Quiz For Function vs. Fashion

According to the report, VisionWatch, what percentage of the respondents see eyewear as a medical necessity?

What type of eyewear was most likely used when flying airplanes in the early 1900’s?

What were the consequences when Roger Bacon wrote about the merits of eyeglasses?

What is a reading stone?

What is true about pince-nez eyeglasses?

According to VisionWatch, what percentage of respondents used sunglasses primarily for fashion?

What are Groucho glasses?

When did Giordano da Rivalto first document the use of eyeglasses?

What might account for the increase in the availability of spectacles in the 1400’s?

What type of eye wear was suggested by Jerome Savanarola?

Who in history had an extensive collection of lorgnettes?

For whom did John Turlington create a pair of eyeglasses with green lenses?

What is asthenopia?

Who is credited with the invention of temples?

Why did David Ayscough recommend green or blue lenses?

What spectacles prevented smoke, debris and sparks from entering the eye?

When was the first optical shop in America established?

Two inventors proposed spectacles that would employ a headband. Who were they?

What historical event likely forced John McAllister, Sr. to being creating his own fashionable gold and silver frames in 1815?

What is the functional but less fashionable design that used pantoscopic angle for bifocal viewing?

What is the special feature of spectacles as advertised in the R&J Beck catalog?

Which of these eyeglasses is not considered to be a fashion of the 1950’s?

What English fashion style was popular in the 1960’s?

Which US President purchased eyeglasses for 37 cents, indicating a primary need for function?

Which spectacle design allows for easy re-use when a new prescription is needed?

Why did Harry Truman often choose small, round frames?

Which president preferred the fashion of contact lenses, yet was sometimes portrayed with eyeglasses?

What popular celebrity continued wearing eyeglasses as a fashion statement after LASIK surgery?

Why do ready readers work for the majority of wearers?

Sunglasses have often been desired by the fans of celebrities as early as ______?

Why were horn rimmed glasses usually a brown or black color?

Which frame material must be confiscated in certain states?

Which of these phrases is part of a general advertising philosophy:

Who sees spectacles as an extension of make up?

What eyewear can be adjusted from a – 6.00 to a +3.00 diopter?

How are most eye styles designed today?

What type of technology is being employed by companies such as “Sneaking Duck”?

What eyewear related product has a vintage collector following?

What material is specifically cited in Webster’s New International dictionary in 1959?

Where is a good site to look at high-end or specialty materials and frames?