Q 01/05

In which 1985 film is a teenager stranded in 1955 called "Calvin Klein" after the name on his underwear?

A) Desperately Seeking Susan

B) Back to the Future

C) Weird Science

D) The Breakfast Club

Answer · why

B) Back to the Future

Back to the Future has Lorraine assume the brand on Marty McFly's underwear is his name; the French dub changed it to Pierre Cardin, after the French ...

Q 02/05

Which 15-year-old actress starred in Calvin Klein's 1980 jeans adverts, two of them banned in New York?

A) Jodie Foster

B) Tatum O'Neal

C) Kristy McNichol

D) Brooke Shields

Answer · why

D) Brooke Shields

Brooke Shields drew a flood of complaints, and New York's flagship network stations pulled two of the spots, yet sales of the jeans climbed to two mil...

Q 03/05

Which rapper, later an Oscar-nominated actor, posed in Calvin Klein's 1992 underwear adverts?

A) Will Smith

B) Ice Cube

C) Mark Wahlberg

D) Snoop Doggy Dogg

Answer · why

C) Mark Wahlberg

Mark Wahlberg was still rapping as Marky Mark, and the campaign grossed $85 million for the company within 12 months.

Q 04/05

Which Calvin Klein perfume of 1985, priced at $170 an ounce, became the world's second-best seller?

A) Obsession

B) Euphoria

C) Contradiction

D) Encounter

Answer · why

A) Obsession

Obsession was sold with steamy adverts costing more than $17 million in ten months, and a survey ranked them the year's most memorable print ads four ...

Q 05/05

Where did Calvin Klein put his name on jeans in the 1970s, helping to start the designer-denim craze?

A) On the belt loop

B) On the back pocket

C) On the zip pull

D) On the inside waistband

Answer · why

B) On the back pocket

On the back pocket went the designer's name, and it worked: by 1979 Calvin Klein held one-fifth of the designer-jeans market.