Getting your questions ready
Getting your questions ready
All 10 questions with answers and explanations. Play this daily
Q 01Which designer showed ultra-low 'bumster' trousers in his Taxi Driver collection?
Alexander McQueen
Alexander McQueen. The controversial bumsters helped make his name as the enfant terrible of British fashion.
Q 02Which denim brand of ultra-wide-leg jeans peaked at $186.9 million in sales before they halved in a year?
JNCO
JNCO's boys' ultra-wide straight-leg jeans defined the mid-1990s baggy silhouette, peaking at $186.9 million in sales before halving in 1999. The founders closed the main factory in the 2000s; the brand was relaunched in 2019.
Q 03Which velour-tracksuit label, founded by Pamela Skaist-Levy and Gela Nash-Taylor, sold for $195 million?
Juicy Couture
Juicy Couture. Its velour tracksuits became a 2000s luxury staple, and Liz Claiborne bought the label in 2003, a decade before selling it on.
Q 04Which song's video set off the revival of slatted shutter shades?
Stronger
Stronger. Designer Alain Mikli made the slatted glasses as a custom design for Kanye West, who popularised them in the video.
Q 05Which charity fundraising item, launched in May 2004, reportedly sold 80 million units by 2013?
Livestrong wristbands
Livestrong wristbands. The yellow fundraisers were tied to cyclist Lance Armstrong, and Nike cut its ties with the charity in 2013 after he admitted doping.
Q 06Which 2010 craze of shaped silicone rubber bands was banned from many classrooms?
Silly Bandz
Silly Bandz controlled Amazon's top 25 toy list by December 2010 and were banned in many classrooms as a distraction. Some children were injured stacking several of them tightly up their arms, cutting off circulation.
Q 07Which two celebrities are usually credited with making the trucker hat an early-2000s fashion staple?
Pharrell Williams and Ashton Kutcher
Pharrell Williams and Ashton Kutcher. The mesh caps began as free promotional giveaways from farm-supply companies, which is why they are also called gimme caps.
Q 08Which clothing craze used a heat-sensitive dye that changed shade wherever it was touched?
Hypercolor T-shirts
Hypercolor T-shirts. Seattle's Generra Sportswear sold the thermochromic shirts, whose dye sat in tiny microcapsules that shifted colour with heat.
Q 09Which accessory fad used a steel band that curled around the wrist on impact?
Slap bracelets
Slap bracelets. The springy metal strip stays straight until slapped against an arm, then curls into a bracelet, and it became a 1990s playground staple.
Q 10Which brand paid $40 million to settle FTC charges that it oversold the fitness benefits of its 'toning' shoes?
Skechers
Skechers. The 2012 settlement covered its Shape-Ups, curved rocker-bottom shoes whose ads the FTC said misled customers.