Puzzle #8 · 4 August 2026
Brandoozle #8 answer
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Blockbuster logo (c) DISH Network Corporation. Used for identification purposes only.
How players did
- Players
- 13
- Solved
- 100%
- Average turns
- 2.0
- Difficulty
- fair
13 of 13
among solvers
2 ratings
Half of the players who solved it did so by stage 2 of 6 — the measure of how little of the logo people needed.
The six facts
A Dallas software executive opened the first shop of this kind in 1985.
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Its inventory system was built from his experience in oil industry databases.
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Late fees supplied a large share of its profit and most of its reputation.
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It reportedly declined to buy a DVD-by-post startup for $50 million in 2000.
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It filed for bankruptcy in 2010 and closed its last corporate stores in 2013.
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One franchised branch survives in Bend, Oregon, under a torn blue and yellow ticket sign.
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