Who was Napoleon in George Orwell's story "Animal Farm"?

• Pig
• Human
• Horse
• Goose

Amazing facts

The dystopian novel "1984" is a logical continuation of "Animal Farm". In the former, he ridicules the inhumanity of the totalitarian system.

Napoleon is a fictional character and the main antagonist in George Orwell's 1945 novel Animal Farm. In some early French-language versions of Animal Farm, the pig is named César. More recent translations keep the original name.

What is the fastest bird on Earth?

• Peregrine falcon
• Golden eagle
• Sparrow
• Swift

Amazing facts

Peregrine falcons are the most common birds of prey in the world.

Peregrine falcon is the fastest animal on Earth. When hunting, it can go up to 322 km/h, when it performs a dive to catch prey.

Which country is home to the Leaning Tower of Pisa?

• Italy
• Germany
• USA
• Canada

Amazing facts

The maximum tilt of the tower was 5.5 degrees but has been reduced during the stabilization efforts to 3.97 degrees.

The leaning Tower of Pisa is the freestanding bell tower of the cathedral of the Italian city of Pisa. It gained worldwide fame due to its characteristic unintended tilt.

Which city is home to an airport named after John Lennon?

• Liverpool
• Edinburgh
• London
• Cork

Amazing facts

Lennon was the only member of the Beatles who was not a vegetarian. next q

John Lennon's name is immortalized in many countries of the world. There is a John Lennon Museum in Japan, Lennon monuments in Havana, Vilnius, Liverpool, on an island near Reykjavik. Lviv has a street named after him, and the Liverpool Airport was renamed after the famous Liverpudlian in 2001. Also bearing his name are an asteroid and a crater on Mercury.

Who wrote 'The Adventures of Tom Sawyer'?

• Mark Twain
• Stefan Zweig
• Edgar Rice Burroughs
• Thomas Mayne Reid

Amazing facts

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is a novel by Mark Twain published in 1876. It tells a story about the adventures of a boy living in a small American town in Missouri.

Which of these fruits grows on palm trees?

• Date
• Fig
• Pineapple
• Pear

Amazing facts

Date palms are known for their long-lived seeds that can remain inactive until the right conditions for their growth are met.

A date palm requires at least 100 days of time, a temperature of around 47°C and a large amount of water in order to produce quality fruits.

What device is used to measure speed?

• Speedometer
• Tachometer
• Barometer
• Rapidometer

Amazing facts

One of the earliest models of the speedometer was created by Nicola Tesla in 1916. The design hasn't significantly changed since then and continues to be used in automobile construction.

The instrument used to measure speed is called a speedometer.

The juice of which vegetable can kill the unpleasant smell of skunk spray?

• Tomato
• Beet
• Carrot
• Celery

Amazing facts

Before 1997, skunks were believed to only inhabit South and North America, but then Indonesia's Sunda stink badgers were included in the family as well.

The strong smell of tomato juice can conceal the skunk smell for a while, but as soon as one gets used to the smell of the tomato, the skunk odor comes through again.

Which country has the highest TV tower in the world?

• Japan
• United States

Amazing facts

The Japaneese are sure, that is impossible for foreighners to learnh their language, that's why the little knowledge gets them a little excited.

The Japaneese are sure, that is impossible for foreighners to learnh their language, that's why the little knowledge gets them a little excited.

What gameboard has 225 squares?

• Scrabble
• Chess
• Noughts-and-crosses
• Battleship

Amazing facts

The word "scrabble" came from the Dutch "schrabbelan", meaning "a wrist" or "scribble.

Scrabble is a board game where 2-4 players compete in word forming using wooden tablets with letters and a board divided into 225 squares.