1. What is the world’s first written language?
2. Who was the first people that, developed a written language based on the principle that one sign represented one sound?
3. What is the name of the inscription discovered by a French officer in Napoleon’s army?
4. From the following choices, name the person who can solve the riddle of the hieroglyphics.
5. What is the name of the hand writing style that is found in the Holy Roman Empire?
6. What is the name of the oldest surviving printed manuscript from 868 A.D?
7. Who was responsible for the invention of paper in the year 105?
8. What was the first and most famous book printed by Johann Gutenberg?
9. Technically, what was the Gutenberg’s invention?
10. Who discovered printing during the third century A.D?
11. What is the Latin word for all books printed before the year 1501?
12. What is the name of the perfect typeface excluding the Imprimerie Royale?
13. What was the world’s first newspaper of regular publication published in January 1609?
14. What was the first successful American newspaper published by John Cambell?
15. Who created the first point system for measuring type?
16. Who was the statesman and the signer of the Declaration of Independence in America?
17. Who was the leader of the Arts and Crafts Movement?
18. What was the American’s first major advertising agency established in 1869?
19. What was the movement founded by Theo van Doesburg and Piet Mondrian, which means “The Style”
20. Who was the first to combined text with illustrations?
21. Who refined the “point” system for measuring type into an acceptable system?
22. What was the printing technique that involved printing from a metal plate on which the image was sunk below the surface?
23. Which of the following is the achievement of Albrecht Dürer?
24. Who promoted his belief that roman capitals should be based on the proportions of the ideal human body, produced his masterpiece, Champs Fleury in 1529?
25. What is the meaning of “The Renaissance Man”?
26. Since Louis XIV revoked the protective Edict of Nantes, who brought the art of printing to England and the New World?
27. Who was the first people in recorded history?
28. What is the written language that does not derived form the Phoenician?
29. Technically speaking, the Thai Alphabet was developed from?
30. Who created the hand writing style in the Holy Roman Empire?
31. What is the meaning of “the Uncial”?
32. How did the papermaking craft from Asia spread throughout Europe?
33. What is the other name of the “Textura”?
34. What is the earliest graphic image that has survived and dated back to when?
35. When was the first time the Roman Capital letters and the Small letters used?
36. What is the root of the letter “A”?
37. Which letter of the alphabet was later invented by the Romans?
38. Who simplified the Greek practice of calling the letters alpha, beta and gamma to A, B and C such as used today?
39. What is the name of the city, once known as the “New Amsterdam”?
40. The “Italic typeface” was first used in which country?
41. The letter of which nation is the real Logogram?
42. Which philosophical thinking emphasized the quality of the present life than the life after death?
43. Which country was the “Moveable Type” originated from?
44. Who was responsible for developing the moveable type and making popular worldwide?
45. What was the significant present from Gustav Eiffel given to the USA?
46. Name the person who invented the very first Animation of the world?
47. What is the name of the renowned Art Institute established by “The Grand Duke of Weimar” in 1919?
48. What was the name of the new art form, since inventing the first camera?
49. In what Chakri Dynasty era was the first Thai greeting card invented?
50. Who was the most famous lampoon cartoonist of the 19th century?