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Q 01Which editor ran Vogue after writing the 'Why Don't You...?' column at Harper's Bazaar?
- AEdna Woolman Chase
- BDiana Vreeland
- CCarmel Snow
- DGrace Mirabella
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Diana Vreeland
Diana Vreeland. Carmel Snow hired her at Harper's Bazaar after spotting her dancing across a crowded room.
Q 02Henry Luce bought which old humor magazine's name for his new photo weekly?
- ALook
- BCollier's
- CLIFE
- DThe Saturday Evening Post
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LIFE
LIFE. The first issue of Luce's new weekly carried Margaret Bourke-White's cover photograph of the Fort Peck Dam in Montana.
Q 03Which Condé Nast food magazine's test-kitchen videos became a YouTube hit?
- ABon Appétit
- BFood & Wine
- CSaveur
- DDelish
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Bon Appétit
Bon Appétit. It began in Chicago in 1956 as a free liquor-store giveaway, before editor Paige Rense turned it into a subscription monthly.
Q 04Who was Sports Illustrated's first Sportsman of the Year?
- ARocky Marciano
- BWillie Mays
- CBen Hogan
- DRoger Bannister
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Roger Bannister
Roger Bannister. He won for running the first mile under four minutes, 3:59.4 at Oxford, and was one of the few non-Americans the magazine so honoured.
Q 05Which US magazine, launched as a four-page weekly, is the country's oldest continuously published magazine?
- AScientific American
- BPopular Mechanics
- CNational Geographic
- DPopular Science
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Scientific American
Scientific American. Its early co-owner Alfred Ely Beach later built an air-powered demonstration subway under Broadway in New York.
Q 06Which magazine devoted an entire issue to John Hersey's 'Hiroshima'?
- ATime
- BThe Atlantic
- CThe New Yorker
- DHarper's Bazaar
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The New Yorker
The New Yorker. The 31,000-word piece followed six survivors, from two doctors to a German Jesuit priest, through the bombing and its aftermath.
Q 07Which computer magazine, launched in Peterborough, New Hampshire, was famed for Robert Tinney's surreal covers?
- APC Magazine
- BWired
- CPopular Electronics
- DByte
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Byte
Byte. Tinney's hand-painted covers ran for some 15 years, from December 1975 to September 1990.
Q 08Which magazine's first issue carried no date because its founder doubted there would be a second?
- AEsquire
- BPlayboy
- CCosmopolitan
- DGQ
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Playboy
Playboy. Its Marilyn Monroe photo came from a 1949 nude calendar shoot, and that first issue sold more than 50,000 copies.
Q 09Which Stewart Brand publication did Steve Jobs call 'Google in paperback form' in his Stanford commencement speech?
- AMother Earth News
- BThe Whole Earth Catalog
- CPopular Science
- DThe Farmer's Almanac
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The Whole Earth Catalog
The Whole Earth Catalog. Jobs ended that speech by quoting the farewell on the back cover of its final 1974 edition, urging graduates to stay hungry and stay foolish.
Q 10Which feminist magazine first appeared as a one-off insert in New York magazine?
- ABust
- BBitch
- CMs.
- DSassy
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Ms.
Ms. Within weeks of that preview, the new magazine had 26,000 subscription orders, and Gloria Steinem was among its founders.
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