Q 01/05

In the Harry Potter books, 'Tom Marvolo Riddle' is rearranged to spell 'I am' followed by which villain's name?

A) Lord Voldemort

B) Salazar Slytherin

C) Gellert Grindelwald

D) Lucius Malfoy

Answer · why

A) Lord Voldemort

Lord Voldemort is the title young Riddle builds from his own letters, a reveal saved for the second book. Translators often change his birth name so t...

Q 02/05

Which city, Japan's capital for more than a thousand years, has a name that is an anagram of 'Tokyo'?

A) Osaka

B) Kyoto

C) Nara

D) Kobe

Answer · why

B) Kyoto

Kyoto housed Japan's imperial court from 794 until the emperor moved east in the 19th century, which is why it is nicknamed the thousand-year capital.

Q 03/05

The phrase 'twelve plus one' is a perfect anagram of another sum of thirteen, adding which two numbers?

A) Eight and five

B) Seven and six

C) Nine and four

D) Eleven and two

Answer · why

D) Eleven and two

Eleven and two, written out as 'eleven plus two', reuses every letter of 'twelve plus one'. Each phrase is also thirteen letters long, matching the to...

Q 04/05

Which American pop star, baptized a Southern Baptist, has a full name that is an anagram of 'Presbyterians'?

A) Kelly Clarkson

B) Jessica Simpson

C) Britney Spears

D) Whitney Houston

Answer · why

C) Britney Spears

Britney Spears shares all thirteen of her letters with 'Presbyterians', but she grew up in a different flock and sang in a church choir as a child.

Q 05/05

Disney's Mary Poppins credits the old banker Mr. Dawes to 'Navckid Keyd', an anagram of which actor's name?

A) David Tomlinson

B) Reginald Owen

C) Arthur Treacher

D) Dick Van Dyke

Answer · why

D) Dick Van Dyke

Dick Van Dyke played the ancient banker as well as Bert, the nanny's closest friend. In the end titles the scrambled credit rearranges itself on scree...