Memorize these and you could recognize 32.9% of all Magazines clues.
| # | Answer | Appearances | Sample Clue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the Reader's Digest | 21 | Though they call Pleasantville, N.Y. home, their headquarters are really in the next town over, Chappaqua |
| 2 | Rolling Stone | 18 | The rock bible that prints "All The News That Fits" |
| 3 | National Geographic | 18 | This magazine's "Geographica" section reports on poisonous toads, killer bees & other phenomena |
| 4 | The New Yorker | 17 | When H. Ross founded this magazine, he said it "will not be edited for the old lady from Dubuque" |
| 5 | Sports Illustrated | 16 | It's said this magazine's swimsuit issue is the No. 1 item stolen from U.S. libraries |
| 6 | Vogue | 12 | Mirabella will be a new magazine from Grace Mirabella who edited this fashion mag for 17 years |
| 7 | TV Guide | 12 | Triangle Publications of Radnor, PA, famous for the Daily Racing Form, also publishes this weekly |
| 8 | playboy | 9 | Tho its London casinos earned 63% of this magazine co.'s profits in 1980, they were sold in 1981 |
| 9 | Cosmopolitan | 9 | This magazine, published in the U.S., got its name from the Greek for "citizen of the world" |
| 10 | The Saturday Evening Post | 8 | This magazine began publishing on August 4, 1821, but years later they concluded Ben Franklin had started it in 1728 |
| 11 | People | 8 | Weekly magazine whose features include "Picks & Pans", "Take One" & "Chatter" |
| 12 | Life | 8 | Famous for its photography, it started as a weekly in 1936, shut down in 1972 & became a monthly in 1978 |
| 13 | fortune | 8 | Time Inc.'s 2nd successful magazine was this business publication which debuted in 1930 |
| 14 | Esquire | 8 | Hugh Hefner worked at this men's magazine until they refused him a $5-a-week raise |
| 15 | the Ladies' Home Journal | 8 | The spine of this magazine warns us to "never underestimate the power of a woman" |
| 16 | Time | 7 | Magazine featured on the Feb. 4, 1985 "Newsweek" cover about Ariel Sharon |
| 17 | Newsweek | 7 | This rival news magazine was founded by Thomas J.C. Martyn, a foreign news editor at Time |
| 18 | Motor Trend | 7 | In 1949, it began giving out its "Car of the Year" award |
| 19 | Mad | 7 | It describes its staff of writers & artists as "the usual gang of idiots" |
| 20 | Good Housekeeping | 7 | Many products display this magazine's seal on their labels |
| 21 | ebony | 7 | In 1945 George H. Johnson launched this "Life"-like magazine aimed at a black audience |
| 22 | Better Homes and Gardens | 7 | In 1922 former Secretary of Agriculture Edwin T. Meredith founded it as "Fruit, Garden and Home" |
| 23 | Forbes | 7 | In 1990, he became editor-in-chief of his late father's namesake business magazine |
| 24 | Vanity Fair | 6 | Magazine which shares its title with a classic William Makepeace Thackeray novel |
| 25 | Punch | 6 | (Alex reports from the Harvard Lampoon Library in Cambridge, MA.) The very first volume of "The Harvard Lampoon" appeared in February 1876 & was model... |
| 26 | The Wall Street Journal | 5 | This daily published by Dow Jones has been printing the Dow Jones Industrial Average since May 26, 1896 |
| 27 | Prevention | 5 | Rodale Press' top-selling magazines are Organic Gardening & this one about health conservation |
| 28 | Field & Stream | 5 | This hunting & fishing magazine's trademark logo features a trout & a Canada goose |
| 29 | Southern Living | 5 | Hey, y'all, for food, home & travel from Texas to Florida & the states in between: SL |
| 30 | Us | 4 | In 1977 The New York Times started this rival to People magazine |
| 31 | Scientific American | 4 | Its first issue, in 1845, included articles on "A Smoke Filter for Locomotives" & "Cause of Sound and Thunder" |
| 32 | Popular Mechanics | 4 | This "popular" magazine's first cover, dated Jan. 11, 1902 showed the inner workings of a submarine |
| 33 | Parade | 4 | This syndicated Sunday newspaper magazine is seen by over 35 million people a week |
| 34 | maxim | 4 | For example:"Be just, and fear not" |
| 35 | Martha Stewart | 4 | Born Martha Kostyra, she's really "Living" with her own magazine off cooking & decorating tips |
| 36 | Look | 4 | Founded in 1937 to compete with "Life", it died in 1971, was revived & died again in 1979 |
| 37 | Harper's | 4 | Founded in 1850 & named for the brothers who launched it, it's America's oldest monthly magazine |
| 38 | Gourmet | 4 | Magazine that describes itself as "The magazine of good living" |
| 39 | The New York Times | 4 | William Safire's "On Language" appears in the Sunday magazine of this paper that syndicates his column |
| 40 | The Atlantic Monthly | 4 | In 1981 Budget Dir. Stockman's criticism of the Reagan administration was published in this monthly |
| 41 | Washington, D.C. | 3 | The New Republic, National Geographic, and Smithsonian are among magazines published in this city |
| 42 | U.S. News & World Report | 3 | This news weekly was originally founded by David Lawrence as 2 separate publications |
| 43 | Redbook | 3 | Established in 1903, this monthly women's magazine title sounds like Mao's reading material |
| 44 | Playbill | 3 | Since 1884, this magazine has been the Bible for Broadway theater goers |
| 45 | money | 3 | The No. 1 cause of household arguments, it's also the title of the magazine that did the survey |
| 46 | MAD magazine | 3 | "Spy vs. Spy" is a feature of this humor magazine's "Joke & Dagger" department |
| 47 | Maclean's | 3 | It's Canada's weekly news magazine |
| 48 | Interview | 3 | 1989 marked the 20th anniversary of this oversized celebrity magazine founded by Andy Warhol |
| 49 | Family Circle | 3 | For its first 14 years this family magazine was given away in grocery stores |