Quiz: Can You Identify These Geek Icons?

Can you identify all 12 of these sci-fi, fantasy and geek-culture-related symbols? Anime, comics, gaming and computers have not been overlooked.

Some of them are very easy -- others, I hope, are pretty hard. If you're unfortunate enough to be using Internet Explorer, you can mouse-over the pics for a hint.

Answers follow. Good luck!

1. ____________	2. ____________	3. ____________
4. ____________	5. ____________	6. ____________
7. ____________	8. ____________	9. ____________
10. ____________	11. ____________	12. ____________

Select the following invisible text for the answers:

1. The design on the back of Kaneda's jacket, "Akira" (1988). 2. Sheeta's necklace bearing the Laputa crest, Miyazaki Hayao's "Laputa" aka "Castle in the Sky" (1986). 3. The symbol on the side of Buckaroo Banzai's jet car, "The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension" (1984). 4. The logo of the NSEA Protector, "Galaxy Quest" (1999). 5. The logo for Network 23, Edison Carter's evil employer, "Max Headroom: 20 Minutes Into the Future" (1985). 6. The Commodore Business Machines "chickenhead" logo; Commodore manufactured the PET and Commodore 64 personal computers. 7. The banner of the Imperium of Man from Games Workshops' "Warhammer 40,000" series of science-fantasy tabletop wargames, RPGs, and computer games. 8. Logo of the evil Blue Sun Corporation from Joss Whedon's sci-fi western "Firefly" (2002-03). 9. Runic symbol devised by fantasy author J.R.R. Tolkien as a form of signature; formed from the letters "JRRT." 10. Logo of Tai Seng Video Marketing, major distributors of East Asian cinema in the United States; brought the films of Chow-Yun Fat, John Woo, Jackie Chan and Jet Li to the U.S. 11. Logo patch of the USCSS Nostromo, "Alien" (1979). 12. Blood-spattered "happy-face" pin of the murdered Comedian, Alan Moore's "Watchmen" (1986-87).