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99 Graphic Design Trivia Questions To See if It’s Your Passion

Do you spend hours perfecting the smallest details in every design? Are you always looking for ways to improve existing brands’ websites or marketing materials? Or do you just like making Photoshop collages? Whatever the case, this graphic design trivia quiz will have something for you! 

Test your graphic design skill with our graphic design trivia questions and answers. This quiz will challenge you to think inside and outside of the box. You’ll reckon with landscapes, layers, and logos. Only white-space-savvy designers will be able to crack this quiz! 

The graphic design quiz considers graphic designers of all skill levels, including those with natural design skills. In addition, you can learn how much you know about the history of graphic design and where it’s headed in the future. Do you have what it takes to become a graphic designer? Find out now.

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What year was Wolff Olins founded?

1962

1965

1989

1976

Which font designer created Thesis?

Matthew Carter

Alan Fletcher

Lucas De Groot

Vincent Connare

In which city was Massimo Vignelli born?

Milan

Barcelona

Paris

Verona

When was the NBC peacock first introduced?

1980

1956

1878

1967

Who designed the 1952 ‘ABC Circle’ logo?

Paul Rand

Saul Bass

Peter Saville

John Alvin

Who wrote Hand Job: A Catalog of Type?

Dalton Maag

Philip B. Meggs

Charles Geschke

Michael Perry

Who designed the Lunchbox font in 2013?

Peter Saville

David Ogilvy

Davie Green

Kimmy Kirkwood

When was QuarkXPress first released?

1978

1989

1987

1967

Microsoft was founded in what year?

1978

1980

1975

1875

Where was Alan Fletcher born?

Italy

Canada

Japan

Kenya

Which font designer created Orion MD?

Saul Bass

Michael Doret

Vincent Connare

Eric Dill

Who wrote ‘Left to Right’?

Saul Bass

John Alvin

John Antonio

David Crow

Who wrote Thinking with Type (2004)?

Silja Bilz

Drew De Soto

William Addison Dwiggins

Ellen Lupton

Which font designer created Bastarda?

Jonathan Barnbrook

Dalton Maag

Peter Saville

Bob Bernstein

Who designed the Jacques and Gilles font?

Hermann Zapf

Emily Conners

Saul Bass

Paul Rand

Who wrote Made You Look?

Drew De Soto

Stephan Sagmeister

Dalton Maag

Charles Geschke

Who designed the Jabana font?

Nils Thomsen

David Ogilvy

Saul Bass

Michael Bierut

Which common font is this an example of?

Harlow Solid Italic

Times New Roman

Lucida Sans Unicode

Verdana

When did Apple introduce the PowerBook?

1992

1991

1990

1995

Which brand’s logo features a pink ‘B’?

Braun

Buick

Barbie

Bubbaloo

Which font designer created Carter Sans?

Melody Carter

Matthew Carter

Sean Carter

James Carter

Who wrote ‘The Art of Looking Sideways’?

Alan Fletcher

Dalton Maag

John J. Graham

Charles Geschke

Who designed the I ♥ NY logo?

Milton Glaser

John Antonio

Saul Bass

Carolyn Davidson

What does this HD stand for?

High Definition

Happy Days

Horrible Dark

Home Depot

Which group created Freehand in 1988?

Quark

Adobe

Altsys Corporation

Macromedia

Whoe wrote ‘Picturing and Poeting’?

Alan Fletcher

Peter Saville

Dalton Maag

Andrew Smith

Who designed the Gmail logo?

Warren Chappell

Dennis Hwang

Walter Landor

Vincent Connare

When did Nike this logo?

1956-1989

1982-1989

1970-1976

1971-1978

Who designed the Tuesnight font?

Ricardo Marcin & Erica Jung

Tom Morgan

Dennis Meen

Paul Rand

In what year was Herbert Bayer born?

1904

1921

1901

1900

When was NeXT founded?

1987

1978

1985

1956

Which font designer designed ITC Galliard?

Matthew Carter

John Alvin

Peter Saville

Harry Beck

In which state was Katherine McCoy born?

Arizona

California

Illinois

Alaska

Which font designer created Comic Sans?

Simon Cowell

John Antonio

Vincent Connare

Milton Glaser

What year was Milton Glaser born?

1929

1937

1990

1931

Who designed the ‘Nokia Sans’ font?

Paul Rand

Scott Baker

Tibor Kalman

Erik Spiekermann

Which font designer created Trebuchet MS?

Susan Kare

Vincent Connare

Charles Geschke

Neville Brody

Which font designer created Lemona?

Paul Rand

Carolyn Davidson

Julián Moncada

Stephen Desroches

In what year did Saul Bass pass away?

1992

1996

1998

1997

What does this CD stand for?

Closed Door

Compact Disc

Color Drain

Choose Diet

Who designed ‘Google’ font Catull?

Chermayeff & Geismar & Haviv

Reza Abedini

Matthew Carter

Gustav Jaeger

Who designed the Bouquet font?

Darius Tom

George Miller

Philip B. Meggs

Dzianis Serabrakou

Who designed Thirsty Script Rough?

Callum New

Ryan Martinson

John Alvin

David Ogilvy

When was Icograda founded?

1954

1978

1963

1989

In what year was Windows Vista released?

2007

2009

2000

2004

Who, in 2003, created Project M?

Tom Geismar

John Bielenberg

Alan Fletcher

Carolyn Davidson

When did Quark stop using this logo?

2009

1878

2001

2005

When was Unimark International founded?

1956

1965

1978

1908

How old will AIGA be in 2025?

111

75

80

200

Where was Icograda founded?

Milan

New York City

London

Las Vegas

Who won the AIGA medal in 1920?

Dalton Maag

George Opperman

Philip B. Meggs

Norman T. A. Munder

Who designed the 2014 font Industry Inc?

Stanley Clark Meston

Michael Bierut

Paul Rand

Mattox Shuler

Who created the Coca-Cola logo?

John Alvin

Alan Fletcher

Matthew Carter

Frank Mason Robinson

Who created the original Atari logo?

Bob Bernstein

John Antonio

Tibor Kalman

George Opperman

Which agency redesigned the Skype icons?

Magenta

Hicksdesign

Wolff Olins

Chermayeff & Geismar & Haviv

Who designed the Verdana font?

Vincent Connare

Matthew Carter

Ryan Martinson

Tibor Kalman

Where was Adrian Frutiger born?

France

Denmark

Italy

Switzerland

Who wrote ‘Perverse Optimist’?

Tibor Kalman

Brandon Rike

Bob Bernstein

George Cooper

Since when have AIGA medals been awarded?

1980

1930

1920

1940

When did Adobe release PostScript 3?

2001

1997

2005

1998

Where was Storm Thorgerson born?

Finland

Fiji

Spain

England

Who designed the ‘Nokia Pure’ font?

David Ogilvy

Dalton Maag

Philip B. Meggs

Matthew Carter

Which font designer created Chicago?

Philip B. Meggs

Susan Kare

James Victore

Craig Ward

Who designed the AIGA medal in 1920?

James Earle Fraser

David Ogilvy

Dalton Maag

John Lloyd

Who designed Apple’s ‘rainbow Apple’ logo?

Matthew Carter

Alan Fletcher

Jeff Arwadi

Rob Janoff

In which state was Adobe founded?

Alaska

Hawaii

California

New Jersey

When was the latest Walmart logo introduced?

1997

2002

2000

2008

Who published the font family Core Circus?

Core Corp.

Score

S-Core

Core Inc.

Which city was Milton Glaser born in ?

Chicago

San Francisco

Denver

New York City

Who wrote ‘Just My Type’?

Simon Garfield

Charles Geschke

Dalton Maag

Adrian Shaughnessy

Which company now owns Fontographer?

Microsoft

Adobe

Facebook

Fontlab Ltd.

Who designed the elegant font Narziss?

Peter Saville

Hubert Jocham

John Alvin

Corinne Blank

What nationality is Hans Hulsbosch?

Irish

Australian

Romanian

British

Which common font is this as example of?

Ms Reference Sans Serif

Perpetua

Batang

Rockwell

Who does the Google Doodle celebrate?

Claude Debussy

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Claude Monet

When was Adobe founded?

1982

1967

1980

1985

Which font designer created Palatino?

Morgan Willer

Hermann Zapf

Saul Bass

Miller Manx

Who wrote Graphic Design Cookbook?

Leonard Koren & R. Wippo Meckler

John Alvin

Philip B. Meggs

Pentagram

Who founded Altsys Corporation in 1984?

James R. Von Ehr

Philip B. Meggs

Saul Bass

Matthew Carter

Who designed the font chiller?

Andrew Smith

John Alvin

Tibor Kalman

Dalton Maag

Which font designer created Delphian?

Vincent Connare

R. Hunter Middleton

Michael Perry

Bob Bernstein

How many AIGA medals were awarded in 1921?

None

7

11

2

Who designed Apple’s first logo?

Art Chantry

Paul Rand

Ron Wayne

Glen Tahoma

In which country was Jan Balet born?

Switzerland

Denmark

France

Greenland

Who designed the Rufina font?

Michael Bierut

Mattox Shuler

Sarah Lingle

Martin Sommaruga

When did the font Chiller debut?

1997

2001

1987

1995

Who designed the ‘recycling logo’?

John Carney

Jason Elam

Gary Anderson

George Blanda

When was Jan Balet born?

1890

1913

1945

1823

Which font designer designed Poliphilus?

Francesco Griffo

Vincent Connare

Paul Rand

Philip B. Meggs

Who wrote ‘Beware Wet Paint’?

George Opperman

Brandon Rike

Bob Bernstein

Alan Fletcher

When was Quark Inc. founded?

1975

1980

1991

1981

Where was Tom Geismar born?

New Jersey

Dallas

Miami

New York City

Which font is this as example of?

Travel

Ravie

Connare

Vincent

When did Starbucks use this logo?

1976-1989

1967-1945

1989-1990

1971–1987

In what year was Saul Bass born?

1930

1900

1920

1940

Who designed the Desire font family?

Peter Saville

Glen Yi

Charles Borges De Oliveira

Antonio Blau

Who designed the Port Vintage font?

João Oliveira

Tibor Kalman

Juan Carlos

Emily Sims

Macromedia acquired which company in 1996?

Iband Software

Quark Inc.

Adobe

Chermayeff & Geismar & Haviv

Which font designer created Transport?

Margaret Calvert

Vincent Connare

Dalton Maag

John Antonio

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