Q 01/05

How much did Ole Kirk Christiansen pay for the Billund woodworking shop in 1916?

A) 10,000 DKK

B) 25,000 DKK

C) 100,000 DKK

D) 50,000 DKK

Answer · why

A) 10,000 DKK

A fire destroyed that workshop in 1924, and he built a bigger one.

Q 02/05

Which alternative name, implying a 'legion of toys', did the founder consider before choosing Lego?

A) Legio

B) Legendo

C) Ludo

D) Legetøj

Answer · why

A) Legio

The staff naming contest in 1934 offered a bottle of homemade wine as its prize.

Q 03/05

What British patent number covered Hilary Page's 1939 hollow plastic cubes with four studs on top?

A) 587,206

B) 612,340

C) 640,115

D) 529,580

Answer · why

D) 529,580

His 1944 addition, granted in 1947 as patent 587,206, described 2x4-stud rectangular blocks.

Q 04/05

The Automatic Binding Bricks were renamed in 1953. What Danish name did they get?

A) System

B) Klodser

C) Mursten

D) Byggesten

Answer · why

C) Mursten

Mursten simply means 'bricks' in Danish; they had been Automatic Binding Bricks since 1949.

Q 05/05

Lego's first licensed foreign production began in 1953 in which country?

A) Sweden

B) Norway

C) Germany

D) Iceland

Answer · why

B) Norway

The partner was Svein Strømberg of Oslo, trading as Norske LEGIO A/S; Sweden and Iceland followed in 1955.