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Have you reached stan status? Test your GL Girl game with this star-studded trivia test straight from the Girls’ Life vault (that’s 30 years of issues).

💘 Psst: Scroll to the very bottom of this page to check your answers! 

1. How much did it cost to buy our inaugural issue?

2. Our April/May 2012 issue featured collectible covers of four up-and-coming actors from which book-turned-movie franchise?

3. Say hello to our top five bestselling covers! Put them in order of most copies sold.

4. How old was GL’s publisher and founding editor when she started working on the first issue of Girls’ Life?
 
5. Unscramble the letters below to reveal the name of the only boy to ever appear solo on the cover of GL (and for our 100th issue, no less).

6. Unscramble the letters below to reveal which Brit girl group rocked our October/November 2013 cover. (Hint: The cover line? “One Direction loves them, and you will too.”)

True or false?

a. Girls’ Life has featured two actors on the cover both named Peyton List.

b. In 1999, an issue of Girls’ Life was included in The New York Times time capsule to be opened in the year 3000.

c. In last summer’s mega-hit movie Barbie, America Ferrera played Gloria, mom to Ariana Greenblatt’s Sasha, and both appeared on Girls’ Life covers as teens.  

Pop culture pop quiz
 
1. Which all-star Olympian did we chat with for our February/March 2018 issue?
A. Simone Biles
B. Katie Ledecky
C. Serena Williams
 
2. Which celeb co-star did Selena Gomez gush over in her 2010 GL interview? (Hint: She says the two of them were practically ~sisters~ on set.)
A. Leighton Meester
B. Demi Lovato
C. Joey King
 
3. Pop princess Ariana Grande appeared on our cover while she was shooting which iconic Nickelodeon TV show?
A. Victorious
B. Sam & Cat
C. Both!
 
4. When we talked with Zendaya in 2016, who did she cite as one of her main role models?
A. Beyoncé
B. Michelle Obama
C. Her parents

Cover star quotes to live by

Need a little encouragement this back-to-school szn? Throw back to these gems from iconic interviews of GL’s past.
 
“Look in the mirror and say, ‘I’m beautiful and thankful for how I look.’”—Demi Lovato, June/July 2010
 
“Girls are very strong, energetic, great people. Women are awesome and all girls need to
carry a little girlpower with them.”—Hayley Kiyoko & the cast of Lemonade Mouth, April/May 2011
 
“Our generation has so much power to effect change, but so many girls think what [they] say isn’t of value. Instead of getting caught up in the feeling that we aren’t making an impact, we should be focusing on the impact that we can make.”
—Yara Shahidi, October/November 2017
 
“I still have anxiety that I’m not good enough. That I’m not ready for this big life. But we’re all on our own path, and everyone is going to shine at their own pace.”—Sofia Wylie, April/May 2021
 
“It’s all about finding things I love…Doing the small things every day—that’s what keeps me going.”—Malia Baker, April/May 2022

✨ Highlight with your cursor below to reveal the answers ✨

Open answer: 1. $2.95, 2. The Hunger Games. We released a series of four unique covers, featuring Isabelle Fuhrman, Willow Shields, Jacqueline Emerson and Amandla Sternberg. Fans could collect them all!, 3. Only 23. Proof you’re never too young to accomplish anything you set your mind to., 4. From most to least copies sold: Ashley Tisdale (2006), Hilary Duff (2003), Miley Cyrus (2008), Lindsay Lohan (2004), Zendaya (2015)., 5. Justin Bieber, 6. Little Mix.

True or False: a. True. b. True. Gals of the far-off future, we hope you love our mag., c. False. Both were in fact featured on our cover, but America had just turned 20 at the time of our shoot (so wasn't ~technically~ a teen—got ya!). 

Pop culture pop quiz: 1. A, 2. C, 3. C. Ari posed for our cover solo in 2012 and again in 2013 alongside her then-costar Jennette McCurdy., 4. C. Awh! 

...and CLICK HERE to grab a copy of our special 30th anniversary August/September 2024 issue,
feat. Taylor Swift!

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by GL | 7/19/2024