What woman appeared on the cover of Life Magazine more than any other? (It's not Princess Di.)

Hamlet.

Mother Theresa Nov 17 03, 12:28 PM

FrogLady24

Jackie Kennedy Onassis Nov 17 03, 12:44 PM

griffinj

Marilyn Monroe Nov 17 03, 1:00 PM

Linus_337

I could not find a definitive answer to this one, but here is the link to Life Magazine, which features the collection of Life covers and also a facility to email them with queries. http://www.life.com/Life/ Nov 17 03, 4:46 PM

sequoianoir

This is a "famous" sort of "trick question". The question does not actually say "who's photograph appeared" because there isn't one. Also there is no proof the "woman" ever existed. The "image of a woman" that has appeared most often is ..... (Don't all jump in at once) Nov 17 03, 6:02 PM

lothruin

The Virgin Mary? Nov 17 03, 7:12 PM

sequoianoir

That's a Yo from my point of view lothruin. The Virgin Mary or Madonna (not the "Like a Virgin" variety) has appeared most often. Wonder if Lsh will think likewise. Nov 17 03, 7:41 PM

gmackematix

I thought the Virgin Mary appeared most on Time magazine's cover. Was she on the cover of Life a lot as well? Nov 17 03, 9:22 PM

McGruff

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis with (I counted) 17 covers. http://www.life.com/Life/search/coversearch Elizabeth Taylor, I count 14 covers: http://www.life.com/Life/taylor/liz.html Elizabeth Taylor has appeared on the cover of Life magazine more than anyone else. http://allthingsheather.blog-city.com/read/295968.htm During her lifetime, Marilyn appeared on the cover of Life magazine 6 times. She has also appeared on the cover a few times (5) since her death. http://www.marilyncollector.com/monthly.html I enjoy playing Trivial Pursuit™, the board game. When I do, if I miss a question, I try to pay attention to the correct answer, so that I can learn something. One of the questions I missed some time back was this one: “What woman's picture has appeared on the cover of Life magazine more than any other?” I thought of several possibilities: Marilyn Monroe, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis… perhaps Elizabeth Taylor or Princess Diana…. all of them wrong. The answer? The woman whose picture has appeared on the cover of Life magazine more than any other is… Mary, the Mother of Jesus. http://www.stpaulsumc.net/id163.htm I believe this is an error. Using Life Magazine's cover search engine, which only searches through to 1972, I found absolutely nothing for the Virgin Mary. I searched keywords Mary, mother, virgin, Jesus and Christ. Nov 19 03, 4:18 AM

McGruff

In checking further, I don't believe the Virgin Mary is the answer for Time Magazine either. Using their cover search engine and keywords Mary, virgin, mother, Christ, Jesus and nativity, I found only four covers. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/coversearch/ Most "Time" Covers - The highest number of appearances on the cover of "Time" magazine is 55. The record is held not by a supermodel, but none other than former United States President, Richard Nixon. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nfia/message/3593?source=1 Keyword 'Nixon' in the search engine gave me 54 matches. I don't know what else to search to come up with anything more for the Virgin Mary. Nov 19 03, 5:05 AM

sequoianoir

McGruff, I understood that this (Time magazine) was a Trivial Pursuit question & answer. I also found the same TP reference re Life magazine. Nov 19 03, 6:08 AM

McGruff

Well, here's the link for Life covers. I sure can't find any. http://www.life.com/Life/search/coversearch And the link for Time. I found four. That's a far cry from Nixon's 54-55. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/coversearch/ Keyword: Christmas - Dec. 24, 1945 Nativity - Dec. 24, 1945, Dec. 26, 1938 Mary - Dec. 30, 1991 Virgin - Dec. 30, 1991, Dec. 26, 1955 Jesus - Dec. 24, 1945 Mother, Joseph, Christ and God - no results Found two more with keyword 'madonna' Dec. 24, 1951, Dec. 29, 1947 That makes six for Time. Searching Life again with 'madonna' I finally found one. 'Raphael's Madonna' on the Dec. 28, 1942 cover. Nov 19 03, 3:18 PM

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