gnarly" just for the heck of it. I was close with "hang ten" though.
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Level 70
Sep 16, 2019
I tried "Devil's horns" and "Chill out". I don't know what world I live in.
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Level 26
Jul 7, 2012
whoa..how did I get them all????
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Level 78
Jul 7, 2012
good quiz - but "biohazard" is NOT the only name that symbol is known by. I went through almost a dozen other medical and infectious disease terms that also use that symbol, including sharps. A bit of leeway here? "Medical Waste", "Toxic", "Infectious Waste" ...
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Level 30
Dec 8, 2014
I tried Biological Threat and Biological Hazard
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Level 74
Jun 5, 2018
Biological hazard should work.
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Level 67
Feb 10, 2019
I agree
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Level 26
Sep 20, 2012
Woo hoo! 20/20 with 2:38 left!!!!
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Level 85
Sep 19, 2018
ii would have gotten better but i didnt get darwin fish
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Level 26
Feb 5, 2019
I thought it was the symbol for Jesus, didn't notice the legs lol.
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Level 45
Nov 23, 2012
Couldn't accept "cylinder" for "cone"?
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Level 32
Feb 19, 2014
a cone is not a cylinder
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Level 68
Jan 8, 2017
For some reason this comment cracked me up!
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Level 71
Aug 31, 2017
That's true, if you got your ice-cream in a cylinder the ice-cream would fall straight through!
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Level 35
Feb 4, 2019
or maybe cube
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Level 24
Dec 27, 2012
100 percent with 57 seconds remaining WOOT!
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Level 52
May 2, 2013
I guessed Swirl and Twirl for Spiral. I thought Anarchy was Avengers.
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Level 20
Oct 31, 2013
me too
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Level 69
Mar 12, 2016
me three
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Level 69
Aug 28, 2016
It's actually the symbol of the Anarchavengers, an alternative superhero team based out of Utopia, OH. They really don't get much done, though. First of all, they don't actually have a "leader", as that would be morally indefensible, so Captain World (analogous to Captain America, but with no state loyalties) is more of a cheerleader or morale booster; without anyone in charge, it's really hard for the Anarchavengers to come to a consensus on anything. Besides, they don't believe they have an actual mandate to take any actions in their community or elsewhere, since all current governments are completely illegitimate. Nor of course do they feel have any right to use force unless their own compound is being threatened, and even that, according to the individualists, is out of bounds. So unless you need folks to go door-to-door (unless there's a "no trespassing" sign of course) handing out flyers for a blood drive, better call those OTHER, Avengers.
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Level 17
Jul 30, 2013
I was taught the Treble Clef has two b's and not one.
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Level 48
May 1, 2014
You were taught incorrectly.
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Level 71
Apr 19, 2018
2 Bs or not 2 Bs that is the question?
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Level 62
Apr 22, 2018
I like it!
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Level 85
Oct 24, 2022
Don't be a treble maker.
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Level 47
Aug 10, 2020
We were thought it is called violin key or violin cleft.
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Level 54
Dec 23, 2022
clef* and many other instruments read in this clef... flute, clarinet, saxophones (all), trumpet, Bb tuba, mallet percussion, guitar... the list goes on
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Level 48
May 1, 2014
I only know hang loose because I live in Hawaii. Everybody uses it when they're driving. I try, but I can't get my fingers in that configuration.
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Level 74
Dec 7, 2018
They do? That's adorable.
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Level 71
Feb 5, 2019
How do you hold the steering wheel if your hands are in that configuration?
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Level 26
Feb 5, 2019
You act like you've never driven with your feet before.
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Level 77
May 5, 2014
I should learn how to spell parallelogram. I tried paralellogram and parallellogram and probably paralelogram too :)
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Level 74
Dec 7, 2018
I have trouble every time too. I now trick my brain into spelling parallel first. Then I just have to flail around over the identity of the vowel that comes next.
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Level 60
Feb 6, 2019
Remember 1 2 1 with the letters that can be doubled.

paRaLLeLogram

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Level 35
Dec 5, 2014
In Hawaii we were told that hand symbol meant "Aloha!" Was that wrong?
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Level 75
Jan 24, 2015
In Hawaii we were told it meant, "No worries." Apparently that was wrong, too.
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Level 32
Feb 4, 2019
used in Australia, new Zealand and south Africa as a "its cool" reference, definitely stems from a surfing culture
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Level 26
Feb 5, 2019
Used very rarely in southern California to mean "hey there" or "awesome."
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Level 77
Jan 24, 2015
Anarchism. Usually seem sprayed somewhere and with much less neatness than here. It looked like some kind of an electrical symbol to me. The neatness of it really threw me off track.
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Level 75
Feb 4, 2019
I've never seen it before, but it looked to me like a mountain topped with a circle with a slash through it which usually means "no", so I tried no climbing, and no skiing. I couldn't think of anything else that would be restricted on a mountain. I was so far off.
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Level 67
Mar 24, 2020
No mountains allowed haha
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Level 41
Jan 24, 2015
I tried "biological threat" for biohazard. Do you think it could be accepted?
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Level 70
Jan 24, 2015
for spiral i put whirl and swirl but not spiral lol
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Level 42
Jan 27, 2015
First I thought that was Dreamcast... I think I should read better
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Level 43
Jan 27, 2015
I put treble cliff lol. Not a musician by any means : ).
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Level 26
Jan 28, 2015
WHY COULD I NOT REMEMBER THE WORD "SPIRAL?" WHAT IS MY LIFE COMING TO?
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Level 75
Feb 4, 2019
A CAPITAL FAILURE?
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Level 71
Nov 30, 2015
The hang-loose symbol is the signature wave owners of old Volkswagen campervans give to each other ^_^
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Level 36
Jan 19, 2016
I get Biohazard yet I don't get Cone...
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Level 65
Nov 23, 2016
Swirl?
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Level 43
May 13, 2017
Biological Hazard didn't even work for biohazard
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Level 65
May 13, 2017
CND should be accepted for the peace symbol.
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Level 71
May 13, 2017
We used to call it the 'Ban the Bomb' sign.
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Level 78
Nov 19, 2018
Agreed, or Campaign for no Defence to give the full title
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Level 74
Dec 7, 2018
Interesting. Never heard that.
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Level 75
Feb 4, 2019
Its Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (I may have spelt the last word incorrectly but that's the gist of it)
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Level 72
Dec 3, 2021
I tried nearly all of the above
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Level 80
Feb 4, 2019
Agreed. That's where the symbol came from. I only guessed peace at the last minute.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peace_symbols

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Level 53
Feb 6, 2023
CND should definitely be accepted for the symbol which didn't exist prior to it being created for the CND!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campaign_for_Nuclear_Disarmament

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Level 49
May 13, 2017
I think dreamcast should be accepted for the spiral, comon! If not, use another colour.
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Level 46
May 13, 2017
I only knew the hang loose sign as shaka. I'm glad it counted
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Level 90
May 18, 2017
Reduce reuse recycle should be acceptable. A google image search with that term brings back that symbol.
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Level 64
May 18, 2017
please accept rhomboid
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Level 46
Feb 4, 2019
Scrolled too far for this!
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Level 68
Jun 4, 2017
Can't accept swirl for spiral? Or rock on for hang loose?
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Level 48
Feb 24, 2018
Treble clef?? Isn't that the Key of sol? That's how I know it been taking music lessons for years
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Level 58
Mar 26, 2018
Is it ironic that anarchy has a symbol?
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Level 71
Apr 19, 2018
I agree, I always recall a man being arrested for indecent behaviour shouting out " I am the leader of the anarchists"
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Level 64
Mar 26, 2018
I dont know what it is 'Hang loose' (means nothing to me), but that symbol is definitively a six
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Level 71
Apr 19, 2018
I thought it was the sign of the 'Kilt Wearers Association'
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Level 58
Nov 23, 2018
I though it meant ring me - you hold it up to your ear like a phone.
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Level 56
May 1, 2020
Yes! Definitely the "I'll phone you" gesture. No idea what "hang loose" means.
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Level 67
Mar 24, 2020
A six?? What?
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Level 54
Jun 14, 2020
Chinese sign language - my first thought, as well
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Level 63
Mar 26, 2018
i feel like "last quarter" should also be accepted for the semi-circle, as a representation of that moon phase.
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Level 66
Mar 26, 2018
The square root symbol is called a "surd".
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Level 62
Apr 22, 2018
No. A surd refers an irrational root (a root that cannot be simplified further, like the square root of two), not the symbol itself. It is also very fun to say.
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Level 82
Apr 17, 2018
Hang loose? Surely that could mean any generic 90s surfer/skater phrase?
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Level 86
Apr 17, 2018
Isn't that the ASL for the letter Y?
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Level 56
Aug 6, 2022
Yes
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Level 63
Jun 6, 2018
Hazardous, toxic, toxicity... why are these not accepted?
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Level 64
Jan 23, 2019
I put in skaka and got hand loose so…
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Level 58
Feb 4, 2019
Kept trying "rhomboid" for parallelogram.
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Level 69
Feb 4, 2019
Well I'm glad I found out what the bio hazard warning looks like. I have never seen a warning sign in that colour.
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Level 64
Feb 4, 2019
I typed in Ichthys and Jesus Fish a million times before realizing, oh wait, it evolved...
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Level 74
Feb 4, 2019
Didn't get "cone" because I thought it needed some fancy word.
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Level 70
Feb 5, 2019
CND Symbol or Nuclear Disarmament should be accepted for Peace Symbol. It was designed in 1958 by British designer Gerald Holtom for the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND). The figure represents the semaphore signals for N and D (Nuclear Disarmament) within a circle representing the world.
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Level 56
May 1, 2020
Yes, I agree. Arguably "peace" shouldn't even be an answer, as it's more specific than that.
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Level 66
Apr 22, 2019
OK, but what the hell is a Darwin Fish? I typed in Christian Fish, Jesus Fish, Ichthus, Ichthys, and everything under the sun that related to Christianity and that fish. I have never heard of a Darwin Fish.
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Level 56
Aug 6, 2022
Your loss
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Level 66
May 9, 2019
I spelled Anarchist and Toxic Waste. Close enough.
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Level 36
Sep 29, 2020
Trefoil as suitable answer for the shamrock?
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Level 63
Jun 28, 2021
I tried Jesus fish with legs :)))
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Level 69
Sep 22, 2021
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaka_sign#Similar_gestures please accept six, call me or drink
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Level 76
Oct 31, 2022
agreed. "Call me" has always been the meaning of that hand sign where I'm from. You hold it up to the side of your face and it represents a telephone.
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Level 63
Jun 16, 2022
Please accept "root".
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Level 71
Nov 9, 2022
All of them with 2:03 to spare! Woo!
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Level 45
Jun 4, 2023
no way i guessed "fish with legs"
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Level 56
Nov 11, 2023
that rhombus was foul and the reason I didn't get all of them