A strong logo is good for any business, but a good sound — a sound effect, catch phrase or musical signature — can also help customers identify a business.

Recently, the magazine mental_floss, which is one of the greatest magazines ever made, came up with a list of the 17 Most Recognizable Trademarked Sounds. Their number one is mine as well.

You don’t have to rely solely on their list this time: come up with the seven sounds identified with businesses that are most recognizable to you. If you’re not sure whether a sound is trademarked, that’s okay, too…as long as it is a sound that you feel is identified with one specific business and clearly communicates the specific business with which it is associated.

• First to play last week: Mrs. L of Mrs. Linklater’s Guide to the Universe

(According to the rules, “First to Play” requires you to be the first to include the link to the specific entry in which you answered the questions, not just the general link to your blog.)

Here is this week’s “Sunday Seven” question. Either answer in a comment here, or put the answers in an entry on your blog…but either way, leave a link to your journal so that everyone else can visit! To be counted as “first to play,” you must be the first player to either answer the questions in a comment or to provide a complete link to the specific entry in your blog in which you answer the questions. A general link to your blog cannot count. Enjoy!

THIS WEEK’S QUESTION:
Name the seven trademarked sounds you think are the most effective.

Either answer the question in a comment or answer it in your journal and include the link in a comment. (To be considered “first to play,” a link must be to the specific entry in which you answered the question.) You may include this link in the URL space when leaving your comment, or in the comment itself. As long as it’s there in one spot or the other.

My Answers:
1. NBC Chimes signature
2. 20th Century fox fanfare
3. “You’ve Got Mail” from AOL
4. Intel’s 5-note signature
5. General Mills for the Jolly Green Giant’s “Ho Ho Ho”
6. The “Losing Horns” signature from “The Price is Right”
7. The Pillsbury Doughboy’s Giggle
(I don’t know if #6 is actually trademarked, but it’s certainly copyrighted.)