Hi All,

A while back, I put up a quiz about the colorful coined names given by pen companies, in decades past, to the "proprietary" features of their instruments. Folks seemed to enjoy it, so I'm trying the same thing again...with a twist.

This time, I'm putting up a series of ten fountain pen advertising slogans/headlines, with the company name blanked out in each case. To play, simply supply the missing manufacturer. Some of these are easy, some less so. I've tried to make sure that there was something in each slogan that would help to identify the company.

A couple of preliminary points:

I've supplied the year (or decade) during which each slogan was used. In some cases, that information may provide a useful clue.

Do not rely on pronouns for clues. Even if the original pronoun was "an" (implying a company name starting with a vowel), I've changed it to "a".

Question #10 includes two blanks: one refers to a model, and the other to a company. This is actually a clue! Just think about pens that have been referred to in that manner: "the [model] by [company]," as opposed to "the [company] [model]."

There's a bonus eleventh question. This one is different: because it doesn't include the company name, nothing needed to be blanked out. But hopefully there's still enough there to suggest the pen manufacturer in question.

I regret to say that there's no prize...other than the enduring esteem of one's FPN colleagues.

Hope you enjoy it!

Cheers,

Jon

The Official SLOGAN-O-RAMA Quiz

1. "For Christmas give a XXXXX...with the point you know they're sure to like" (1951)

2. "Permanently inlaid gold initials are exclusively XXXXX" (1937)

3. "Spend less! Get more! Buy XXXXX!" (1953)

4. "A XXXXX always answers the $64 question" (1945)

5. "Remember XXXXX? We're back." (1980s)

6. "The marvelous XXXXX-Pen – the fountain pen with the red pump handle" (1922)

7. "XXXXX...maker of the world's most wanted pens" (1961)

8. "350,000 XXXXX fountain pens in use" (1890)

9. "The XXXXX pen makes its own ink" (1936)

10. "XXXXX by XXXXX...Make someone a gifted writer" (1980)

And the bonus question...

11. "You know the ink" (1920s)

Good luck!

Easy ones -

2. Chilton

4. Eversharp

6. Dunn - with the red pump handle.

7. The Camel pen makes it's own ink

And a shot on 11 - Signet ink.

Some guesses:
8. Sounds like a Caws ad, but second guess would be Waterman

1. Esterbrook?

Nice work! Anyone else...?

#8. Wirt

#9. Camel

#11. Carter

Some guesses....

#3. WEAREVER

#5. WATERMAN

#7. PARKER

#10. TARGA by SHEAFFER

#11. SANFORD's

Well, I regret to say I haven't been a very good quiz-show host. Haven't checked in on the thread; and I'm afraid I awarded Johnny a "correct" for answering "Camel" to question #7 when he was actually responding (clear from his answer) to question #9: "makes its own ink."

OK, on to new business. Antonios's answers...



Maja's answers...



Well done, all! (Now to dream up some new questions....)

Cheers,

Jon

Thanks for the quiz, Jon! I think I actually remember the two ads from the 1980s whose answers I got right . I also recall seeing a Parker ad online touting the Parker 51 as "The World's Most Wanted Pen" so that led to my correct answer to #7....

Looking forward to the next quiz! Oh, and congrats to Johnny A. and Antonios