Top Magazine Covers Quiz

Can you name the top magazine covers from 1965-2005?

created by Hejman

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Source: American Society of Magazine Editors
These covers were selected by the American Society of Magazine Editors as being among the Top 40 covers from 1965-2005.
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Top Magazine Covers Quiz

by Hejman

Created Aug 26, 2010 in Entertainment
Featured Sep 30, 2010
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	Hejman:	Sep 30th, 2010 at 04:08 GMT	6 points
	Many thanks to yippeeyappee who's original quiz (http://www.sporcle.com/games/yippeeyappee/magazinecovers) was the inspiration for this picture version. He was nice enough to suggest that I put this one together. Try his original- it has descriptions of all 40 covers.

	Hejman:	Sep 30th, 2010 at 04:09 GMT	6 points
	The covers are presented exactly as they were printed, except that I have Photoshopped the title of the magazine off of the cover.

	tvfan2:	Sep 30th, 2010 at 04:17 GMT	3 points
	I've never even heard of Blue And no Hustler meat grinder cover?

	chikka2:	Sep 30th, 2010 at 04:23 GMT	5 points
	The eyes of the Afghani woman make it the magazine cover that haunts me most. You present a great collection though...have a sequel in mind?

	googlebird:	Sep 30th, 2010 at 04:33 GMT	10 points
	After you published this quiz, I came across National Geographic's follow-up to the Afghan girl on the cover of their magazine with the piercing eyes. I found it very interesting. Anyone interested should check it out.

	DTNelson:	Sep 30th, 2010 at 04:37 GMT	7 points
	I've never heard of Blue either.

	googlebird:	Sep 30th, 2010 at 04:39 GMT	4 points
	The Afghan girl's story can be found here. http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2002/04/afghan-girl/index-text Thanks, Hejman, for an excellent quiz,

	yearbookjohn:	Sep 30th, 2010 at 04:54 GMT	2 points
	Sharbat Gula, the Afghan Girl from National Geographic, has mesmerizing eyes. These beautiful, soul-piercing eyes can tell a story without words. Glad this image was included on this quiz!

	psubball1:	Sep 30th, 2010 at 05:18 GMT	-1 points
	@yearbookjohn: That picture was taken by a Penn State alum...fun fact of the day

	Koltrane:	Sep 30th, 2010 at 11:13 GMT	2 points
	What is Blue? Is that a Canadian magazine?

	barnztormre:	Sep 30th, 2010 at 11:45 GMT	18 points
	ESPN the Magazine over Sports Illustrated??????

	pwoody229:	Sep 30th, 2010 at 13:19 GMT	2 points
	Guess this quiz proves that magazines are really dying out. Considering Sporclers in general are a pretty savvy lot, I only got five out of eighteen and still winded up in the 61st percentile.

	Hejman:	Sep 30th, 2010 at 13:33 GMT	1 point
	@barnztormre- I didn't pick the magazines, the American Society of Magazine Editors did. That being said, I was equally surprised that there was not a single SI cover in the top 40. @chikka2- Probably no sequel to this one since most of the remaining covers are repeats of these same magazines. @Koltrane (and others)- I wasn't familiar with Blue magazine either until I saw the ASME list. According to their list, the magazine began in 1997 and was (is?) dedicated to outdoor recreation.

	ianbob:	Sep 30th, 2010 at 14:12 GMT	3 points
	I can't look at the Playboy cover without thinking of sexy Marge Simpson.

	JGS:	Sep 30th, 2010 at 15:05 GMT	4 points
	How is Jordan on ESPN here over the Miracle on Ice cover from SI?

	burnsy:	Sep 30th, 2010 at 15:42 GMT	2 points
	@barnztormre & JGC: I think this list was more about the design and impact of the cover than the subject itself. I still remember that cover and I haven't bought an ESPN the Magazine in....10 years?

	kangaroey:	Sep 30th, 2010 at 16:23 GMT	3 points
	this is good although i also have never heard of Blue and where is Rolling Stone?

	Hejman:	Sep 30th, 2010 at 18:04 GMT	0 points
	@kangaroey- There's only one Rolling Stone cover in the ASME list and I didn't use it on the quiz because (unlike the Dixie Chicks example where all the naughty parts are covered) the Rolling Stone cover clearly shows John Lennon's naked keester and this is a family web site after all!

	Commodore:	Sep 30th, 2010 at 18:19 GMT	1 point
	I typed Harpers about 8 times, including on the correct photo. Bizarre that it did not come up. Just sayin'.... good quiz. Saul Steinberg's cover is the best ever.

	Hejman:	Sep 30th, 2010 at 19:32 GMT	1 point
	@Commodore- that's because the magazine name is Harper's Bazaar and is shortened to Bazaar. It is published by Hearst. Harper's (with the Bazaar) is a political magazine published by the Harper's Magazine Foundation. One is fashion, one is politics/culture/arts, but they're definitely not the same thing.

	Hejman:	Oct 1st, 2010 at 01:49 GMT	0 points
	Sorry, that last comment should say that Harper's (withOUT the Bazaar) is a published by the Harper's Magazine Foundation.

	drn211:	Oct 1st, 2010 at 03:47 GMT	1 point
	@Hejman-True, but given that it's a famous cover I'd doubt you get many complaints about Lennon's butt (or Demi Moore's for that matter). After all there is a "name that art" quiz on this site that has a statue of a topless women (Venus de Milo) on it.

	barnztormre:	Oct 1st, 2010 at 12:41 GMT	1 point
	@Hejman: I realized that. My comment was geared toward the American Society of Magazine Editors, not you personally. It's not as if any of them take these quizzes (that I'm aware of) but I was bewildered at SI's absence.

	barnztormre:	Oct 1st, 2010 at 12:41 GMT	1 point
	I agree with JGS: the Miracle On Ice cover was the only SI cover ever with no words. None were necessary. It was brilliant in its simplicity.

	XCBoss:	Oct 2nd, 2010 at 13:47 GMT	2 points
	My favorite one is the Entertainment Weekly cover.

	xeju:	Oct 5th, 2010 at 21:47 GMT	2 points
	Wow, I scored a miserable 5 out of 18. The fact that I'm still in the 63rd percentile speaks to the decline of the magazine as a popular medium. R.I.P.