Trivia questions and answers, drawn fresh from the well

• Easy Easy difficulty.
• Fashion

Which company, founded by a Bavarian immigrant, made the first riveted blue jeans?

Answer

Levi Strauss & Co.

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• Easy Easy difficulty.
• Fashion

Which Italian fashion house features the head of Medusa in its logo?

Answer

Versace

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• Easy Easy difficulty.
• Fashion

Which French fashion house uses two interlocking 'C' letters as its logo?

Answer

Chanel

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• Easy Easy difficulty.
• Fashion

The 'swoosh' logo belongs to which sportswear brand?

Answer

Nike

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• Easy Easy difficulty.
• Fashion

Which French footwear designer is famous for luxury shoes with glossy red soles?

Answer

Christian Louboutin

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• English

In grammar, what is the term for a word that joins clauses or sentences, such as "and", "but", or "or"?

Answer

Conjunction

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• Easy Easy difficulty.
• English

In English grammar, what tense describes an action that will happen later, as in "I will go"?

Answer

Future tense

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• English

What is the term for a word made by blending parts of two others, such as "smog" from "smoke" and "fog"?

Answer

Portmanteau

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• Hard Hard difficulty.
• English

In grammar, what is the name of the mood used to give commands, as in "Close the door"?

Answer

Imperative

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• Hard Hard difficulty.
• English

What term describes the literal, dictionary meaning of a word, as opposed to its associations?

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Denotation

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• Hard Hard difficulty.
• English

What figure of speech uses a part to represent the whole, as "all hands on deck" for sailors?

Answer

Synecdoche

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• English

What Latin phrase used in English means "seize the day"?

Answer

Carpe diem

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