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