Design Trivia

126+ Best Design Trivia Questions & Answers

Mike Oberman

Updated: June 15th, 2023

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Are you a design aficionado? Put your design IQ to the test with these fascinating design trivia questions and see if you can guess the iconic creations and their creators!

Easy

Question: Which iconic film character does this mug by Stefano Giovannoni and Guido Venturini share its name with?

Answer: King Kong

Question: Which designer created Smart Shoe?

Answer: Ronald Demon

Question: Who designed the Conoid Chair?

Answer: George Nakashima

Question: Who designed the Taccia lamp?

Answer: Achille Castiglioni

Question: Who designed the 'Little Wave'?

Answer: John Cederquist

Question: Who designed the Zippo?

Answer: George G. Blaisdell

Question: Which designer created the tin can?

Answer: Peter Durand

Question: Name the Coach 1970s design.

Answer: Willis Handbag

Question: Who designed the Ergon chair?

Answer: Bill Stumpf

Question: Who designed the Svitato Clothes Hanger?

Answer: Andrea Vecera

Question: Who was the designer of the A-Z chairs?

Answer: Roeland Otten

Question: Who designed the Sol Light?

Answer: Piero Lissoni

Question: Who designed the iconic game Pong?

Answer: Nolan Bushnell

Question: Which designer created braille printing?

Answer: Louis Braille

Question: Who designed the Juicy Salif?

Answer: Philippe Starck

Question: Which designer created bandaids?

Answer: Earle Dickson

Question: Who designed Jenga?

Answer: Leslie Scott

Question: Which designer created the snowmobile?

Answer: Joseph-Armand Bombardier

Question: Who designed Trivial Pursuit?

Answer: Chris Haney

Question: Who designed the Armchair No. F 51?

Answer: Walter Gropius

Question: Who designed the Marshmallow sofa?

Answer: Irving Harper

Question: Which designer created Air Conditioning?

Answer: Willis Carrier

Question: Who designed the Tablescape No. 1?

Answer: Brooke M Davis

Question: Which designer created Post-It notes?

Answer: Art Fry

Question: Which inventor designed the Zippo?

Answer: George G. Blaisdell

Question: Which designer created Liquid Paper?

Answer: Bette Nesmith Graham

Question: Which designer created Jell-O?

Answer: Peter Cooper

Question: Who designed Predictor furniture line?

Answer: Paul McCobb

Question: Which designer created the laser?

Answer: Gordon Gould

Question: Which game designer created Mouse Trap?

Answer: Hank Kramer

Question: Which designer created the Elda chair?

Answer: Joe Colombo

Question: Who designed the Isokon Long Chair?

Answer: Marcel Breuer

Question: Who designed Uno?

Answer: Merle Robbins

Question: Who designed the siege pivotant?

Answer: Charlotte Perriand

Question: Which designer created Scotch Tape?

Answer: Richard G Drew

Question: Who created this oak furniture?

Answer: Charles Limbert

Question: Who designed Scrabble?

Answer: Alfred Mosher Butts

Question: Who created this lighting fixture?

Answer: Thomas C. Molesworth

Question: Who designed the Knoll Mandarin Chair?

Answer: Ettore Sottsass

Question: Who deigned this marquetry commode?

Answer: Thomas Chippendale

Question: Who designed the Knuckle candleholder?

Answer: Maarten Baas

Question: Who designed arm-rest chair No. 31?

Answer: Alvar Aalto

Question: Which inventor designed this 1928 yo-yo?

Answer: Pedro Flores

Question: Who designed the garden egg chair?

Answer: Peter Ghyczy

Question: Which designer created the gas engine?

Answer: Gottlieb Daimler

Question: Who designed Cluedo?

Answer: Anthony E. Pratt

Question: Which game designer created Operation?

Answer: John Spinello

Question: What is the name of this iconic handbag?

Answer: Celine

Question: Who designed Monopoly?

Answer: Elizabeth J. Magie Phillips

Question: Which designer created Erector Set?

Answer: AC Gilbert

Medium

Question: Which designer created the walkie talkie radio?

Answer: Al Gross

Question: What's the name of these iconic everyday items?

Answer: Post-It notes

Question: Which game designer created Wheel of Fortune?

Answer: Merv Griffin

Question: Which inventor designed this early radio?

Answer: James Clarkes Maxwell

Question: Which designer created this computer mouse?

Answer: Douglas Engelbart

Question: Which designer created the Bunsen burner?

Answer: Robert Bunsen

Question: Which designer created this fax machine?

Answer: Alexander Bain

Question: Which designer created this Colt revolver?

Answer: Samuel Colt

Question: Which game designer created The Price Is Right?

Answer: Bob Stewart

Question: What are these iconic characters' names?

Answer: Rocky And Bullwinkle

Question: Who designed the Grasshopper lounge chair?

Answer: Eero Saarinen

Question: Which designer created this toilet paper?

Answer: Joseph Coyetty

Question: Which of these was first released in 2007?

Answer: Amazon Kindle

Question: Which designer created this Wishbone Chair?

Answer: Hans Wegner

Question: Which director designed this small table?

Answer: David Lynch

Question: Who created this textile design circa 1888?

Answer: Charles Voysey

Question: Which designer created the Acrilica lamp?

Answer: Joe Cesare Colombo

Question: Which of these is the name of a Swatch watch?

Answer: Black Suit

Question: Which designer created the Etch-A-Sketch?

Answer: Arthur Granjean

Question: Which designer created this first ferris wheel?

Answer: George W Ferris

Question: Which of these is the name of an iconic pen?

Answer: Bic Cristal

Question: Who designed the award-winning Edison Lamp?

Answer: Charles Hollis Jones

Question: Which designer created non-reflecting glass?

Answer: Katherine Blodgett

Question: Which designer created Thing 1 and Thing 2?

Answer: Dr. Seuss

Question: Which designer created the Statue of Liberty?

Answer: Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi

Question: Which inventor designed this very early TV?

Answer: John Logie Baird

Question: Who designed the Magnito Salt & Pepper Shakers?

Answer: Josh Owen

Question: What's these name of this iconic buildings?

Answer: The Giza Pyramids

Question: Who designed the TrueModern Twin Platform Bed?

Answer: Edgar Blazona

Question: Who created this design in the V&A Museum?

Answer: Edward William Godwin

Question: Which of these is the name of a '60s lamp?

Answer: Ananas Table Lamps

Question: Which designer created the modern cell phone?

Answer: Martin Cooper

Question: Which inventor designed plastic in 1855?

Answer: Alexander Parkes

Question: Which designer created naturally colored cotton?

Answer: Sally Fox

Question: Which designer created The Cat in the Hat?

Answer: Dr. Seuss

Hard

Question: Which musical instrument inspired a collection of office furniture by Nika Zupanc?

Answer: Accordion

Question: What is the name of this collection by furniture collection by ARCA?

Answer: CL Collection

Question: Which of these is the name of a Mario Bellini piece?

Answer: Cab

Question: Which of these is the name of a Frank Lloyd Wright chair?

Answer: Barrel Chair

Question: What is the name of this piece of furniture by Alexander Kneller?

Answer: Side Chair

Question: Which game designer created Hungry Hungry Hippos?

Answer: Fred Kroll

Question: What is the name of the designer of the Stelton Pringo-Mini?

Answer: John Sebastian

Question: Which of these is an iconic cartoon character's name?

Answer: Bugs Bunny

Question: What name is given to this chair designed by Olav Eldoy?

Answer: Eight

Question: What is the name of this Ettore Sottsass designed chair?

Answer: Nine-0

Question: Which of these is the name of a chair from 1933?

Answer: Alvar Aalto Stool

Question: Who designed the Free Port furniture collection?

Answer: Marti Guixe

Question: Which of these is the name of an iconic IKEA bookcase?

Answer: Billy

Question: What is the name of this furniture line by Edward Wormley?

Answer: Janus

Question: What is the name of this chair designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe?

Answer: Brno Chair

Question: Which designer created RAM or random access memory?

Answer: Robert Dennard

Question: Which designer created the first electric light?

Answer: Humphry Davy

Question: Who designed the office chair used by Lyndon B. Johnson in the Oval Office?

Answer: Jens Risom

Question: What is the name of this chair designed by Davis Allen?

Answer: Andover Chair

Question: Who created this chair with a 'contoured floating back' design?

Answer: Robert Erickson

Question: What's the name of these tables by Alfredo Haberli?

Answer: April Tables

Question: Jason Phillips designed this chair which featured in which film?

Answer: Hunger Games

Question: What is the name of this chair designed by Matthew Hilton?

Answer: Balzac Armchair

Question: Which of these is the name of an Antonio Citterio armchair?

Answer: Beverly

Question: Which designer created windshield wipers in 1905?

Answer: Mary Anderson

Question: David Bohm was part of the group of scientists that invented what?

Answer: Atomic Bomb

Question: Which of these is the name of iconic Jimmy Choo's?

Answer: Abel

Question: Which designer created the first successful car air bag?

Answer: Allen Breed

Question: What is the name of this chair designed by Jeremy Broun?

Answer: Caterpillar Rocking Chair

Question: What is the name of this chair by Tembolat Gugkaev?

Answer: Infinity Chair

Question: Which of these is the name of a Busk Hertzog chair?

Answer: Angel

Question: Which of these is the name of an iconic Bugatti?

Answer: 1936 Type 57Sc Atlantic

Question: Which inventor designed the first electric razor?

Answer: Col. Jacob Schick

Question: Which of these is the name of a Pierre Paulin chair from 1963?

Answer: Butterfly

Question: Which of these is the name of a classic 1859 chair?

Answer: Bentwood Chair

Question: Which inventor designed the Magic Bullet blender?

Answer: Lenny Sands

Question: Which of these is the name of an iconic office reception chair?

Answer: Barcelona

Question: Which designer created Actar 911, the CPR mannequin?

Answer: Dianne Croteau

Question: Which of these is the name of a cake that has a square design?

Answer: Battenberg

Question: Which inventor designed this double-edged safety razor?

Answer: King C. Gillette

Question: What are these iconic Alexander McQueen shoes called?

Answer: Armadillo