Q 01/05

Which Anthony Quinn film gave Zara's founders their first shop name, already taken by a nearby bar?

A) Lawrence of Arabia

B) Lust for Life

C) Zorba the Greek

D) The Guns of Navarone

Answer · why

C) Zorba the Greek

Zorba the Greek gave them the name Zorba, but a bar two blocks away already used it, so the couple rearranged the sign's letters, reportedly with a sp...

Q 02/05

Which First Lady wore a Zara jacket with a dismissive message on its back to visit detained migrant children?

A) Melania Trump

B) Michelle Obama

C) Jill Biden

D) Laura Bush

Answer · why

A) Melania Trump

Melania Trump later said the message on the jacket was aimed at the people and media criticising her, not at the separated families she was visiting.

Q 03/05

Which pattern covered the white Zara dress of summer 2019 so popular it gained its own Instagram account?

A) Leopard print

B) Gingham checks

C) Candy stripes

D) Polka dots

Answer · why

D) Polka dots

Polka dots made the loose £39.99 dress easy to recognise, and stylist Faye Oakenfull's account @Hot4TheSpot received up to 200 sightings a day from fo...

Q 04/05

Zara spends next to nothing on which standard retail cost, putting the money into opening new shops instead?

A) Packaging

B) Advertising

C) Staff training

D) Shop security

Answer · why

B) Advertising

Advertising is almost absent from Zara's budget; its parent company relies on prime shop locations and window displays to pull shoppers in.

Q 05/05

Zara's founder briefly became the world's richest person in 2015 by overtaking which tech billionaire?

A) Jeff Bezos

B) Bill Gates

C) Larry Ellison

D) Mark Zuckerberg

Answer · why

B) Bill Gates

Bill Gates was passed when shares in Zara's parent company peaked, lifting its founder's fortune to about $80 billion.