95 The History Of Blue Jeans Trivia Questions with Answers

95 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?

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Which photographer shot Calvin Klein’s famous 1980 jeans campaign featuring Brooke Shields?

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Richard Avedon

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How many pockets are traditionally found on a classic five-pocket pair of blue jeans?

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Five

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Which U.S. city is home to the Levi Strauss & Co. headquarters and the company’s original 1853 business?

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San Francisco

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What name did Levi Strauss & Co. give its jeans after replacing the older “waist overalls” term?

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Jeans

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In what year did Levi Strauss & Co. officially begin using the word “jeans” instead of “waist overalls”?

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1960

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Which Japanese city is widely known as the birthplace of Japan’s modern denim industry?

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Kurashiki

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What occupation did Jacob Davis have when he developed riveted denim work trousers?

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Tailor

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Which fabric feature gives denim its characteristic diagonal ribbed surface?

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Twill weave

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Which 1930s Levi’s product was the company’s first jeans line made specifically for women?

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Lady Levi’s

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In what year did Levi Strauss & Co. introduce the orange tab for fashion-oriented denim lines?

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1969

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Which Levi’s model introduced a zipper fly as an alternative to the button fly in 1954?

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501ZXX

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What fabric was used for some of Jacob Davis’s early riveted trousers before denim became standard?

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Cotton duck

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What was Levi Strauss’s birth name before he became known by his American name?

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Löb Strauss

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In Wrangler’s 13MWZ jeans code, what does the number 13 refer to?

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13-ounce denim

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Which 1970s British designer sold customized jeans at the SEX boutique in London?

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Vivienne Westwood

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What was the original name of the denim brand now known as G-Star RAW?

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Gap Star

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Which American company introduced Wrangler’s 13MWZ cowboy jeans in 1947?

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Blue Bell

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In what year did Levi Strauss & Co. first use the 501 lot number for its riveted trousers?

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1890

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Who co-patented the riveted work trousers that became the first Levi’s jeans in 1873?

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Jacob Davis

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Which French phrase is the historical source of the word “denim”?

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Serge de Nîmes

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Which company commercialized synthetic indigo for large-scale denim dyeing in 1897?

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BASF

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What small metal fasteners reinforce the pocket corners of traditional blue jeans?

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Copper rivets

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In classic five-pocket blue jeans, what was the tiny watch pocket originally designed to hold?

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A pocket watch

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Who invented the Sanforization process that made cotton denim less likely to shrink?

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Sanford Cluett

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Which company first produced synthetic indigo commercially for the denim industry?

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BASF

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Which Japanese designer founded the premium denim label Evisu in 1991?

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Hidehiko Yamane

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Which U.S. city became famous for Cone Mills denim production in the history of blue jeans?

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Greensboro

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Which color is used for the famous Levi’s Tab introduced in 1936?

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Red

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Which company introduced the 1920s 101 cowboy jeans that became a landmark Lee model?

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Lee

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What nickname did Levi Strauss & Co. use for its riveted trousers before calling them jeans?

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Waist overalls

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Which plant traditionally provides the natural indigo used to dye blue jeans?

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Indigofera tinctoria

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Which city gave the word “jeans” its name in the history of blue jeans?

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Genoa

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Which fashion label launched by Hidehiko Yamane in 1991 became known for premium Japanese denim?

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Evisu

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Which denim construction places dyed warp yarns over lighter weft yarns to create a blue outer surface?

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Warp-faced twill

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Which U.S. president was photographed wearing blue jeans while working on his Georgia farm?

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Jimmy Carter

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Which 1950s American actor became a major jeans icon as Jim Stark in Rebel Without a Cause?

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James Dean

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Which French city is linked to the origin of the word “denim”?

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Nîmes

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Which Levi Strauss & Co. model is popularly known as the 501’s button-fly counterpart for women?

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701

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Which 1984 Bruce Springsteen album showed the back of jeans prominently on its cover?

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Born in the U.S.A.

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Which brand introduced the 1930s Lady Levi’s jeans for women?

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Levi Strauss & Co.

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Which North Carolina textile company supplied denim to Levi Strauss for much of the 20th century?

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Cone Mills

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On what date was Levi Strauss’s riveted-trousers patent granted in the United States?

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May 20, 1873

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Which 1960s counterculture group used blue jeans as a symbol of simplicity and rejection of formal fashion?

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Hippies

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Which Italian designer founded Diesel in 1978?

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Renzo Rosso

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Which Levi Strauss & Co. logo shows two horses pulling apart a pair of jeans?

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Two Horse trademark

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Which British fashion designer made jeans central to the 1970s punk look at SEX in London?

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Vivienne Westwood

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Which U.S. president wore blue jeans during his 1970s “malaise” era image?

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Jimmy Carter

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Which rock band wore custom denim outfits designed by Nudie Cohn for its famous country-rock performances?

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The Flying Burrito Brothers

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Which denim brand did Renzo Rosso found in Italy in 1978?

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Diesel

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What was the name of the tailor whose designs helped create Wrangler’s cowboy jeans?

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Rodeo Ben