Q 01/05

Which band's album Animals was loosely inspired by Animal Farm?

A) Genesis

B) Pink Floyd

C) Jethro Tull

D) The Who

Answer · why

B) Pink Floyd

Pink Floyd's cover shoot went awry when their 40-foot inflatable pig broke loose over London and drifted into Heathrow's flight path.

Q 02/05

What was the original subtitle of Animal Farm, dropped by American publishers in 1946?

A) A Modern Parable

B) A Fairy Story

C) A Beast Fable

D) A Political Satire

Answer · why

B) A Fairy Story

A Fairy Story was Orwell's own subtitle, and for the French translation he proposed a title abbreviating to URSA, Latin for bear, a symbol of Russia.

Q 03/05

What was the farm called before the animals renamed it Animal Farm?

A) Manor

B) Pinchfield

C) Foxwood

D) Willingdon

Answer · why

A) Manor

Manor Farm returns in the last chapter, when Napoleon tells his human guests that the name Animal Farm has been abolished.

Q 04/05

What is the name of the drunken farmer the animals drive out?

A) Mr. Whymper

B) Mr. Jones

C) Mr. Pilkington

D) Mr. Frederick

Answer · why

B) Mr. Jones

Mr. Jones lost the farm after a drinking binge left the animals unfed all day, until they broke into the store-shed and chased him off.

Q 05/05

Which prize boar inspires the rebellion with his speech and song before dying?

A) Old Major

B) Napoleon

C) Squealer

D) Snowball

Answer · why

A) Old Major

Old Major dies three nights after his speech, and the pigs later dig up his skull and make the animals file past it, as Lenin's body was displayed.