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  • 1. When did Wenner Media announce plans to create Glixel?
A) October 2016
B) May 2017
C) May 2016
D) June 2017
  • 2. What was Glixel dedicated to covering?
A) Rock 'n' roll music
B) Video games and video game culture
C) Liberal politics and elections
D) Canadian government affairs
  • 3. Who was Gus Wenner?
A) A conservative columnist for The Washington Post
B) The general manager of Glixel
C) The founder of Kotaku and Polygon
D) Jann Wenner's son and head of digital
  • 4. Who compared gaming today to rock 'n' roll when Rolling Stone was founded?
A) Gus Wenner
B) Bruce Schulman
C) Graham Ruddick
D) John Davison
  • 5. How did Glixel initially launch?
A) As a segment on Variety's publishing platform
B) As a standalone domain in San Francisco
C) As a weekly digital newsletter hosted on Rolling Stone's website
D) As a printed magazine distributed in New York
  • 6. When did Glixel transition to its own domain?
A) October 2016
B) May 2016
C) August 2017
D) June 2017
  • 7. Who was the general manager of Glixel?
A) Brian Crecente
B) Graham Ruddick
C) John Davison
D) Simon Cox
  • 8. Who served as the content director of Glixel?
A) John Davison
B) Simon Cox
C) Gus Wenner
D) Jonah Goldberg
  • 9. Where were the original offices of Glixel located?
A) San Francisco
B) Washington
C) Toronto
D) New York
  • 10. When did Rolling Stone close down the Glixel offices and fire the entire staff?
A) August 2017
B) June 2017
C) May 2016
D) October 2016
  • 11. What reason was given for closing the Glixel offices in June 2017?
A) Difficulties of working with the remote site from the main New York office
B) Lack of interest in video game coverage
C) Financial bankruptcy of Wenner Media
D) The sale of Rolling Stone assets to Penske Media
  • 12. Who was hired as editorial director to run Glixel from the main New York office?
A) Simon Cox
B) John Davison
C) Bruce Schulman
D) Brian Crecente
  • 13. Brian Crecente is the co-founder of which publication?
A) Polygon
B) Kotaku
C) The Guardian
D) Variety
  • 14. Brian Crecente is the founder of which publication?
A) Kotaku
B) Variety
C) Polygon
D) Glixel
  • 15. Into which publication's routine publishing was Glixel content merged following an asset sale?
A) The New York Times
B) The Guardian
C) Variety
D) The Washington Post
  • 16. Which company bought Rolling Stone's assets?
A) The New York Times Company
B) Penske Media Corporation
C) Wenner Media
D) The Guardian Media Group
  • 17. Who described Rolling Stone as a 'rock'n'roll magazine turned liberal cheerleader' in 2017?
A) Jann Wenner
B) Graham Ruddick
C) Bruce Schulman
D) Jonah Goldberg
  • 18. What publication did Graham Ruddick write for?
A) The Guardian
B) The Washington Post
C) The New York Times
D) Variety
  • 19. According to Bruce Schulman, since when has Rolling Stone routinely supported liberal candidates and causes?
A) The 1960s
B) The 2010s
C) The 2000s
D) The 1990s
  • 20. What publication did Bruce Schulman write for regarding Rolling Stone's political support?
A) The Washington Post
B) Rolling Stone
C) The Guardian
D) Kotaku
  • 21. Who stated in 2008 that Rolling Stone had become the 'house organ of the Democratic National Committee'?
A) Jonah Goldberg
B) Brian Crecente
C) Bruce Schulman
D) Graham Ruddick
  • 22. What political ideology is Jonah Goldberg associated with based on the text?
A) Socialist
B) Conservative
C) Liberal
D) Independent
  • 23. All of Jann Wenner's political donations have been made to which political party?
A) Democrats
B) Republicans
C) Greens
D) Liberals (Canada)
  • 24. Which US presidents have been interviewed by Jann Wenner for the magazine?
A) Barack Obama and Donald Trump
B) Bill Clinton and George W. Bush
C) George W. Bush and Donald Trump
D) Bill Clinton and Barack Obama
  • 25. Which presidential candidate did Rolling Stone endorse in the run-up to the 2016 U.S. presidential election?
A) Donald Trump
B) Barack Obama
C) George W. Bush
D) Hillary Clinton
  • 26. Which Republican presidents has Rolling Stone criticized?
A) Bill Clinton and Barack Obama
B) George W. Bush and Donald Trump
C) John Davison and Brian Crecente
D) Hillary Clinton and Justin Trudeau
  • 27. How did Rolling Stone describe George W. Bush in 2006?
A) A liberal cheerleader
B) An ideal candidate
C) Worst president in history
D) The house organ of the DNC
  • 28. Whose picture was featured on the cover of Rolling Stone in August 2017?
A) Donald Trump
B) Jann Wenner
C) Justin Trudeau
D) George W. Bush
  • 29. What political party does Justin Trudeau belong to?
A) Democratic National Committee
B) Republican Party
C) Wenner Media
D) Liberal Party of Canada
  • 30. What headline accompanied Justin Trudeau's photo on the August 2017 cover of Rolling Stone?
A) The worst president in history
B) A rock'n'roll magazine turned liberal cheerleader
C) Why can't he be our president?
D) Gaming is today what rock 'n' roll was
  • 31. What was the format of the first publications from 1967 to 1972?
A) Gloss-paper large-format magazine
B) Folded tabloid newspaper format
C) Digital-only publication
D) Standard 8 by 11 inch magazine
  • 32. What feature was notably absent from the initial 1967 to 1972 publications?
A) Staples
B) Color highlights
C) Text
D) Black ink
  • 33. How many color highlights were used in each early edition from 1967 to 1972?
A) Four colors
B) No color highlights at all
C) Full-color printing
D) A single color highlight that changed each edition
  • 34. When did editions begin being produced on a four-color press with a different newsprint paper size?
A) 1973 onwards
B) 1980
C) 2008
D) 1967
  • 35. In what year did the bar code appear on the magazine?
A) 1973
B) 1979
C) 2008
D) 1980
  • 36. What change occurred to the magazine's physical format in 1980?
A) It switched to a tabloid newspaper format
B) It became a gloss-paper, large-format (10 x 12 inch) magazine
C) It adopted a standard 8 x 11 inch size
D) It went completely digital
  • 37. When did the magazine return to the 10 x 12 inch large format?
A) October 2008
B) July 2018 issue
C) June 2024
D) 1980
  • 38. What frequency was the July 2018 issue that brought back the large format?
A) Monthly
B) Bi-weekly
C) Quarterly
D) Weekly
  • 39. What problem plagued the thriving message-board forum on the website in the late 1990s?
A) Numerous Internet trolls who vandalized the forum substantially
B) Slow server speeds
C) High subscription fees
D) Lack of regular members and contributors
  • 40. When did the website begin a new, much more limited message board community?
A) Late 2005
B) April 2010
C) March 2008
D) May 2004
  • 41. When was the limited message board community removed after being started in late 2005?
A) 2008
B) 2004
C) 2010
D) 2006
  • 42. When did the website start a new message board section once again after 2006?
A) Spring 2012
B) April 2010
C) May 2004
D) March 2008
  • 43. When was the message board section started in March 2008 finally deleted?
A) July 2018
B) May 2004
C) 2006
D) April 2010
  • 44. When did the website undergo a redesign and begin featuring complete archives?
A) April 19, 2010
B) Spring 2012
C) May 2004
D) March 2008
  • 45. Under what model was the website archive first launched?
A) Completely free to all users
B) Ad-supported model
C) A free-with-print-subscription model
D) A for-pay model
  • 46. To what model has the website archive since transitioned?
A) A completely free model for everyone
B) A donation-based model
C) A free-with-print-subscription model
D) A for-pay model
  • 47. What feature did Rolling Stone launch in the spring of 2012?
A) A federated search feature
B) An online merchandise store
C) A digital-only subscription service
D) A new message board forum
  • 48. Which song by Toots and the Maytals coined the term "reggae"?
A) "Sweet and Dandy"
B) "54-46 That's My Number"
C) "Reggae Night"
D) "Do the Reggay"
  • 49. How is the directory for biographical information on all artists listed on the website?
A) Alphabetically
B) By album sales
C) By genre
D) Chronologically
  • 50. How much money did Jann Wenner initially borrow to pay for setup costs?
A) $100,000
B) $50,000
C) $1,000
D) $7,500
  • 51. What was the initial publication frequency of Rolling Stone?
A) Quarterly
B) Weekly
C) Bi-weekly
D) Monthly
  • 52. What was the cover price of the first issue?
A) 25¢
B) 10¢
C) $1.00
D) $5.00
  • 53. Which journalist was famous for political reporting in Rolling Stone during the 1970s?
A) David Dalton
B) Ben Fong-Torres
C) Hunter S. Thompson
D) Tom Wolfe
  • 54. In what decade did Rolling Stone experience a rapid rise?
A) 1970s
B) 2000s
C) 1980s
D) 1990s
  • 55. When did the magazine move its headquarters from San Francisco to New York City?
A) 1999
B) 1977
C) 1985
D) 1967
  • 56. Who provided the magazine's long-running slogan?
A) Susan Lydon
B) Annie Leibovitz
C) Jane Schindelheim
D) Ralph J. Gleason
  • 57. Who became the chief photographer for Rolling Stone in 1973?
A) Hunter S. Thompson
B) David Dalton
C) David Felton
D) Annie Leibovitz
  • 58. Which author proposed the idea of serializing a novel inspired by Charles Dickens and William Makepeace Thackeray?
A) Matt Taibbi
B) Kurt Loder
C) Tom Wolfe
D) Michael Hastings
  • 59. Approximately how much did Wenner offer Tom Wolfe to serialize his work?
A) $50,000
B) $200,000
C) $500,000
D) $100,000
  • 60. Who was the protagonist of Tom Wolfe's novel The Bonfire of the Vanities?
A) Stanley A. McChrystal
B) Matt Taibbi
C) Michael Hastings
D) Sherman McCoy
  • 61. What advertising campaign did Rolling Stone hire an agency for in 1985 to refocus its image?
A) Style over Substance
B) Perception/Reality
C) Hot Issue
D) The Runaway General
  • 62. In what year did Record Magazine fold?
A) 1985
B) 1990
C) 1999
D) 1987
  • 63. What criticism did Rolling Stone face in the 1990s due to its format change?
A) Focusing too much on investigative political journalism
B) Ignoring pop culture entirely
C) Being too similar to Record Magazine
D) Emphasizing style over substance
  • 64. Which publication did Rob Sheffield join Rolling Stone from?
A) Crawdaddy
B) Musician
C) Record Magazine
D) Spin
  • 65. Who was inducted into the Magazine Hall of Fame in 2005 after working at Rolling Stone for 17 years?
A) Matt Taibbi
B) Rob Sheffield
C) Dana Leslie Fields
D) Michael Hastings
  • 66. How did Matt Taibbi famously describe Goldman Sachs in his 2009 reports on the financial meltdown?
A) A runaway general
B) A great vampire squid
C) A bonfires of vanities
D) A home snatcher
  • 67. In what month and year did the Rolling Stone restaurant officially close?
A) June 2010
B) February 2013
C) December 2009
D) November 2010
  • 68. What was the title of Michael Hastings's controversial article published in the July 2010 issue?
A) Perception/Reality
B) The Operators
C) Invasion of the Home Snatchers
D) The Runaway General
  • 69. Which military commander's criticisms of the White House were quoted in Michael Hastings's 2010 article?
A) General Stanley A. McChrystal
B) Sherman McCoy
C) Matt Taibbi
D) Joe Biden
  • 70. In which city did Matt Taibbi document illegal and fraudulent bank actions in foreclosure courts in 2010?
A) Jacksonville, Florida
B) Hollywood, California
C) New York City
D) Washington, D.C.
  • 71. Who described Michael Hastings's book, The Operators, as 'superb', 'brave' and 'eye-opening'?
A) General Stanley A. McChrystal
B) Salon's Glenn Greenwald
C) Tom Wolfe
D) Matt Taibbi
  • 72. Through his coverage of which scandal in 2012 did Matt Taibbi emerge as an expert outside of Rolling Stone?
A) The Libor scandal
B) The foreclosure court scandal
C) The financial meltdown
D) The White House controversy
  • 73. When did Rolling Stone publish its first Spanish-language section on Latino music and culture?
A) November 9, 2012
B) July 1984
C) February 2013
D) December 2009
  • 74. Which company from Singapore bought a 49% stake in Rolling Stone in 2016?
A) BandLab Technologies
B) Stream Publishing
C) Wenner Media
D) Penske Media
  • 75. Did the new investor from Singapore have direct involvement in the magazine's editorial content?
A) Yes
B) Only for digital issues
C) No
D) Only partially
  • 76. When did Penske acquire BandLab's 49% stake to gain full ownership of Rolling Stone?
A) December 2017
B) January 2021
C) September 2016
D) January 31, 2019
  • 77. When was a Chinese edition of Rolling Stone launched?
A) August 2025
B) September 2021
C) February 2022
D) January 2021
  • 78. In what month and year did Rolling Stone launch a dedicated UK edition?
A) July 2018
B) January 2021
C) September 2021
D) February 2022
  • 79. Which publisher partnered with Rolling Stone for the UK edition?
A) Stream Publishing
B) Wenner Media
C) BandLab Technologies
D) Penske Media
  • 80. How many cover stars were featured on the first issue of the UK edition?
A) One
B) Three
C) Two
D) Four
  • 81. Which music act was one of the cover stars on the first UK issue?
A) Eric Clapton
B) Jimi Hendrix
C) Bastille
D) The Beatles
  • 82. Which actor from No Time To Die was a cover star on the first UK issue?
A) Sam Fender
B) Lashana Lynch
C) John Lennon
D) Jim Morrison
  • 83. What frequency was the UK edition of Rolling Stone planned to be published at?
A) Quarterly
B) Bi-monthly
C) Monthly
D) Weekly
  • 84. What did Rolling Stone state are an integral part of the magazine's future when acquiring Life Is Beautiful?
A) Live events
B) UK editions
C) Chinese editions
D) Digital holograms
  • 85. In what year was Rolling Stone nominated for its first-ever Emmy award?
A) 2021
B) 2025
C) 2022
D) 2023
  • 86. Besides a National Magazine Award, what other press award did "The DJ and the War Crimes" win?
A) National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Award
B) Front Page Award
C) Overseas Press Club Award
D) Emmy Award
  • 87. How many National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Awards did Rolling Stone collect in December 2023?
A) One
B) Four
C) Three
D) Five
  • 88. How many Front Page Awards did Rolling Stone collect in December 2023?
A) Four
B) Five
C) One
D) Three
  • 89. In August 2025, who was named co-editor-in-chief of Rolling Stone alongside Shirley Halperin?
A) John Lennon
B) Eric Clapton
C) Jim Morrison
D) Sean Woods
  • 90. In August 2025, who was named co-editor-in-chief and head of music at Rolling Stone?
A) Tina Turner
B) Sean Woods
C) Shirley Halperin
D) Lashana Lynch
  • 91. What notable distinction does Shirley Halperin hold at Rolling Stone as of August 2025?
A) First digital designer
B) First Emmy winner
C) First female editor-in-chief
D) First UK editor
  • 92. What is the magazine known for regarding its photography?
A) Landscape photography
B) Animated covers
C) Provocative photography
D) Black and white portraits
  • 93. Whose cover of January 22, 1981, featuring John Lennon and Yoko Ono, was called the "Greatest Rolling Stone Cover Ever"?
A) Vanity Fair
B) Stream Publishing
C) Penske Media
D) Advertising Age
  • 94. Who was featured on the cover of the second issue of Rolling Stone?
A) Tina Turner
B) The Beatles
C) John Lennon
D) Jim Morrison
  • 95. Who was featured on the cover of the third issue of Rolling Stone?
A) Jimi Hendrix
B) The Beatles
C) Janis Joplin
D) Tina Turner
  • 96. Who was featured on the cover of the fifth issue of Rolling Stone?
A) Eric Clapton
B) Janis Joplin
C) Jim Morrison
D) Jimi Hendrix
  • 97. Who was featured on the cover of the sixth issue of Rolling Stone?
A) John Lennon
B) Jim Morrison
C) Tina Turner
D) Janis Joplin
  • 98. Who was featured on the cover of the seventh issue of Rolling Stone?
A) Otis Redding
B) Jimi Hendrix
C) Eric Clapton
D) Donovan
  • 99. What event was featured on the cover of the eighth issue of Rolling Stone?
A) Monterey International Pop Festival
B) The Beatles Concert
C) Live Aid
D) Woodstock
  • 100. Who was featured on the cover of the tenth issue of Rolling Stone?
A) Jimi Hendrix
B) Eric Clapton
C) Tina Turner
D) Jim Morrison
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