Q 01/05

In what year was the Louis Vuitton company founded?

A) 1859

B) 1854

C) 1871

D) 1896

Answer · why

B) 1854

The founder married 16-year-old Clemence-Emilie Parriaux the same year, at age 33.

Q 02/05

Louis Vuitton is a subsidiary of which luxury conglomerate?

A) Kering

B) Richemont

C) LVMH

D) Prada Group

Answer · why

C) LVMH

The group was formed in 1987 when the house merged with Moet Hennessy.

Q 03/05

The French word malletier, which appears in the company's legal name, describes what trade?

A) Hat-maker

B) Trunk-maker

C) Saddler

D) Glove-maker

Answer · why

B) Trunk-maker

Louis Vuitton's mother was a hat-maker; she died when he was 10 and his father soon followed.

Q 04/05

How old was Louis Vuitton when he left his home in the Jura in the spring of 1835?

A) 13

B) 17

C) 21

D) 25

Answer · why

A) 13

He worked odd jobs along the roughly 292-mile journey to Paris, arriving in 1837.

Q 05/05

Roughly how far did the teenage Louis Vuitton travel to reach Paris?

A) 100 miles

B) 200 miles

C) 150 miles

D) 292 miles

Answer · why

D) 292 miles

He arrived in 1837 in the middle of the Industrial Revolution and apprenticed to a trunk maker and packer.