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Quiz on Andy Warhol

20 questions · June 25, 2026

Below is the full Quizmo quiz devoted to the theme "Andy Warhol": each question, its four options, the correct answer highlighted and, where available, its source. A chance to brush up on your general knowledge and then test what you know.

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Question 1

Easy

Andy Warhol is most associated with which art movement?

Source: Warhol became the face of Pop Art, turning supermarket goods and celebrities into gallery icons.

Question 2

Easy

Warhol predicted everyone would be world-famous for how long?

Source: His line about 15 minutes of fame became one of the most quoted phrases of the 20th century.

Question 3

Easy

Which canned product did Warhol famously paint in 1962?

Source: He painted 32 soup cans, one for each flavor Campbell's sold at the time.

Question 4

Easy

Which blonde movie star did Warhol immortalize in vivid silkscreens?

Source: He started the Marilyn series within weeks of her 1962 death, fixing her face forever in color.

Question 5

Easy

What was the nickname of Warhol's New York studio?

Source: The silver foil-lined Factory was both art studio and nonstop party hub for celebrities and misfits.

Question 6

Easy

Which beverage bottle did Warhol repeatedly depict in his work?

Source: He loved that a Coke was identical whether sipped by a president or a street sweeper.

Question 7

Easy

What printing technique defined Warhol's mass-produced images?

Source: Silkscreening let him pump out identical images like a factory, blurring art and product.

Question 8

Easy

Which fruit appeared on the Velvet Underground album cover Warhol designed?

Source: On early copies the banana sticker peeled off to reveal a pink fruit underneath.

Question 9

Easy

Which rock band did Warhol manage and produce?

Source: Warhol designed their banana album cover and bankrolled their multimedia stage show.

Question 10

Easy

Warhol's series of flower prints were based on what subject?

Source: He cropped a magazine photo of hibiscus blooms, sparking a copyright lawsuit over the source image.

Question 11

Medium

In which American city was Warhol born and raised?

Source: The son of immigrants, he grew up in Pittsburgh, where a museum now bears his name.

Question 12

Medium

What was the name of Warhol's celebrity gossip magazine?

Source: He launched Interview in 1969, pioneering the unedited celebrity Q&A format still copied today.

Question 13

Medium

Warhol's 'Death and Disaster' series depicted what kind of imagery?

Source: He repeated grisly press photos of crashes and electric chairs until the horror numbed into pattern.

Question 14

Medium

Before fine art, Warhol made his living in which commercial field?

Source: His whimsical shoe drawings for ad agencies made him a top-paid commercial illustrator first.

Question 15

Medium

Which 1980s graffiti-rooted artist collaborated on paintings with Warhol?

Source: Their joint canvases paired Warhol's logos with Basquiat's raw scrawl in a famous late-career duet.

Question 16

Medium

Who shot and nearly killed Warhol in 1968?

Source: Solanas, a radical writer who'd appeared in his circle, gravely wounded him; he survived but never fully recovered.

Question 17

Medium

Warhol's 1964 film 'Empire' shows the Empire State Building for how long?

Source: The single static shot runs over eight hours, daring viewers to watch a building do nothing.

Question 18

Hard

What everyday object did Warhol turn into plywood sculptures in 1964?

Source: His handmade Brillo Boxes looked so identical to grocery cartons they forced critics to ask what art even is.

Question 19

Hard

Which historical figure's portrait did Warhol screenprint as a 1972 series?

Source: He made Mao's official portrait garish and glamorous, treating a dictator like a movie star.

Question 20

Hard

Which luxury product did Warhol depict in a 1985 'Ads' series?

Source: Warhol's 1985 'Ads' series put the Chanel No. 5 bottle on a pedestal like a movie star.

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