The Quiz: What was the bikini named after?
A Hawaiian dance
A French dessert
A Brazilian holiday
A Pacific island
On July 5, 1946, French designer Louis Réard made headlines when he unveiled his new swimsuit design, which featured far less fabric than the traditional styles of the time. In a move that added fuel to the fire, he named his new style after Bikini Atoll, an island in the Pacific that had made the news earlier that week with an atomic bomb test. The bikini’s popularity in Europe boomed in the 1950s, eventually making its way to the U.S. in the 1960s.
The correct answer to this quiz is A Pacific island.