60 free Girly trivia questions with answers — pop culture quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
This is the girls' night quiz: 55 girly trivia questions with answers on the dolls, shows, movies, music, fashion and beauty brands that defined growing up as a girl over the last few decades. It starts with Barbie's real name and the Bratz lawsuit, runs through Lizzie-era Disney, the Spice Girls, Destiny's Child, Britney, One Direction, Taylor Swift and Blackpink, and takes in the rom-com canon from Pretty Woman and Clueless to Legally Blonde, Mean Girls, The Devil Wears Prada and Mamma Mia!. There are questions on the books (Nancy Drew, The Baby-Sitters Club, Sweet Valley High, Twilight, Bridgerton), the TV comfort watches (Gilmore Girls, Grey's Anatomy, Sex and the City, Gossip Girl), and the brands (Chanel No. 5, the Birkin, Louboutin's red soles, Sephora, Fenty, Hello Kitty). It's built for a sleepover, a bachelorette or a group chat, with difficulty marked on each question so nobody feels left out. Every answer is checked against Wikipedia's article on the subject and each question shows its citation, so you can prove it when someone swears Barbie's surname is Handler.
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Q 01Barbie was introduced by Mattel on March 9 of which year?
1959
Ruth Handler based her on the German Bild Lilli doll after watching her daughter Barbara give paper dolls adult roles.
Q 02Barbie was based on which German doll that Ruth Handler bought on a trip to Europe?
Bild Lilli
Mattel has since sold more than a billion Barbies, making her its most profitable line.
Q 03The four original Bratz dolls released in 2001 were Yasmin, Cloe, Jade and who?
Sasha
Creator Carter Bryant was a former Mattel employee, sparking a decade-long legal fight that MGA eventually won in 2011.
Q 04Which Spice Girl was 'Ginger Spice'?
Geri Halliwell
Their debut single Wannabe hit number one in 37 countries and they remain the best-selling girl group ever.
Q 05Sex and the City is based on a newspaper column and 1996 book by which writer?
Candace Bushnell
The column ran in The New York Observer; the HBO series premiered in June 1998 and ran 94 episodes.
Q 06In Sex and the City, what is Charlotte York's profession?
Art dealer
Carrie writes the column, Samantha does PR and Miranda is the lawyer.
Q 07In Legally Blonde, Elle Woods gets into which law school to win back her ex?
Harvard
Her 4.0 GPA helps; the film is based on a novel by Amanda Brown.
Q 08Tina Fey wrote Mean Girls after reading which self-help book?
Queen Bees and Wannabes
Rosalind Wiseman's 2002 book about girl cliques became the story of Cady Heron and the Plastics.
Q 09Which Jane Austen novel is Clueless loosely based on?
Emma
Amy Heckerling observed real Beverly Hills High students to build the slang for Cher Horowitz's world.
Q 10Chanel No. 5, Coco Chanel's first perfume, launched in which year?
1921
The formula was compounded by French-Russian perfumer Ernest Beaux; Coco herself was its first advertising face in 1937.
Q 11What is the signature feature of a Christian Louboutin shoe?
A red-lacquered sole
He opened his Paris salon in 1991, and Princess Caroline of Monaco was his first customer.
Q 12Which actress's chance meeting with Hermès' CEO in 1984 led to the handbag bearing her name?
Jane Birkin
Each bag is made by a single craftsman and takes 15 to 20 hours of work.
Q 13According to Sanrio, what is Hello Kitty's surname?
White
She lives in a London suburb with her twin sister Mimmy, who wears a yellow bow, and famously has no visible mouth.
Q 21Bridgerton is narrated by which screen legend as Lady Whistledown?
Julie Andrews
It was Shondaland's first scripted show for Netflix, adapted from Julia Quinn's novels.
Q 22Anna Wintour became editor-in-chief of American Vogue in which year?
1988
Her pageboy bob and dark sunglasses became a trademark; she is believed to be the model for Miranda Priestly.
Q 23Which editor-in-chief transformed Cosmopolitan into a women's magazine from 1965?
Helen Gurley Brown
The magazine had started in 1886 as a family title and later became a literary magazine.
Q 14Hello Kitty was created in which year?
1974
The first product, a vinyl coin purse, followed in 1975; there are now Hello Kitty theme parks in Japan and Shanghai.
Q 15American Girl dolls were introduced in 1986 by a company founded by whom?
Pleasant Rowland
Mattel bought the Wisconsin company for $700 million in 1998.
Q 16The Baby-Sitters Club books are set in which fictional Connecticut town?
Stoneybrook
Kristy Thomas founded the club, with Mary Anne, Claudia and Stacey as the original members.
Q 17What is the name of the schoolgirl who transforms into Sailor Moon?
Usagi Tsukino
Naoko Takeuchi's manga ran in the magazine Nakayoshi from 1991 to 1997.
Q 18The Powerpuff Girls live in which fictional city with their creator, Professor Utonium?
Townsville
Blossom, Bubbles and Buttercup debuted on Cartoon Network in November 1998.
Q 19Gilmore Girls is set in which fictional Connecticut town?
Stars Hollow
It premiered on The WB in October 2000 and ran seven seasons.
Q 20Grey's Anatomy takes its title partly from what?
A classic medical textbook
Meredith Grey's surname plus Gray's Anatomy; the show has been renewed every year since 2005.
Q 24Victoria's Secret was founded in 1977 by Roy Raymond, then a graduate student at which university?
Stanford
The first store opened in the Stanford Shopping Center; Les Wexner bought the chain in 1982.
Q 25One Direction formed on which TV show in 2010?
The X Factor
Zayn Malik left in 2015 and the band went on indefinite hiatus in 2016 after selling 70 million records.
Q 26In Twilight, Bella Swan moves to which rainy town in Washington state?
Forks
She moves from Phoenix to live with her father, and falls for a 104-year-old vampire.
Q 27The Notebook (2004) is based on a novel by which author?
Nicholas Sparks
Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams play the young Noah and Allie; director Nick Cassavetes cast his mother Gena Rowlands as the older Allie.
Q 28Dirty Dancing is set in the summer of 1963 at a resort in which region?
The Catskills
Kellerman's is in the Borscht Belt; the film's song won the Oscar for Best Original Song.
Q 29Pretty Woman was originally written under what title, a reference to Vivian's fee?
3000
Garry Marshall turned a much darker script into the 1990 rom-com starring Julia Roberts and Richard Gere.
Q 3010 Things I Hate About You is loosely based on which Shakespeare play?
The Taming of the Shrew
Heath Ledger was cast just three and a half weeks before filming began in Tacoma and Seattle.