Paloma Picasso
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40 free Paloma Picasso trivia questions with answers — pop culture quiz, new questions added Oct 2026.
Paloma Picasso grew up as the daughter of two painters, one of them the most famous artist of the twentieth century, and still became known for something entirely her own. Her bold gold jewelry for Tiffany & Co., her perfume and her instantly recognizable look made her a fashion icon on both sides of the Atlantic. This quiz collects the best fun facts about her: where her first name comes from, the odd materials behind her earliest necklaces, the friends who launched her career, the family court battles, and the museum pieces that carry her signature. The questions suit curious fans of art, fashion and design, and most are easy enough for kids and classrooms. Every answer comes with a short explanation, so you pick up the story as you play.
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Q 01Paloma Picasso's first name is the Spanish word for which bird, the star of her father's 1949 poster?
Dove
Dove is what Paloma means in Spanish. She was born in Paris the day before a world congress opened under her father's poster of the bird.
Q 02The bird on Pablo Picasso's 1949 poster, which gave Paloma Picasso her name, was a gift from which painter?
Henri Matisse
Henri Matisse gave his friend the Milanese pigeon that modeled for the lithograph. One of the century's best-known emblems began as a pet.
Q 03Which lipstick color, her lifelong signature, does Paloma Picasso say she leaves off when she wants to go unrecognized?
Red
Red lipstick is so tied to her image that people called it her calling card. Her own shade, sold from the 1980s, was nicknamed after her first name.
Q 04Paloma Picasso's mother later married which American scientist, famous for developing a pioneering polio vaccine?
Jonas Salk
Jonas Salk became her stepfather in 1970, a year after meeting her mother at a friend's home in California. The marriage lasted until his death in 1995.
Q 05Which French couturier gave Paloma Picasso her first jewelry commission and sold her designs in his boutiques?
Yves Saint Laurent
Yves Saint Laurent ordered accessories from her as soon as he saw her first pieces. Her vintage 1940s look also inspired his 1971 Scandal collection.
Q 06In 1970s Paris, Paloma Picasso's fashion friendships drew her into the social circle of which American pop artist?
Andy Warhol
Andy Warhol kept a Left Bank apartment in the early 1970s, and his entourage mixed with the city's jet set, Paloma among them.
Q 07Paloma Picasso's much-copied gold and silver X and O jewelry for Tiffany & Co. goes by which name?
Hugs and kisses
Hugs and kisses is the nickname for the Xs and Os she put on pins, bracelets and necklaces. Her Tiffany pieces have ranged in price from about $100 to $500,000.
Q 08Which French painter, who lived to 101 and wrote a bestselling memoir about Pablo, was Paloma Picasso's mother?
Françoise Gilot
Françoise Gilot walked out on the artist in 1953, taking Paloma and her brother to Paris. Her 1964 book Life with Picasso sold over a million copies.
Q 09Paloma Picasso's father Pablo pioneered which art movement alongside Georges Braque in the early twentieth century?
Cubism
Cubism drew a famous jab from the critic Louis Vauxcelles, who wrote in 1908 that Braque reduced places, figures and houses to cubes.
Q 10Paloma Picasso, who acted in only one film, has said she would like to portray which French fashion designer?
Coco Chanel
Coco Chanel is the part she named after enjoying her single screen appearance in the 1970s. That film won Belgium's Prix de l'Âge d'Or in 1974.
Q 11Paloma Picasso improvised her first admired necklaces from gem-set bikinis made for which famous Paris music hall?
Folies Bergère
Folies Bergère stage jewels gave her the raw material, and theater critics noticed the result. It is the hall where Josephine Baker caused a sensation dancing in a banana skirt in 1926.
Q 12Which French company produced the Paloma Picasso perfume, launched in 1984 as a scent for strong women?
L'Oréal
L'Oréal made the scent, a blend of florals and amber that sold for over $150 an ounce. She described it as jewelry for the senses.
Q 13In her only film role, Paloma Picasso played which noblewoman of gruesome legend in Immoral Tales?
Elizabeth Báthory
Q 21Diamonds on Paloma Picasso's museum-held 408-carat moonstone bracelet are set in the shape of what?
Lightning bolts
Lightning bolts in diamonds flash across the bracelet. Its moonstone weighs about 82 grams, close to three ounces.
Q 22Which gemstone, named after a Tiffany & Co. gem expert, features in a 396-carat necklace by Paloma Picasso?
Kunzite
Kunzite honors George Frederick Kunz, the Tiffany gem expert who identified the new stone after its discovery in 1902. Strong sunlight can fade its color.
Q 23Which early Paloma Picasso collection for Tiffany & Co. spells out words such as Love in her own handwriting?
Graffiti
Graffiti took its cue from the street art of 1970s New York, then seen as vandalism. Its Love necklace, spelled out in her own hand, has spawned countless imitations.
Elizabeth Báthory, the Hungarian countess, was her part in the anthology by the Polish director Walerian Borowczyk. Critics praised her looks, yet she never acted on screen again.
Q 14Which Moroccan city, where Paloma Picasso made a home, names the collection marking her thirtieth year at Tiffany & Co.?
Marrakesh
Marrakesh gave its name to the 2010 collection, built on her love of Morocco. Her garden there later inspired another Tiffany line.
Q 15Paloma Picasso's 2011 collection for Tiffany & Co. celebrates the motifs of which Italian city?
Venice
Venice is honored in the collection, which carries the city's Italian name, Venezia. It followed a line inspired by her home in North Africa.
Q 16Paloma Picasso moved in 2001 to which country, where she set up a foundation for her parents' art?
Switzerland
Switzerland became her base in 2001, when she moved to the Lake Geneva region. Her foundation there promotes her mother's paintings above all, since they were little known in Europe.
Q 17The jewelry house Zolotas, which sold Paloma Picasso's gold designs in the 1970s, comes from which country?
Greece
Greece is home to the House of Zolotas, where she honed her skills in gold before her American debut.
Q 18Paloma Picasso's first husband and business partner, playwright Rafael Lopez-Cambil, came from which country?
Argentina
Argentina was the homeland of the man she called the architect of her career. She designed sets for his Paris plays before they married in 1978.
Q 19A 396-carat gemstone necklace designed by Paloma Picasso belongs to which famous American institution?
The Smithsonian
The Smithsonian shows it in the National Museum of Natural History. It is one of two American museums with her work in a permanent collection.
Q 20A 408-carat moonstone bracelet designed by Paloma Picasso sits in a natural history museum in which American city?
Chicago
Chicago's Field Museum keeps the bracelet in its permanent collection, under the same roof as Sue, one of the largest T. rex skeletons ever found.
Q 24Paloma Picasso's 2013 collection for Tiffany & Co. copies the leaves of which tree growing around her Moroccan home?
Olive
Olive groves surround her house, and she sketched the designs in the garden. She linked the motif to the branch carried by the bird she is named after.
Q 25What did Paloma Picasso first create for Tiffany & Co. in 1979, complete with a mushroom-shaped cake?
A table setting
A table setting called End of Summer, trimmed with a silver ribbon, was her audition. It went over so well that the firm asked her for jewelry.
Q 26Which designer of the Bone cuff was the leading name at Tiffany & Co. when Paloma Picasso arrived?
Elsa Peretti
Elsa Peretti had signed with the firm in 1974 to design its first silver jewelry in 25 years. By 1979 she was its leading designer.
Q 27Which European tableware house brought out china, crystal and tiles designed by Paloma Picasso from 1989?
Villeroy & Boch
Villeroy & Boch took her from jewelry into home furnishings in 1989. Fabrics and wall coverings for another firm followed.
Q 28Which mythical monster, a favorite subject of Pablo Picasso, names the men's fragrance Paloma Picasso launched in 1992?
Minotaur
Minotaur, in its French spelling Minotaure, is the name on the bottle she designed. The bull-headed beast replaced the harlequin as a regular in her father's art in the 1930s.
Q 29Which second wife of Pablo Picasso kept Paloma Picasso away from her father's funeral in 1973?
Jacqueline Roque
Jacqueline Roque barred both children of his earlier partner from the burial. A French court still named them heirs in 1974.
Q 30Which older brother of Paloma Picasso, a photographer, managed their father's estate from 1989 until 2023?
Claude
Claude served as the court-appointed administrator of the estate. He also raced vintage cars and received France's Legion of Honour in 2011.