Famous Picture Quiz

1. During the 2014 Academy Awards, several stars crowded into a widely shared selfie arranged by host Ellen DeGeneres. Who physically held the phone and took the picture?

2. A 2017 pregnancy announcement portrait shows a singer kneeling in front of a large floral display while wearing a veil. Who is pictured?

3. The Jumpman logo uses the silhouette of a basketball player airborne with his legs spread and one arm holding a ball. Which athlete does it represent?

4. A widely reproduced 1951 photograph shows an elderly physicist with untidy white hair sticking out his tongue after a birthday celebration. Who is pictured?

5. In a famous film publicity image, a blonde actor laughs while air from a subway grate lifts her white halter dress. Who is she?

6. In Philippe Halsman’s surreal photograph Dalí Atomicus, an artist leaps while cats and streams of water appear suspended around him. Who is the artist?

7. An album cover presents a musician with red hair, bare shoulders, and a red-and-blue lightning bolt painted across his face. Who is pictured?

8. Photographer Yousuf Karsh removed a statesman’s cigar moments before taking the stern 1941 portrait known as The Roaring Lion. Who was the subject?

9. The photograph Guerrillero Heroico shows a revolutionary looking into the distance beneath a beret marked with a star. Whom does it depict?

10. A solitary royal figure sits on a bench in front of the Taj Mahal in a frequently reproduced 1992 photograph. Who is pictured?

11. A champion sprinter frequently celebrates by leaning sideways, extending one arm upward, and drawing the other arm back like a lightning bolt. Who made this pose famous?

12. A concert image from Wembley Stadium shows a singer in a bright yellow military-style jacket, white trousers, and an armband, raising one fist. Who is he?

13. A 1965 sports photograph captures a boxer standing over Sonny Liston and gesturing for him to rise. Which boxer is standing?

14. Four musicians walk in single file across a zebra crossing outside a recording studio; one is barefoot. Which group appears in the picture?

15. A glamorous woman wears a sleeveless black dress, long gloves, pearls, and a small tiara while holding a cigarette holder. Which star is shown in this Breakfast at Tiffany’s image?

16. Numerous self-portraits show a Mexican artist with a prominent connected brow, flowers or ribbons in her hair, and a direct gaze. Who is the artist?