Q 01/05

Paloma Picasso's first name is the Spanish word for which bird, the star of her father's 1949 poster?

A) Swan

B) Dove

C) Lark

D) Swallow

Answer · why

B) 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 02/05

The bird on Pablo Picasso's 1949 poster, which gave Paloma Picasso her name, was a gift from which painter?

A) Henri Matisse

B) Marc Chagall

C) Georges Braque

D) Joan Miró

Answer · why

A) 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 03/05

Which lipstick color, her lifelong signature, does Paloma Picasso say she leaves off when she wants to go unrecognized?

A) Plum

B) Pink

C) Red

D) Coral

Answer · why

C) 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 04/05

Paloma Picasso's mother later married which American scientist, famous for developing a pioneering polio vaccine?

A) Albert Sabin

B) Linus Pauling

C) Carl Sagan

D) Jonas Salk

Answer · why

D) 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 199...

Q 05/05

Which French couturier gave Paloma Picasso her first jewelry commission and sold her designs in his boutiques?

A) Yves Saint Laurent

B) Hubert de Givenchy

C) Pierre Cardin

D) André Courrèges

Answer · why

A) 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.