Right you lot, forget about work today and get your thinking heads on, let’s see how much you’ve been paying attention!!
Everyone over the age of 30 must remember getting one of these logo quizes, photocopied and passed round the office on a Friday (at which point all work would stop for the entire day). Well, I’ve put together a few logos (ok, 100) which your typical expat in Shanghai (assuming that I’m “typical”) should be familiar with, not all of the brands are Chinese but they’re definitely part of the Shanghai Expat lifestyle.
They were a bit too easy in colour so I’ve converted them all to black and white (and obviously erased all the words), let’s see how it goes, I might put some colour ones up here if a few of them prove too difficult!
Post your answers in the comments below, I’ll add the answers as they come in.
Oh, click on the images to enlarge them (right click to open in a new window).
edit: colour images of the remaining few logos: click here
edit: final clues on the colour images: click here
59 Comments
Christ.
1. The metro?
3. Hotwind
4. Sherpas
32. Carrefour
73. Ajisen Ramen
87. Beijing Olympics
90. Seagull cameras
91. DIA
92. Hamilton House
96. Malones
99 Shanghaiist
100 Baidu
Ah Swiss, not looking too shabby, you’re wrong on 1 though, you fell right into my trap!
Number 1 is China Merchant’s Bank, but it is frustratingly similar to the metro sign
6. Wall Street English
7. Bank of China
8. ICBC
9. China Unicom
I could go on, but don’t want to spoil the fun for others
Good going Jake!
14. Youth Hostelling Association?
15. South Beauty
21. Wagas
14 – no it’s not!
yes to the others
Here’s a quick stab at some of the ones not already answered:
21. Wagas
71. Smart Shanghai
57. China Mobile?
100. Baidu
69. Chinese Flag
77. Safety Standards sticker…
23. Chery
80. Streets…or whatever the ice cream is called here…
9. China Unicom?
67. Ritz Portman?
42. Element Fresh
12. China Post
24. Li Ning
48. The Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf
67. The Portman
and I’ll stop there but of course could go on, though some of them are beyond me.
I got a bunch of them but don;t want to ruin it for ppl. Here’s a few.
1. my old bank.
80. Ke ai duo ice cream
65.judy;s too
73. ajisen
33. yonghe dawang
57. china telecom
85. footy team shenhua
You can’t have “My old bank”.
It’s like me saying “Some restaurant I once walked past!
Names Best, we need names!
24. Li Ning.
65. Cotton Club
28. Paulaner Brauhaus
29. World Expo
30. State Grid
31. Gome
32. Carrefour
33. California Beef Noodle King USA
34. Geely
35. Face bar
36. Agricultural Bank of China
19. xintiandi
36. agricultural bank of china
49. big bamboo
50. barbarossa
58. indian kitchen
82. croissants de france bakery café
83. ????
86. ??
aack, in english characters below -
83. shiji lianhua supermarket
86. kuaike/ quick convenience store
6. Wall Street English
9. China Unicom
11. China Telecom
32. Carrefour
33. Yonghe Da Wang
45. Dragonfly
46. China Eastern
49. Big Bamboo
75. Whatever that orgnaization the says this is a top Chinese brand is
91. Dia
99. Shanghaiist
What’s 10? It’s doing my head in
11. China Mobile!
hey swiss james, here’s 10 for you. chinahr.com
50. Barbarossa (spelling?) – bar in People’s Park
88. O’Malley’s
31. Gome
77. Tomato – quick e-mart
86. Quick – another quick e-mart
53. Mexican place on Fumin Lu – Cantana Argave (again, spelling?)
1. Maglev?
58 is either an indian restaurant or a Hindu temple that Dingle goes to.
Wee Ling- #10 ah yeah! I knew I’d seen it before!
Somehow nobody has mentioned that 42 is Elementfresh.
41. Spring Airlines
13. xiangwang xidehao/elephant king dry cleaning store
38. all days
64. shanghai public transportation card co. ltd.
16. qingdao beer
26 shanghai tang
39. air china
44. alibaba
48. coffee bean
75. china top brand
76. 2007 special olympcs
80. walls
84. china southern
shame on you guys fo not mentioning 16 as tsingtao beer! whats 39? It looks familiar.. maybe shanghai gas works or smth i get monthly bills from?
damn shoud have refreshed before commenting..
Ok, we’re not doing too badly, here are the ones you’ve got correct so far:
1 – China Merchants Bank
3 – Hotwind
4 – Sherpas
6 – Wall Street English
7. Bank of China
8. ICBC
9. China Unicom
10. China HR
11. China Mobile!
12. China Post
13. xiangwang xidehao/elephant king dry cleaning store
15. South Beauty
16. qingdao beer
19. xintiandi
21. Wagas
23. Chery.
24. Li Ning
26 shanghai tang
28. Paulaner Brauhaus
29. World Expo
30. State Grid
32Carrefour
33. yonghe dawang
34. Geely
36. Agricultural Bank of China
38. all days
39. air china
41. Spring Airlines
42. Element Fresh
44. alibaba
45. Dragonfly
46. China Eastern
48. The Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf
49. big bamboo
50. barbarossa
57. china telecom
58. indian kitchen
64a. shanghai public transportation card co. ltd.
65.judy;s too
71. Smart Shanghai
73. Ajisen Ramen
75. china top brand
76. 2007 special olympcs
80. Ke ai duo ice cream
82. croissants de france bakery café
83. shiji lianhua supermarket
84. china southern
85. shanghai shenhua
86. kuaike/ quick convenience store
87. Beijing Olympics
90. Seagull cameras
91. DIA
92. Hamilton House
96. Malones
99 Shanghaiist
100. Baidu
Incorrect Guesses:
14. Youth Hostelling Association?
31. Gome – but I see what you mean, it’s VERY similar
35. Face bar
39 shanghai gas
53. Mexican place on Fumin Lu – Cantana Argave (again, spelling?)
57. China Mobile?
67. The Portman – you know, you’re kind of right, but that’s not the actual name
77. Safety Standards sticker
80. Streets…or whatever the ice cream is called here…
88. O’Malley’s
Still left to get:
2, 5, 14, 17, 18, 20, 22, 25, 27, 31, 35, 37, 40, 43, 47, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64b (not sure how I messed up my numbering), 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 72, 74,, 77, 78, 79, 81, 88, 89, 93, 94, 95, 97, 98
There are two majorly obvious ones left for grabs, I thought they’d be the first to go, you guys will kick yourselves!!
74. starbucks
76. special olympics 2009 (or was it paralymics— it was te ao yun hui)
78. subway/qinggui stations
thanks vju, that’s the two obvious ones I was talking about!!
If 88 isn’t O’Malley’s then it’s that other one.
On Dongping Lu. You know the one I mean, don’t play silly beggars.
Bugger, there’s loads that I still can’t remember… This is great stuff though, sod Friday afternoons at work.
One’s I reckon I’ve got
2. Lock & Lock
25. BYD
27. Latina
35. Face
54. SHanghai Airlines
56. Dragonair
67. Shanghai Centre
77. TOmato (convenience stores)
94. Taco Popo
17. sanlu milk !
67. shanghai center
77. c-store
80. wall’s ice cream
88. the blarney stone irish pub ? never knew they had a logo !
Good work Mighty Hamster (lock n lock and latina were some of the more difficult ones), all right except for 35 – Face, but it is VERY similar, and 77 (which wl has now got correct)
wl, all correct, good call on sanlu milk, another of the tricky ones!
5 – Moutai
69 – PCC
Good call G, PCC? isn’t it CCP?
cCP ???
Me and my flatmate spent a good 30 minutes on this list…we got about 20…and then got here, checked the list and none of them were new. Bastards the lot of you.
1. china merchants bank.
3. hotwind
4. sherpas
6. wall street english
7. Bank of China
8. ICBC
9. China Mobile
10. HR China
11. China Unicom
13. Elephant dry cleaning
15. South Beauty
16. Tsing Dao Beer
19. Xin Tian Di
20. Sogo?
21. Wagas
22. Construction Company?
23. Car Company Cherry
24. Li Ning
26. Shanghai Tang
27. Arabica Roasters
28. Paulaners
29. Shanghai Expo
31. GoTone
32. Carrefour
33. Dong He
34. Car Company
35. Lana Thai (Face)
36. Agriculture Bank Of China
39. Air China
42. Element Not So Fresh
44. Alibaba
45. Dragon fly
46. China Eastern
48. Coffee Bean and Sprout
49. Big Bamboo
54. Shanghai Airlines
56. Dragon Air
57. China Telecom
58. India Kitchen
59. Jin Jiang Hotel
62. Parkway Medical or whatever it is called now.
64b. Transportation Card
65. Judy’s Too
67. Shanghai Center (Portman)
70. OCN
71. Smart Shanghai
73. Agisen Ramen
74. Starbucks
78. Shanghai Metro
80. Walls Ice Cream
82. Croissants de France
83. Lian Hua Grocery Store
84. Hainan Airlines
86. Ke Di Convenience Store
87. Beijing Olympics
88. Pub O’Malleys
92. Hamilton House
93. Property Agency ARQ?
94. Taco Popo
96. Malones
99. Shanghaiist
100. SSPCA
not bad ss, couple wrong:
20 – not sogo
22 – yes, but which one?
27 – not arabica roaster, someone already got this, it’s Latina
35 – no, not face, it is very similar though
70 – not OCN
84 – not Hainan airlines, someone already got this, it’s china southern airlines
86 – not kedi, someone got it, it’s Quik
88 – not o’malleys, someone got it, its the Blarney Stone
93 – yes, close enough, ARK International Moving
100 – no, someone got it, it’s Baidu
Oli, yes, we did it on purpose too
35 – Simply Thai
20 – Pacific Department Store
T, yes, well done, did it come to you in your sleep or something?
1. China Merchants Bank.
4. Sherpa’s.
6. Wall Street English.
7. Bank of China.
8. ICBC Bank.
10. HR website.
12. China Post.
15. South Beauty.
19. Xin Tian Di.
23. car company.
24. Li Ning.
26. Shanghai Tang.
29. World Expo 2010
ok…time for breakfast now…
35 Simply Thai
70 OTV
G, what do you mean by PCC?
Still to get:
14 18, 22, 37, 40, 43, 47, 51, 52, 53, 55, 60, 61, 63, 66, 68, 69, 70, 72, 79, 81, 89, 95, 97, 98
Bub, no, 70 is not OTV
When the weekend is out I’ll post pictures of the remaining ones in colour to help you out a little!
sorry, 64a still to get too
40 looks like hong he or small hong he cigarettes
k, no, 40 is not hong he
chinese communist party, but in french, héhé
40. shanghai/pudong development bank
60. Shanghai museum?
63. A fake starbucks
38 Nong Gong Shang Supermarket (also owns Alldays brand)
43 Garden Books
79 Kang Shifu Niu Rou Mian (Master Kang Beef Noodle)
MSG, no on all three!
mjk, good call on 43, thought nobody was getting that one!
I’ve added a new post with the remaining 23 in colour:
http://dinglespeaks.com/?p=888
22- SCG or something like that, the construction company?
98 – Pearl Tower?
wicked witch, yes to 22, no to 98, although I think you’re right, it’s supposed to represent the pearl tower.
I’ve added clues for the final ones remaining on this page http://dinglespeaks.com/?p=888
Final answers will be given when the answers dry up, maybe tomorrow or thursday
hmm…
60 shanghai international film festival
63 green product