Can you name the Fortune 500 companies from what their receptionist might say when you call?

Receptionist dialogue	Company
Thank you for calling _____. Can you hear me now?
Thank you for calling _____. No, Watson will not be going on Wheel of Fortune any time soon.
Thank you for calling _____. For Henry, press 1. For Edsel, press 2. For William Clay, press 3.
Thank you for calling _____. We're really, seriously, quite sorry about Vista
Thank you for calling _____, the choice of 2 1/2 generations ago.
Thank you for calling _____. Please iHold and our iTeam will be iWith you in an iMoment.
Thank you for calling _____. No, we can't explain why Goofy wears pants and Pluto doesn't.
Thank you for calling _____. Based on your search terms, we already know why you're calling.
Thank you for calling _____. Would you like fries with this?
Thank you for calling _____. Thank you for calling _____. Thank you for calling _____.

Receptionist dialogue	Company
Thank you for calling _____. All of our executives are currently hunting with Mr. Cheney.
Thank you for calling _____. _____ calling!
Thank you for calling _____. You are now free to move about our directory
Thank you for calling _____. Please choose from among these 57 options...
Thank you for calling _____. Bidding on this call ends in 1:47:03. You are currently the high bidder.
Thank you for calling _____. May I connect you to anywhere you want to be?
Thank you for calling _____. Some things are priceless. This call is costing you $4.99 a minute.
Thank you for calling _____. Remember, this oil spill WASN'T our fault
Thank you for calling _____. Have you tried our new Viagra coffee, Viagra ice cream and Viagra cough drops?
Thank you for calling _____. Brown says, you're going to be on hold for a while.

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Thank You For Calling... Quiz

by Hejman

Created Feb 25, 2011 in Just For Fun
Featured Mar 21, 2011
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	kobie:	Mar 21st, 2011 at 04:23 GMT	18 points
	Meh. Not the greatest quiz in the world. Creative, but I think it fell flat.

	FarmerBob:	Mar 21st, 2011 at 04:23 GMT	69 points
	wow, i tried typing in "head on" for the xerox so many times but it never worked, then my little brother asked me if head on was actually a fortune 500 company, fml

	Athena13:	Mar 21st, 2011 at 04:30 GMT	27 points
	These were hilarious. I did actually try "Department of Homeland Security" for clue #8, no lie.

	beadsy:	Mar 21st, 2011 at 05:40 GMT	7 points
	Can someone explain the Avon one to me? I feel stupid.

	MRL:	Mar 21st, 2011 at 05:42 GMT	21 points
	@beadsy: "Avon calling" used to be a common slogan for Avon, especially when their door-to-door sales were commonplace. Knock knock "Avon calling!"

	NightOwl:	Mar 21st, 2011 at 05:44 GMT	12 points
	@beadsy: For many years (and many years ago) Avon commercials always featured a doorbell ringing and a female voice saying "Avon Calling." At that time the company a door-to-door operation and the salespeople known as Avon ladies.

	shanghaista:	Mar 21st, 2011 at 05:49 GMT	4 points
	And Pepsi? Not sure how 2 1/2 generations. Was it cuz their slogan was all about "generation"?

	punniker:	Mar 21st, 2011 at 05:56 GMT	29 points
	congrats to those who get xerox

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	RetroGirl:	Mar 21st, 2011 at 06:31 GMT	17 points
	Loved this quiz! A few of my own musings, plus answers to questions some people posted:@BamaRainbow: Southwest's slogan is "You are now free to move about the country", so they expand beyond the cabin thing most airlines do. @shanghaista: Pepsi's slogan was the choice of a new generation...in like 1962. The Google one terrifies me, since it seems like they could already control the world :) I'd love to see a sequel to this quiz.

	kirstenghoti:	Mar 21st, 2011 at 08:34 GMT	0 points
	I tried every television network I could think of for Wheel of Fortune. Not even close!

	MRL:	Mar 21st, 2011 at 08:54 GMT	11 points
	@BamaRainbow: While all pilots may say "you are now free to move about the plane", or some variant thereof, only Southwest uses the slogan "You are now free to move about the country".

	smreidy113:	Mar 21st, 2011 at 11:23 GMT	13 points
	"Thank you for calling the Kyrgyz governme- No, that's still not how you spell it."

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	cmkeller:	Mar 21st, 2011 at 12:51 GMT	17 points
	The Microsoft one makes no sense. No way would they apologize.

	ChileNoseJam:	Mar 21st, 2011 at 12:53 GMT	27 points
	Loved it! @ZapRowsdower: IBM is the company which created Watson, therefore only IBM would be deciding which quiz shows it would or wouldn't be appearing on. That one should have been elementary.

	hawksdd:	Mar 21st, 2011 at 13:39 GMT	0 points
	Nice Sherlock Holmes reference @ChileNoseJam. Elementary my dear Watson.

	Dublin2011:	Mar 21st, 2011 at 14:08 GMT	1 point
	Funny quiz well done ;) A little disappointed AT & T not mentioned . American writer Bill Bryson now domiciled in England wrote in one of his books that 'given the choice between having a bucketful of hydrochloric acid dropped on his lap or having to deal with AT & T he'd opt for the hydrochloric acid every time ' From personal experience I can relate to Bryson's remark . truly an organisation that does not know it's left hand from it's right and appears to use 'mental telepathy ' as a communications device between it's corporate offices and those in the front line :( Could some Chinese company take them over please ?

	ScottEmerson:	Mar 21st, 2011 at 14:53 GMT	4 points
	Clever quiz. Loved the Xerox clue! Now, to find out where the Viagra ice cream is sold... Not for me, but for a friend (cough...cough...)

	mccabebabe:	Mar 21st, 2011 at 16:23 GMT	3 points
	:-( I can't spell Pfizer

	gellchom:	Mar 21st, 2011 at 16:23 GMT	9 points
	Adorable quiz! Clever, original, well done, fun. For "Brown says, you're going to be on hold for a while," I tried FEMA. (Heckuva job, Brownie!)

	sabresfan:	Mar 21st, 2011 at 16:26 GMT	0 points
	Tried Charlie Sheen for "2 1/2 generations"

	BamaRainbow:	Mar 21st, 2011 at 19:31 GMT	16 points
	(Probably will get a lot of negatives for this but who cares?) I really appreciate the response from MRL. And to those of you who voted my LEGITIMATE question down, you people are really--well, I won't tell you what I really think of you. I fully understand voting down a mean-spirited comment or some type of smart-alecky remark, but when a person has a legitimate question about a clue or a quiz, either have the decency to answer it or just ignore it. (And to the Sporcle Admins, sorry for this little rant. I wonder how many down-arrows would be clicked if those folks could be identified so that people could exact retribution of their own?)

	Hejman:	Mar 21st, 2011 at 20:12 GMT	7 points
	@BamaRainbow- I appreciated your question and didn't respond because @MRL had already done so. It was a legitimate question and one that deserved the fair response MRL gave it. I'm not sure why people vote down honest questions. As for voting down things that are smart-alecky or mean-spirited, well... the only mean-spirited comment on this quiz is currently rated +12 so that doesn't seem to be a criteria either! Keep asking good questions!

	camly:	Mar 21st, 2011 at 20:30 GMT	1 point
	Oh I thought these were from TV. No wonder I got 0

	pete32782:	Mar 21st, 2011 at 20:43 GMT	6 points
	Nice touch on the Xerox clue.