Periodicals Quiz
The answers appear after the last question, number 13.
1. Who was the first editor of The New Yorker?
a. Henry Luce
b. Dorothy Parker
c. Harold Ross
d. Ring Lardner
2. Time magazine was founded by whom?
a. Henry Luce and J. P. Morgan
b. Ogden Nash and Saul Bellow
c. Henry Luce and Briton Hadden
d. Briton Hadden and Henry Miller
3. The German weekly news and photo-feature magazine Stern is published in what city?
a. Hamburg
b. Frankfurt
c. Bonn
d. Berlin
4. What year did Henry Luce buy Life magazine?
a. 1935
b. 1948
c. 1902
d. 1968
5. The Economist is published in what country?
a. England
b. France
c. Germany
d. Japan
6. McCall's was first called what?
a. Mrs.
b. Doormat
c. The Queen
d. Kitchen Helper
7. Who founded Forbes magazine?
a. Bertie Charles Forbes
b. Harry K. Smith
c. Benjamin Franklin
d. Helen Dell Forbes
8. When was Business Week started?
a. 1990
b. 1865
c. 1776
d. 1929
9. Who created Mad magazine?
a. Harvey Kurtzman
b. Alfred Newman
c. A. A. Milne
d. Mark Twain
10. The Atlantic Monthly was founded where?
a. Paris
b. London
c. Rome
d. Boston
11. The Congressional Record was started when?
a. 1776
b. 1873
c. 1861
d. 1914
12. Who founded U.S. News and World Report?
a. David Lawrence
b. Larry Davis
c. George Orwell
d. George Patton
13. When was Ms. first published?
a. 1901
b. 1888
c. 1972
d. 1790
Answers: 1-c, 2-c, 3-a, 4-a, 5-a, 6-c, 7-a, 8-d, 9-a, 10-d, 11-b, 12-a, 13-c
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