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40 free Old Navy trivia questions with answers — trivia quiz, new questions added Oct 2026.
Old Navy has been part of American wardrobes since 1994, when Gap launched a cheaper, louder sibling and watched it become one of the fastest-growing chains in retail history. Behind the bargain jeans and graphic tees is a surprisingly odd story: a name borrowed on a whim, shops modelled on somewhere you would never buy clothes, and commercials so campy they became pop culture in their own right. This quiz turns the best fun facts about Old Navy into multiple-choice questions. It covers how the brand began and who built it, the celebrities of its famous adverts, its best-known products and promotions, its sister labels, and its ventures overseas. It is written for shoppers, retail fans and anyone who grew up with the ads. Every question comes with a short explanation, so you pick up the story behind each answer as you play.
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Q 01Old Navy got its name from a bar that Gap's president walked past in which city?
Paris
Paris gave the chain its name when Gap's boss spotted a bar called Old Navy on a walk. The stores had first opened in 1993 under the plainer banner Gap Warehouse.
Q 02Old Navy's first shops took their carts and checkout impulse buys from which kind of retailer?
Supermarkets
Supermarkets were the deliberate model, right down to the flowing aisles. Concrete floors and metal shelving added a warehouse feel that set the chain apart from other discount clothiers.
Q 03Which reality TV star sued Old Navy in 2011, saying a commercial had used a look-alike of her?
Kim Kardashian
Kim Kardashian filed a $20 million suit over an advert starring Melissa Molinaro. The two sides reached an out-of-court settlement the following year.
Q 04Old Navy bought a 30-second commercial during the 1998 series finale of which hit NBC sitcom?
Seinfeld
Seinfeld's farewell cost advertisers $1.7 million per half-minute, more than that year's Super Bowl. Old Navy's spot, titled Woof, starred Joan Collins alongside the brand's dog.
Q 05Old Navy sparked a shopping frenzy in 2005 by pricing which summer footwear at one dollar a pair?
Flip-flops
Flip-flops at a dollar a pair caused what the company itself calls a frenzy. The sandal even names a staff honour: employees who embody the Old Navy spirit win a Golden Flip Flop award.
Q 06Old Navy's 2009 ad campaign gave gossip-column back stories to a family of twelve custom-made what?
Mannequins
Mannequins nicknamed the SuperModelquins starred in the TV spots and stood in the stores. The campaign came from Crispin Porter + Bogusky, the agency known for edgy Burger King adverts.
Q 07In 2023 Old Navy answered a long-running complaint by adding what to more of its women's dresses?
Pockets
Pockets were the fix, after a survey cited by the brand found nearly three-quarters of women noticed how few womenswear offers. Old Navy named its goal pocket parity.
Q 08Old Navy made history in 1997 as the first retailer to reach which sales mark in under four years?
$1 billion
$1 billion had never come so fast for a retail chain. Old Navy ended 1997 with 282 stores and was already bringing in nearly a fifth of Gap's total revenue.
Q 09In 2020 Old Navy offered store employees eight hours of pay for a day spent in which civic role?
Poll worker
Poll worker pay was offered to some 50,000 staff in more than 1,000 US stores. The brand had joined a national drive to recruit 250,000 new election helpers that autumn.
Q 10Which Old Navy jeans style earned a Star of Recognition on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2019?
Rockstar
Rockstar jeans, the brand's best-selling denim, were selling 40,000 pairs a day by then. Singing sisters Chloe and Halle Bailey turned out for the ceremony on Hollywood Boulevard.
Q 11The first Old Navy store opened in 1994 in the small town of Colma, in which US state?
California
California is the brand's home turf, since parent company Gap is based in San Francisco. Two more branches, in San Leandro and Pittsburg, opened on the same March day.
Q 12Old Navy's first stores abroad opened in 2001, twelve of them on a single day, in which country?
Canada
Canada got all twelve at once, every one of them in Ontario. Britain had also been weighed for the chain's foreign debut, which distribution problems had held up.
Q 13Old Navy opened a flagship in 2017 with a daily 2am closing time in which New York location?
Times Square
Q 21Old Navy was Gap's answer to a cheaper Gap-style chain planned by the owner of which retail giant?
Target
Target's then owner, Dayton Hudson, had announced a chain called Everyday Hero, billed as a cheaper Gap. Gap's boss reasoned that its backers must know something his own firm didn't.
Q 22Which dog mascot of 1990s Old Navy adverts was the subject of a 2006 search for a successor?
Magic
Magic starred in more than 60 adverts between 1995 and 2001. The hunt for his successor drew over 120,000 entries, sifted by a celebrity panel that included Betty White.
Q 23Which veteran fashion editor in oversized glasses became the 'Old Navy Lady' of 1990s adverts?
Carrie Donovan
Times Square got the store at 44th and Broadway, side by side with a new Gap. Roughly three times as big as a normal branch, it faces the 450,000 or so people who pass through each day.
Q 14Old Navy's 2002 rugby shirt adverts copied the nine-box opening credits of which 1970s sitcom?
The Brady Bunch
The Brady Bunch grid was rebuilt on a replica of the original set, with a look-alike family in striped shirts. Retro TV spoofs then became the brand's running gag for two years.
Q 15Old Navy's Bodequality launch of 2021 priced women's sizes 0 to 30 alike and ended which section?
Plus-size
Plus-size racks vanished as every women's style was merchandised together in more than 1,200 stores. Online, shoppers could pick which of three model builds displayed the clothes.
Q 16Gap, the owner of Old Navy, bought which two-store safari-themed clothing retailer in 1983?
Banana Republic
Banana Republic began in Mill Valley in 1978 as a safari and travel store with a catalog. Gap remade it as an upscale chain, the opposite end of the family from bargain-minded Old Navy.
Q 17In a 2023 summer promotion, Old Navy treated road-tripping customers in five states to free what?
Gasoline
Gasoline was pumped free at five RaceTrac stations, beginning in Orlando. The brand pitched the giveaway as help for families put off holiday road trips by high fuel costs.
Q 18Old Navy turned its logo purple in 2019, the brand's 25th birthday year, ahead of which holiday?
Fourth of July
Fourth of July went purple to show red and blue coming together. Exactly 1,994 purple Flag Tees went on sale, a nod to the year Old Navy was founded.
Q 19Old Navy's 'Superfan Nation' shops of 2011 stocked licensed fan gear for every team in which league?
NFL
NFL kit for every pro football team sat beside select college gear, tailored to each store's local favourites. Old Navy had only begun selling licensed sportswear in 2009.
Q 20In 2019 Gap Inc. announced a plan, abandoned within a year, to do what with Old Navy?
Spin it off
Spin it off as its own public company was the plan, with the sister brands grouped in a second firm. Gap blamed cost, complexity and softer trading when it dropped the idea in January 2020.
Carrie Donovan appeared in 42 spots in her own black suit and pearls, never wearing the brand's clothes. She had been a fashion editor at Vogue, Harper's Bazaar and The New York Times Magazine.
Q 24Which blonde star of 1980s television was a long-running pitchwoman in Old Navy's campy commercials?
Morgan Fairchild
Morgan Fairchild fronted the adverts from the 1990s into the 2000s, even playing the mum in a sitcom spoof. Old Navy made its commercials in-house and hired no outside agency until 2004.
Q 25Gap hired Stefan Larsson in 2012 to run Old Navy after nearly 15 years at which fast-fashion rival?
H&M
H&M had grown from 12 countries to 44 during his time there. At Old Navy he poached designers from Nike, Coach and Reebok to create exclusive lines.
Q 26Old Navy opened its first store outside North America in 2012 in which Asian city?
Tokyo
Tokyo's store opened in the DiverCity plaza in Odaiba, a popular tourist hub. Gap soon planned branches for Osaka and other cities, but in 2016 it announced it would shut every Japanese store.
Q 27Which American designer of red-carpet gowns was named Old Navy's chief creative officer in 2024?
Zac Posen
Zac Posen took the Old Navy post together with the job of creative director for the whole Gap group. The role moved a designer famed for couture to a San Francisco base.
Q 28Which supermodel signed autographs at the 1994 opening of the first purpose-built Old Navy store?
Cindy Crawford
Cindy Crawford's signing session came amid media interviews and merchandise giveaways at the shopping-centre launch. By the end of that first year the chain already had 59 branches.
Q 29Who performed when Old Navy opened its Manhattan flagship in 1995, a year after the chain launched?
The Rockettes
The Rockettes helped launch the store in a year when the chain more than doubled, to 131 branches. Their turn is marked on Old Navy's official timeline.
Q 30Old Navy introduced a one-year 'kid-proof' money-back guarantee in 2023 on which kids' clothing?
School uniforms
School uniforms that fail to last the academic year earn a full refund under the pledge. Old Navy pointed to reinforced knees and secure stitching, and priced the basics at $15 and under.