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100

Carolyn Davidson was famously still a student when she charged this brand only $35 for her iconic swoosh logo

What is Nike?

Fun fact: known as Blue Ribbon Sports at the time

100

No matter what creator Steve Wilhite says, I fall on the hard-G side of the pronunciation debate for this animated file format

What is a GIF?

100

... this designer who creates or compiles high-quality audio assets for interactive media projects

What is Sound Designer?

100


This company is used for its color order system, but probably best known for their chaotic choices for Color of the Year: 2025 is Mocha Mousse


What is Pantone?

100

a ceremonial leader with no real power

What is a fig-urehead?

200


This Pentagram partner is responsible for iconic brand designs like Tiffany & Co. and The Public Theater and was featured in Netflix's “Abstract: The Art of Design"


Who is Paula Scher?

200

The sometimes omitted E in image format JPEG stands for this word which means "authority", fitting since JPEG is named for the Group that created them in 1992

What is expert?

200

...this designer, who uses the language of fashion to help express aspects of a play or opera's setting, mood, and characters

What is a costume designer?

200

Named for the clay found in the creek behind the founder's home, this software company remains the gold standard for designer resume requirements

What is Adobe?

200

a carved miniature

what is a fig-urine?

300


This "Design Matters" podcast host led branding initiatives for Burger King, Tropicana, Star Wars, and more. Plus, she's half of a power couple with her essayist wife Roxane Gay


Who is Debbie Millman?

300

The K in CMYK stands for this, contrary to popular belief

What is Key?

300

... this designer, who creates cues and plots to illuminate performers, focus an audience's eyes, support a narrative, and trigger emotions

What is a lighting designer?

300

This niche prototyping tool developed by Facebook shares its name with a Japanese craft technique

What is Origami (Studio)?

300

a phrase like "life-or-death" to describe the code breaking right before Peak

what is a fig-ure of speech?

400


Sylvia Harris is honored for her landmark "public information design" with this professional design organization's Citizen Design Award, named in her honor


What is AIGA (The American Institute of Graphic Arts)?

400

The web currently exists on this numerical iteration of HTML and will never go higher, since W3C now goes by the "HTML Living Standard"

What is (HTML) 5?

400

...this designer, who masters facsimile and reproduction to create the artificial environment in which a stage, television, or film performance takes place

What is a scenic designer?

also acceptable: production designer, stage designer, set designer

400

This user research tool best known for its website heatmaps translates to "tarro caliente" en español

What is Hotjar?

400

to put forth a determined effort

what is fig-ht?

500


Philatelists would recognize Gail Anderson's iconic work for this service commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation (and so did real Jeopardy!)


What is the USPS (United States Postal Service)?

500

Don't mock using this 3-letter acronym for stand-in images and text, if lorem ipsum isn't obvious enough

What is FPO (for placement only)? 

500

...this artist, who devises and records the everyday sounds heard in films, television shows, and video games

What is a foley artist?

500

The Figma founders might've lost $20B on their blocked acquisition, but at least their prototyping tool just celebrated this anniversary — maybe they'll gift each other the traditional pottery or willow, or leather if they feel modern?

What is 9(th)?

500

a genus of chiefly herbaceous often fetid plants of the snapdragon family

Hint: rhymes with the C of book series ACOTAR

What is fig-wort?