This week’s challenge is very straight forward, and very difficult. Take a moment, get yourself a beverage and a snack, and maybe even some of what old people call “scratch paper,” and join me after the jump, won’t you?
Here are the logos of ten football teams, name the teams. See, very straight forward!
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
#10
Now, as hard as these are, there three very easy ones on this list, so easy that some of you can probably get them without doing any research. The other seven, well, good luck. Also, all of these are active clubs and almost all of them play in their country’s top flight. See, I just gave you TWO hints! And remember, email your answers to avoidingthedrop@gmail.com, the comments section should be used to vent your fury between now and when I post the answers next Wednesday…and trust me, you might need that long!
Holy shit.
I have no chance in hell at this, but I am laughing my most evil laugh, in sheer admiration for the twisted genius that is Fuse.
I know #8 and #3, do we have to post all 10 at once or can we go 1 at a time. Sorry I’ve never done this before
“Sorry I’ve never done this before.”
If I had a nickel for every time I…
Anyway, you have a week, so I say use it and email as much as you have by the end of the day on Tuesday.
And #3 and #8 are two of the three that I think people should get without too much trouble.
Is #5 the other one?
Yes.
Jebus, my fault, should have read the whole post, I looked at the logos and jumped right down to the comments.
No worries
#2 looks REALLY familiar.
Holy fuck. I love it.
I KNOW IT! MANCHESTER UNITED!
/snaps pencil in two, wads up scrap paper, throws detritus on floor in a huff…
DAMMIT!
And I was POSITIVE it was NYRB!
Dudes, it’s obviously Havlant and Waterlooville.
I’ve got 6 so far and I don’t think I’ll be able to find the last 4. #7 is driving me crazy, I know I’ve seen it a number of times.
Same here- got 6, not sure I have the drive to keep going, but I’ll come back to it. It’s #2 that looks familiar to me.
I ended up getting 2, and then 2 more going through FIFA Soccer 09….I’ve been searching the internets and haven’t found anything else yet.
I’ve got one that’s driving me absolutely insane right now.
which one?
#9. I’d be more than willing to point you in the right direction on any of the ones you have left if you have any ideas on that one.
I have no idea what #9 is
I can tell you that #9 is available for purchase on the internet somewhere. Not sure if that helps but don’t wanna get in trouble for giving it away either.
Actually I do, check your twitter dircet messages
Thank you. A hint for #7 was sent back.
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I found a site with all the crests of all the clubs who competed in Europe. Ever. Hopefully an answer or two will be found in there.
This is brutal. Good job to everyone who put this one together – not at all easy.
I have four so far (thanks FIFA 09), but the rest are kickin’ my ass all over. I will see my way through though…
A very ambiguous hint: there is a guy named bill who likes sports who could help with some of them…
Does this so-called “Bill” a cartographer, per chance?
I thought you said all the clubs were active? The fuck is Norwich doing up there?
You’re lucky Bigus Dickus isn’t alive to see that.
#2 is just bastardly.
Apparently bastardly is a word because Safari isn’t underlining it. Huh.
2 was one of the hardest ones to find.
Aside from the few I knew immediately, I found #2 first, with little problem. Weird.
AS Nancy Lorraine has some of the funniest mottoes for the club:
Qui s’y frotte s’y pique – Watch out, you may get stung (non-literal)
La rage de reussir – A rage/desire for success
I guess 15th in Ligue 1 is successful.
“Qui s’y frotte s’y pique” literally translates as “Whoever rubs himself against this gets pricked” because their logo has a spiny bush on it. Crazy French.
“Whoever rubs himself against this gets pricked”…spiny bush…yep, sounds like the Nancy Lorraine I know.
HA! Fuse, I finished! The whole damn list (I just submitted it via email). And I think I just earned some Nutter Butters for this.
Got me 8, #7 and #10 are nowhere to be found on my radar (thought I haven’t scoured FIFA yet). Congrats Sculptor?!? Not even Meryl Streep in The River Wild could navigate this gauntlet (sorry, it was on yesterday).
7 and 10 are rather hard, 7 took some searching and by some luck I stumbled upon 10.
I’m down to #7 and #10 – got number #4 after deciding to stop thinking outside of the box so much. Still, it’s a cruel path you have to take to find that one (at least IMO).
This calls for another 1554 and a better way of navigating the usual research outlets…sheesh.
I found 10 on dumb luck, and I found #4 because I found a list of ______ champions. 7 I got some help from WSR on.
The sad part about #4? I’d seen it before, because I’d researched (very lightly, mind you) that particular league when I was getting into the game at first, as a way to find out about other leagues than the EPL and their ilk.
#7 looks very familiar, #10 less so. I have a feeling I’ll be stuck on 8 of 10.
Got #10, and it’s likely another one I should have known how to find all along. #7 looks SO familiar, but I haven’t found it yet. Gah.