Q 01/05

Which sandwich cookie did Supreme release in its signature red, with the Supreme logo printed on each one?

A) Hydrox

B) Oreo

C) Milano

D) Biscoff

Answer · why

B) Oreo

Oreo cookies got the Supreme treatment in 2020, when maker Nabisco baked a red Double Stuf edition. It showed how the skate label could turn almost an...

Q 02/05

Which film inspired the name of BAPE, the Japanese streetwear label founded in Tokyo's backstreets in 1993?

A) Planet of the Apes

B) King Kong

C) Gorillas in the Mist

D) Mighty Joe Young

Answer · why

A) Planet of the Apes

Planet of the Apes supplied the simian theme. The label's full name refers to a Japanese phrase about an ape bathing in lukewarm water, an image of co...

Q 03/05

On which handmade products did Shawn Stussy first scrawl the signature that became the Stüssy logo?

A) Skateboards

B) Wetsuits

C) Surfboards

D) Bicycles

Answer · why

C) Surfboards

Surfboards came first: Shawn Stussy shaped them in California, then put the same signature on T-shirts he sold from his car around Laguna Beach. The s...

Q 04/05

Which teen comedy made Vans checkerboard slip-ons a national craze after Sean Penn's surfer character wore them?

A) Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure

B) Ferris Bueller's Day Off

C) Dazed and Confused

D) Fast Times at Ridgemont High

Answer · why

D) Fast Times at Ridgemont High

Fast Times at Ridgemont High put the shoes on slacker Jeff Spicoli in 1982. The checkerboard itself came from skateboarders, whom Vans noticed drawing...

Q 05/05

Which hip-hop trio's 1986 song about their sneakers won music's first endorsement deal with a sportswear company?

A) Run-DMC

B) Beastie Boys

C) Salt-N-Pepa

D) De La Soul

Answer · why

A) Run-DMC

Run-DMC told a Madison Square Garden crowd to hold their Adidas gear in the air while a company executive watched. The deal that followed became the m...