Newspaper
Newspapers publish reporting, opinion, features, and advertising. This topic is part of Publishing within Language. This page currently draws on 29 supporting questions, with answers and bonus facts available below.
Newspaper trivia questions
A newspaper reports current events and what?
Answer: News
Bonus fact: Newspapers publish reporting, opinion, features, and advertising.
What is the title of a newspaper article called?
Answer: Headline
Bonus fact: A headline summarizes or attracts attention to a story.
What is the line naming the writer of a newspaper article called?
Answer: Byline
Bonus fact: The byline credits the author.
Which 20th-century art movement famously used newspaper clippings and other pasted materials in collage?
Answer: Cubism
Bonus fact: Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque helped introduce collage into Cubist art.
What newspaper is famous for a highly influential daily crossword in the United States?
Answer: The New York Times
Bonus fact: The New York Times crossword began in 1942.
Times Square took its current name from which newspaper?
Answer: The New York Times
Bonus fact: The newspaper moved its headquarters there in 1904.
Newspapers are designed to report what?
Answer: News
Bonus fact: Newspapers publish current events, commentary, and other information.
What invention made large-scale newspaper production much faster in the 19th century?
Answer: Steam-powered printing press
Bonus fact: Mechanized presses increased output dramatically.
What inexpensive high-speed printing method became central to mass newspapers using rolls of paper?
Answer: Rotary press
Bonus fact: Rotary presses print continuously from cylinders.
What fictional newspaper tycoon does Welles play in Citizen Kane?
Answer: Charles Foster Kane
Bonus fact: The character was partly inspired by real media magnates.
Which U.S. newspaper publishes one of the best-known bestseller lists?
Answer: The New York Times
Bonus fact: The New York Times Best Seller list dates to the 1930s.
Who traditionally speaks through an unsigned newspaper editorial?
Answer: The editorial board or publication
Bonus fact: Unsigned editorials usually represent the institution's view.