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QUIZ
#FASHREV
FASHION REVOLUTION DAY | QUIZ
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Quiz
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ethical fashion boffin or
not we know you’ll find
some interesting facts
and be challenged to
think more about Who
Made My Clothes!
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Quiz
Round 1: Who made my clothes?
01.
Who has said that eco-style is no longer about
brown teeth and ugly shoes?
Kate Moss
Katharine Hamnett
Paul Smith
02.
The Ethical Trading Initiative (ETI) was
established in which year?
1988
1998
2008
03.
What was the value of global clothing exports in
2013?
US$146.50 billion
US$214.50 billion
US$388.50 billion
04.
In 2013, which country saw the highest growth in
clothing exports?
India
Bangladesh
Turkey
05.
Approximately how many households in how
many countries are involved in the production of
cotton?
70 million households in 100 countries
100 million households in 70 countries
35 million households in 35 countries
06.
How much less water is used to grow organic
cotton compared to conventional cotton?
07.
In which country are over four million citizens –
including nurses, civil servants, teachers
and students – forced to pick cotton or pay
hefty fines?
Uzbekistan
Turkmenistan
China
08.
Which celebrity has been involved with
People Tree, the online pioneering brand in
Fair Trade and sustainable fashion?
Emily Blunt
Gwyneth Paltrow
Emma Watson
09.
Hundreds of Cambodian factory workers faint
each year making clothes for famous sporting
brands and high street retailers. According to the
Cambodia-based Community Legal Education
Center, what is the main cause?
Chemical vapours
Overwork
Mass hysteria
Poor ventilation
Temperatures of over 100 degrees
Malnutrition
ubconscious negotiation for better
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working conditions
Nearby trees stealing the oxygen
Workers not following ‘how not to faint’ advice
Workers partying too hard the night before
10.
In 2013, what percentage of UK consumers said
they would be likely to pay an extra 5% for their
clothes if they knew that garment workers were
fairly paid and working in safe conditions?
12% less
53% less
34%
91% less
54%
74%
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Round 2: Be Curious
01.
Thomas Hood’s ‘The Song of the Shirt’, an 1843
poem about the poverty, hunger and dirt of a
seamstress’s life in London’s East End, includes
the line “It is not linen you’re wearing out, But
human creatures’ lives”? What impact did Hood’s
poem have?
It was popularised by being set to music,
dramatized, painted and printed on
handkerchiefs
It fed the popularity of trade unionism and the
push for stricter labour laws in Britain
It was parodied to sell sewing machines in an
1861 edition of Harper’s Weekly
All of the above
02.
Which New York fashion designer was the first
to outsource garment production to factories in
India and China in the 1960s?
Ceil Chapman
Malcolm Starr
Geoffrey Beene
03.
From which shoe-making dynasty is the founder
of the sustainable footwear range Terra Plana
descended?
Jones Shoes
Clarks Shoes
Doc Marten Shoes
04.
The Merino sheep is famous for its ‘eco friendly’
wool. Can you name the European country where
this breed originates and where historically only
the Royal family were allowed to breed them?
England
Germany
Spain
05.
In a recent study conducted by ecologist Mark
Browne of University College Dublin what type of
textile particle fibres were found to be prevalent
in all of the samples taken from beaches and
waterways on six continents?
Polyester and Acrylic
Nylon and spandex
Cotton and wool
All of the above
06.
In January 2015, the Accord on Fire and Building
Safety in Bangladesh released details about the
factories where its signatories’ clothes were made.
How many factories were on the list?
16,325
1,632
163
07.
How many workers are employed in the factories
being inspected by the Accord on Fire and
Building Safety in Bangladesh?
20,000
200,000
2 million
08.
At the beginning of 2014, which international
fashion brand won a Public Eye ‘award of shame’
for their failure to sign the Accord on Fire and
Building Safety in Bangladesh?
Benetton
H&M
GAP
09.
In February 2015, which international brand
agreed to pay compensation to victims of the
Rana Plaza collapse after one million people
signed a petition demanding that they did so?
Benetton
Primark
Zara
10.
Which certification scheme involves paying
producers a fair price, and makes nine other
commitments, including, ‘creating opportunities
for economically disadvantaged producers’ and
‘ensuring no child labour or forced labour’?
Soil Association
ISO 26000
Fairtrade
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Round 3: Find Out
01.
In response to the global financial crisis, what
proportion of Polish consumers now regularly
shop for second hand clothes?
40%
50%
60%
02.
If you make and play a game of Fashion Revolution
trump cards, which of the following cards would
have the highest score for worker rights?
Wonderbra
Eileen Fisher
The North Face
03.
Silk
Wool
Cotton
Bamboo rayon-viscose
Polypropylene
In October 2014, politician Harriet Harman wore
a t-shirt in the UK Houses of Parliament that
said ‘This is what a feminist looks like’. The
following weekend a newspaper claimed that it
had been made by women working in a Mauritian
sweatshop who were being paid 62p (US$0.95)
an hour. What was significant about this wage?
16 year old Sarah Khan won second prize at the
‘Girls Impact the World’ film festival in 2014.
Based on conversations with women working in
Pakistan’s cotton fields, what was her film about?
T he skin rashes, respiratory problems,
and reproductive health issues caused by
pesticide use
ow infertility often triggered divorce and
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doomed future marriage prospects
ow they could earn a livelihood and keep
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healthy by growing organic cotton
All of the above
07.
According to the Higg Index, which of the
following is the most sustainable clothing
material?
04.
06.
In January 2015, workers producing clothes for
which Japanese fashion brand were reported to
endure ‘extreme high shop floor temperature,
dirty sewage flowing all over the floor, unsafe
facilities, poor ventilation with high cotton dust
level in the air, irritating smell, [and] high risk of
electricity leakage’?
Uniqlo
Evisu
Onitsuka Tiger
08.
Which Japanese fashion brand has promised to
give one article of its clothing for every refugee
in the world?
Uniqlo
Evisu
Onitsuka Tiger
This is above Mauritius’ legal minimum wage
09.
T his is Mauritius’ living wage, which the brand
insisted on paying
Diesel
T his was the wage paid to Mauritian workers,
while those of other nationalities were paid less
Nudie
Acne
05.
In 2012, after buying a pair of Hunter rain boots,
a New York shopper found a letter from Njong
Emmanuel Tohnain, a Cameroon national serving
time in a Chinese prison. He said that he worked
13 hour days in a factory making shopping bags
for which famous store?
Saks Fifth Avenue
Bloomingdales
Macy’s
10.
Which jeans brand has repair shops in Los
Angeles, Göteborg, Berlin, and London?
Which NGO’s smartphone app allows you to ‘see
how your favourite fashion labels are responding
to issues such as Uzbek cotton, building safety
in Bangladesh, water pollution, and paying a
living wage’?
Not for Sale’s ‘free2work’ app
The Berne Declaration’s ‘Fair Fashion’ app
The Ethical Consumer Group’s ‘Shop Ethical’ app
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Round 4: Do Something
01.
Which American super model is championing
ethical fashion through their own online store
called Master & Muse?
Tyra Banks
Tyson Beckford
Amber Valetta
Jason Shaw
02.
A number of fashion brands are committed to
‘radical transparency’. On which one’s website
can you find ‘compelling photography to
document the conditions of their workers’ in
China, Europe and the USA?
Everlane
Zady
Nudie
03.
In 2014, sustainable fashion initiative Estethica
celebrated how many seasons at London
Fashion Week?
7
17
27
04.
Aurelia London produces luxury swimwear
products made from which sustainable
material?
Eucalyptus tree pulp
Recycled carpets
Dried hagfish slime
05.
In the wake of the Rana Plaza collapse in April
2013, 190 brands including Abercrombie & Fitch
have signed the Accord on Fire and Building
Safety in Bangladesh while 26 brands including
GAP have signed the Alliance for Bangladesh
Worker Safety. Which one includes a ‘role for
unions, a commitment to transparency … [,] a
requirement that brands support remediation …
[or] an obligation for brands to stay committed
to their factories’?
The Accord
The Alliance
06.
In May 2014, in which country did garment workers
stage a fashion show where they modelled
the clothes they produced for Adidas and Nike
and carried placards saying “Stop short-term
contracts and exploitation” and “Rice not bullets”?
Bangladesh
China
Cambodia
07.
What happens to the unused clothing left in
‘Green Initiative’s’ recycling bins in Shanghai?
It is burned in the city’s incinerator to produce
electricity for local use
It is shipped to Switzerland to be sorted,
and usable clothing is sent for sale in
African countries
It is shipped to South Korea where it is turned
into fibre to make new products, like car
seat cushions
08.
After a campaign by the Clean Clothes Campaign
and a petition hosted by change.org, which
fashion brand agreed to ban the dangerous
practice of sandblasting jeans?
Giorgio Armani
Dolce & Gabbana
Roberto Cavalli
09.
All of the employees of which national postal
service wear fairtrade cotton t-shirts?
Royal Mail (UK)
La Poste (France)
Swiss Post (Switzerland)
10.
By March 2015, how many countries were officially
involved in the global coordination of Fashion
Revolution Day?
44
55
66