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  • 1. Which artists created the 'New Yorkistan' cover in 2001?
A) John McCain and Jon Stewart
B) Maira Kalman and Rick Meyerowitz
C) David Remnick and E. D. Hill
D) Art Spiegelman and Barry Blitt
  • 2. What inspired the neighborhood names on the 'New Yorkistan' cover?
A) Middle Eastern and Central Asian place names
B) Historical American battles
C) Names of famous novelists
D) European city names
  • 3. Which event provided the context for the 'New Yorkistan' cover?
A) The end of the Cold War
B) The 1993 Crown Heights riot
C) September 11
D) The 2008 presidential election
  • 4. What did the 1993 Valentine's Day cover by Spiegelman depict?
A) Barack and Michelle Obama fist bumping
B) A burning American flag in the Oval Office
C) A map of New York City neighborhoods
D) A black woman and a Hasidic Jewish man kissing
  • 5. Which event did the 1993 Valentine's Day cover reference?
A) The Crown Heights riot of 1991
B) The September 11 attacks
C) The resignation of a New Yorker editor
D) The 2008 election campaign
  • 6. Who described the reaction to the 1993 cover as the magazine's 'first national controversy'?
A) Jack Salzman and Cornel West
B) David Remnick and Barack Obama
C) John McCain and E. D. Hill
D) Maira Kalman and Rick Meyerowitz
  • 7. What was the title of the 2008 cover featuring the Obamas?
A) The Politics of Fear
B) The Terrorist Fist Jab
C) New Yorkistan
D) The Oval Office Parody
  • 8. Who illustrated the 2008 'The Politics of Fear' cover?
A) Rick Meyerowitz
B) Art Spiegelman
C) Barry Blitt
D) Maira Kalman
  • 9. Which television personality's paraphrase inspired the 'terrorist fist jab' imagery on the 2008 cover?
A) David Remnick
B) Stephen Colbert
C) E. D. Hill
D) Jon Stewart
  • 10. What is depicted in the background of the 2008 Obama cover?
A) A large crowd of protesters
B) A portrait of Osama bin Laden and a burning American flag
C) A map of New York City neighborhoods
D) The New York City skyline
  • 11. How did David Remnick explain the intent behind the 2008 cover?
A) To endorse the Republican party platform
B) To mock the residents of Crown Heights
C) To satirize vicious and racist rumors about the Obamas
D) To promote the career of E. D. Hill
  • 12. How did Barack Obama react to the 2008 'The Politics of Fear' cover?
A) He demanded an apology from David Remnick
B) He felt the satire was not entirely successful
C) He refused to comment on the magazine
D) He praised it as a brilliant work of art
  • 13. What did the article accompanying the 2008 'The Politics of Fear' cover actually discuss?
A) The geography of New Yorkistan
B) The 1991 Crown Heights riot
C) Barack Obama's career
D) The history of terrorist rumors
  • 14. Which magazine published a parody of the 2008 New Yorker cover featuring Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert?
A) Fox News
B) Entertainment Weekly
C) The Daily Show
D) The New Yorker
  • 15. What did Barack Obama note that the false allegations depicted on the 2008 cover were an insult to?
A) The residents of New York
B) The magazine's editorial staff
C) The Republican party
D) Muslim-Americans
  • 16. Who hired Art Spiegelman to work for The New Yorker in 1992?
A) Tina Brown
B) Ad Reinhardt
C) The American Society of Magazine Editors
D) Françoise Mouly
  • 17. How long did Art Spiegelman work for The New Yorker?
A) Fifteen years
B) Ten years
C) Twenty years
D) Five years
  • 18. Who was the Covers Editor for The New Yorker who worked on the 9/11 cover?
A) Art Spiegelman
B) Ad Reinhardt
C) Françoise Mouly
D) Tina Brown
  • 19. What artist's work inspired the silhouettes on the 9/11 cover?
A) Ad Reinhardt
B) Tina Brown
C) Françoise Mouly
D) Art Spiegelman
  • 20. What feature of the North Tower breaks the 'W' of The New Yorker logo on the cover?
A) The spire
B) The roof
C) The antenna
D) The base
  • 21. What was used to create the ghost images on the cover?
A) A secondary layer of black paper
B) An overprinted clear varnish
C) A textured paper
D) A special reflective foil
  • 22. What makes the ghost images visible in some situations?
A) Tilting the magazine toward a light source
B) Using a special filter
C) Exposing it to heat
D) Looking at it under a microscope
  • 23. Who was the first art editor of The New Yorker?
A) Corey Ford
B) Rea Irvin
C) Saul Steinberg
D) Barry Blitt
  • 24. The original cover illustration of Eustace Tilley was based on an 1834 caricature of which historical figure?
A) Eustace Tilley
B) Rea Irvin
C) Count d'Orsay
D) Saul Steinberg
  • 25. Who created the name 'Eustace Tilley' for the magazine's character?
A) Harold Ross
B) Saul Steinberg
C) Corey Ford
D) Rea Irvin
  • 26. Why did Corey Ford choose the name 'Eustace'?
A) It was suggested by the editor
B) After his grandfather
C) For euphony
D) It was the artist's name
  • 27. Around which date is the original Eustace Tilley cover traditionally used?
A) February 21
B) October 6
C) March 29
D) August 8
  • 28. As of 2025, how many covers of The New Yorker have featured photography?
A) Eighty-five
B) Zero
C) Six hundred forty-two
D) Two
  • 29. Who is the artist behind 'View of the World from 9th Avenue'?
A) Saul Steinberg
B) Barry Blitt
C) Rea Irvin
D) Corey Ford
  • 30. In 'View of the World from 9th Avenue', which ocean separates the U.S. from China, Japan, and Russia?
A) The Pacific Ocean
B) The Atlantic Ocean
C) The Hudson River
D) The Indian Ocean
  • 31. Which film was involved in a lawsuit regarding the 'View of the World' cover?
A) Manhattan
B) The Economist
C) Moscow on the Hudson
D) The New Yorker
  • 32. How many covers did Saul Steinberg create for The New Yorker?
A) 85
B) 642
C) 11
D) 1834
  • 33. Which publication created an homage to Steinberg titled 'How China sees the World'?
A) Encyclopædia Britannica
B) The New Yorker
C) The Economist
D) The New York Times
  • 34. What does the Eustace Tilley character look at through his monocle?
A) A magazine
B) A mirror
C) A map
D) A butterfly
  • 35. Since what year has The New Yorker published occasional stories of comics journalism?
A) 1993
B) 2018
C) 2003
D) 1998
  • 36. Which of the following terms is an alternate name for comics journalism in The New Yorker?
A) Graphic memoirs
B) Cartoon chronicles
C) Sketchbook reports
D) Illustrated news
  • 37. When did The New Yorker launch its weekday crossword puzzle series?
A) March 2022
B) July 2021
C) April 2018
D) June 2021
  • 38. When did The New Yorker begin publishing new cryptic puzzles weekly?
A) June 2021
B) July 2021
C) April 2018
D) March 2022
  • 39. What is the name of the trivia game introduced by The New Yorker in July 2021?
A) Name Drop
B) Crossword Quest
C) Caption Challenge
D) Puzzle Peak
  • 40. As of March 2022, on which days are crosswords published online by The New Yorker?
A) Only on weekends
B) Every weekday
C) Only on Mondays
D) Every day of the week
  • 41. How does the difficulty of The New Yorker crosswords change from Monday through Thursday?
A) It fluctuates randomly
B) It decreases
C) It increases
D) It stays the same
  • 42. What type of puzzles are published in The New Yorker on Fridays?
A) General knowledge quizzes
B) Themed puzzles
C) Cryptic puzzles only
D) Trivia games
  • 43. How many constructors make up the rotating stable that writes The New Yorker's puzzles?
A) 13
B) 15
C) 20
D) 10
  • 44. Who was named The New Yorker's first puzzles and games editor in December 2019?
A) Art Spiegelman
B) Patrick Berry
C) Liz Maynes-Aminzade
D) Marisa Acocella Marchetto
  • 45. Which cartoonist is mentioned as having contributed to comics journalism in The New Yorker?
A) Patrick Berry
B) Liz Maynes-Aminzade
C) Art Spiegelman
D) None of the above
  • 46. What unique element do The New Yorker puzzles integrate into the solving experience?
A) Historical photos
B) Video interviews
C) Cartoons
D) Audio clips
  • 47. Who created the crossword puzzle in the Christmas 2019 issue that featured cartoons as clues?
A) Carol Lay
B) Gary Panter
C) Patrick Berry
D) Ben Katchor
  • 48. When did The New Yorker first endorse a presidential candidate?
A) November 1, 2004
B) November 1, 1995
C) November 1, 1925
D) October 15, 2004
  • 49. Which candidate did The New Yorker endorse in 2004?
A) George W. Bush
B) John Kerry
C) Al Gore
D) Barack Obama
  • 50. In what year did The New Yorker begin publication?
A) 1925
B) 1941
C) 1956
D) 1993
  • 51. Who served as the cartoon editor until 1998?
A) Truman Capote
B) Lee Lorenz
C) James Thurber
D) Robert Mankoff
  • 52. Who became the cartoon editor in 1998?
A) Charles Addams
B) Lee Lorenz
C) James Stevenson
D) Robert Mankoff
  • 53. When did Robert Mankoff leave The New Yorker?
A) 1998
B) 2005
C) 2017
D) 2004
  • 54. Who acted as a volunteer art editor in the early 1940s while working as an office boy?
A) James Thurber
B) Truman Capote
C) E. B. White
D) Peter Arno
  • 55. Who drew the famous cartoon featuring two dogs at a computer?
A) Charles Addams
B) Peter Steiner
C) Saul Steinberg
D) George Booth
  • 56. Approximately how much has been split in fees for the 'nobody knows you're a dog' cartoon?
A) Less than $10,000
B) More than $1,000,000
C) Exactly $50,000
D) More than $100,000
  • 57. In what year did the cartoon caption contest begin?
A) 2004
B) 2017
C) 2005
D) 1998
  • 58. Who became the first female cartoon editor in 2017?
A) Julia Suits
B) Françoise Mouly
C) Emma Allen
D) Roz Chast
  • 59. Which magazine was published from 1926 to 1930 and influenced by The New Yorker?
A) About Town
B) The Chicagoan
C) The Brooklynite
D) The Boulevardier
  • 60. According to Kurt Vonnegut, what did The New Yorker help a large audience appreciate?
A) The history of magazines
B) High Baroque triumphs
C) Modern literature
D) Italian literature
  • 61. Tom Wolfe described The New Yorker's style as including which of the following?
A) Short, choppy, energetic sentences
B) Fast-paced investigative journalism
C) Aggressive, confrontational rhetoric
D) Leisurely meandering understatement
  • 62. Who authored the book 'About Town', a history of The New Yorker from 1925 to 1985?
A) Joseph Rosenblum
B) Kurt Vonnegut
C) Ben Yagoda
D) Tom Wolfe
  • 63. Which publication was based in Paris and influenced by The New Yorker?
A) The Boulevardier
B) About Town
C) The Brooklynite
D) The Chicagoan
  • 64. According to the reader cited by Joseph Rosenblum, what was perched on Nabokov's pinky?
A) A glass of Piesporter
B) A plum velvet bowtie
C) A Red Admirable
D) A Swiss shoe
  • 65. What did John Updike trip over in the described 'universe' of The New Yorker?
A) The master's Swiss shoes
B) A prismatic goblet
C) A stack of magazines
D) The edge of a velvet jacket
  • 66. Who has been the editor of The New Yorker since 1998?
A) David Remnick
B) Robert Gottlieb
C) William Shawn
D) Tina Brown
  • 67. Where were the magazine's first offices located?
A) Brooklyn
B) Dubuque
C) Manhattan
D) Chicago
  • 68. How many times is The New Yorker published annually?
A) 12
B) 47
C) 52
D) 24
  • 69. Which company acquired The New Yorker in 1985?
A) The New York Times Company
B) General Baking Company
C) F-R Publishing Company
D) Advance Publications
  • 70. Which essay by John Hersey filled an entire issue after World War II?
A) Hiroshima
B) View of the World from 9th Avenue
C) The Lottery
D) Eichmann in Jerusalem
  • 71. Which story by Shirley Jackson drew more mail than any other in the magazine's history?
A) The Talk of the Town
B) Profiles
C) The Lottery
D) Hiroshima
  • 72. Who served as editor from 1951 to 1987?
A) Robert Gottlieb
B) William Shawn
C) Tina Brown
D) Harold Ross
  • 73. What major prize have magazines been eligible for since 2014?
A) Man Booker Prize
B) National Book Award
C) Nobel Prize
D) Pulitzer Prize
  • 74. Which publication did Harold Ross work for before founding The New Yorker?
A) Judge
B) Life
C) The New York Times
D) The Atlantic
  • 75. How did Sesame Workshop describe Bert and Ernie in response to the cover?
A) Gay icons
B) Romantic partners
C) Puppets
D) Close friends
  • 76. What publication called the Bert and Ernie cover a 'terrible way to commemorate' a civil-rights victory?
A) The Huffington Post
B) Slate
C) Columbia Journalism Review
D) The New Yorker
  • 77. What object were the politicians using in 'The Race for Office' cover?
A) Walkers
B) Treadmills
C) Canes
D) Wheelchairs
  • 78. What typeface is used for the body text of The New Yorker's articles?
A) Arial
B) Irvin
C) Garamond
D) Adobe Caslon
  • 79. What punctuation mark does The New Yorker use in words like 'reëlected' to separate repeating vowels?
A) Apostrophe
B) Semicolon
C) Diaeresis
D) Hyphen
  • 80. How does The New Yorker handle numerical amounts in text?
A) Uses symbols like $
B) Uses scientific notation
C) Uses abbreviations like million
D) Spells them out
  • 81. Approximately how many people work in the fact-checking department as of 2025?
A) 100
B) 30
C) 10
D) 50
  • 82. Who was the writer involved in a 1983 defamation lawsuit regarding articles about Sigmund Freud?
A) Janet Malcolm
B) Jack Hunter
C) David Grann
D) Rea Irvin
  • 83. What was the average household income of a New Yorker reader in 2009?
A) $91,359
B) $58,898
C) $75,000
D) $102,450
  • 84. What was the average household income in the United States in 2009?
A) $62,100
B) $45,200
C) $58,898
D) $91,359
  • 85. According to a 2014 Pew Research Center survey, what percentage of New Yorker readers hold left-of-center political values?
A) 77%
B) 85%
C) 52%
D) 60%
  • 86. What percentage of New Yorker readers hold 'consistently liberal' political values according to the 2014 survey?
A) 77%
B) 65%
C) 52%
D) 40%
  • 87. What is the name of the New Yorker series that distributes short films which frequently compete for Academy Awards?
A) Big Screen Shorts
B) Film Archive
C) The Century Series
D) Screening Room
  • 88. In the film Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle, who portrays founding editor Harold Ross?
A) Jennifer Jason Leigh
B) Wes Anderson
C) Sam Robards
D) William Shawn
  • 89. Which film released in 2015 provides a behind-the-scenes look at The New Yorker's cartoons?
A) Very Semi-Serious
B) The New Yorker at 100
C) Capote
D) The French Dispatch
  • 90. Which director directed the 2015 documentary Very Semi-Serious?
A) Davina Pardo
B) Wes Anderson
C) Leah Wolchok
D) Charlie Kaufman
  • 91. Which film is described as an overt homage to The New Yorker?
A) Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle
B) Adaptation
C) The French Dispatch
D) Joe Gould's Secret
  • 92. Which 2002 film was based on Susan Orlean's book The Orchid Thief, which originated as a New Yorker article?
A) Infamous
B) Capote
C) Adaptation
D) The Hours
  • 93. What is the focus of the 2025 documentary The New Yorker at 100?
A) The history of cartoons
B) Literary adaptations
C) The magazine's centenary
D) Harold Ross's early years
  • 94. William Shawn is portrayed in which of the following films?
A) The French Dispatch
B) Hannah Arendt
C) Joe Gould's Secret
D) Very Semi-Serious
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