Hey, what do you know?

Go ahead, see how much you know about the local style scene. No Googling allowed.

I t's SAT time. Did your hearts just palpitate from long-suppressed standardized-test anxiety? Take a deep breath and step away from the Halcion - we're talking about the Style Aptitude Test.

You will find questions relating to the stylistic ins and outs of our fair region. Fashion, architecture, home decor, furniture design, it's all there. And, just to set your pumpers racing again, all queries have been styled in the multiple-choice format of that high school albatross of yore. (Sorry, no score-salvaging essay question.)

The industrious among you might ask: Are there any tricks to beating this quiz? Any "scan, select, discard, move on" methods that can be put to use? To which we reply: What do we look like, SAT tutors? You're on your own, though regular readers of this section are at a distinct advantage.

Note: Googling for the answers puts you at risk for pariahdom. It also shows a profound lack of style.

1. What is the name of interior designer Dennis Duffy's latest retail venture? (One of his chairs is shown above.)
a. D Bar
b. D Scale
c. D Lite
d. D Cup

2. The Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts (right) at Harvard is the only building on the North American continent designed by which famous French architect?
a. Le Corbusier
b. Henri Labrouste
c. Eugene Vallin
d. Roger Taillibert

3. Which clothing boutique was opened by two former Louis Boston saleswomen?
a. Velvet Ribbon
b. Crush
c. Habit
d. Looc

4. Renowned 18th-century cabinetmaker John Townsend of Newport, R.I., was best known for what style of furniture design?
a. Block and shell
b. Block and tackle
c. Block Island
d. Block and Decker

5. What is the name of the color green painted on the Green Monster?
a. Monster Green
b. Fence Green
c. Field Green
d. Hank Greenberg6. How many women's dressing rooms did Filene's Basement in Boston have in 1988?
a. One, in The Vault
b. Two, in Bargain Alley
c. None
d. Men and women shared a single dressing room in the men's section

7. Which shoe company is not headquartered in this area?
a. Converse
b. New Balance
c. Reebok
d. Nike

8. The three owners of Grand boutique in Somerville's Union Square met while:
a. Leading snorkel trips in Key West

b. Working as advertising copywriters
c. Blackjack dealing at Foxwoods
d. Working at a local record label

9. What is rumored to be hidden in the blue swash of the rainbow mural on the National Grid storage tank off I-93?
a. The US nuclear codes
b. A Red Line T map
c. The profile of Ho Chi Minh
d. A really good hummus recipe

10. Which of the following is not the name of a local eco-boutique?
a. Envi
b. Fiddlehead
c. Chlorophyll
d. Greenward

11. What is the other nickname of the Skinny House in the North End?
a. The Thin House
b. The Spite House
c. The Atkins House
d. The Hateful Neighbors House

12. Why is the Polka Dog Bakery (above) in the South End so named?
a. Polka-dot wallpaper was found beneath the wall paint during renovations
b. Owners Robert Van Sickle and Deborah Gregg met during a trip to Vienna
c. The owners' one-eyed dog used to wriggle around in a lopsided dance
d. The bakery caters exclusively to dalmatians

13. What home goods store's name roughly translates to "alluring"?
a. Abodeon
b. Koo de Kir
c. Motley
d. Lekker

14. Which of the following outdoor spaces was not designed by Frederick Law Olmsted?
a. The Public Garden
b. The Boston Common
c. The Arborway
d. The grounds of McLean Hospital

15. What well-appointed home was once a stop on the Underground Railroad?
a. Farwell Mansion
b. Paul Revere House
c. Longfellow National Historic Site
d. Ronald McDonald House

16. Who wrote of "an elderly lady who is full of spleen, who humps around greater Boston in a God-awful hat"?
a. Joan Didion
b. Mark Twain
c. Anne Sexton
d. Larry Flynt

17. Loeffler Randall designer Jessie Randall, winner of a 2007 CFDA (Council of Fashion Designers of America) award for accessories, hails from what locale?
a. Wareham
b. Worcester
c. Watertown
d. Whitman

18. Twigs and Heather is:
a. A flower shop
b. A jewelry line
c. A home goods store
d. Captain & Tennille tribute band

19. What was once described as "a notable achievement in the creation and control of urban space, and in the uses of monumentality and humanity in the best pattern of great city building"?
a. John Hancock Tower
b. Government Center
c. The ICA
d. Copley Square

20. Which of the following was not a previous retail resident of the historic H. W. Hartwell and W. C. Richardson building on the corner of Exeter and Newbury Streets?
a. Conran's
b. Waterstone's
c. Exeter Street Theatre
d. The Gap

21. What animal is pictured on the seal of the Isabella Stewart Gardner museum?
a. Stallion
b. Phoenix
c. Butterfly
d. Chupacabra

22. The inaugural Boston Fashion Week took place the same year as what event?
a. The Dow closed above 4,000 for the first time in its history
b. NAFTA went into effect
c. Deep Blue defeated world chess champion Garry Kasparov
d. Chris Farley died

23. Which men's clothing designer hails from Boston?
a. Bill Blass
b. Ralph Lauren
c. Joseph Abboud
d. Joe Boxer

24. Take the number of venues at the Brimfield Antique and Flea Market Show, subtract the number of Massachusetts-based ventures owned by Gretchen Monahan, and divide by the number of Second Time Around stores in the city of Boston. How many pounds of clothing could you buy at the Garment District (above) with that dollar amount?
a. Are you kidding me?
b. 7.5
c. 5
d. Undefined

25. What is designer Darin Hager's medium?
a. Sneakers
b. Ties
c. T-shirts
d. Bowler hats

26. What year was the first Junior League of Boston Decorators Show House unveiled?
a. 1630
b. 1907
c. 1971
d. 2007

27. How did the designers behind local clothing line J'aime Collette meet?
a. As freshman roommates
b. In kindergarten
c. While interns at Anne Klein
d. They're sisters

28. The BAC first opened as the Boston Architectural Club in December of what year?
a. 1989
b. 1949
c. 1909
d. 1889