Q 01/05

Which British naval hero had London hatter Lock & Co. fit his hats with a built-in eye visor?

A) Horatio Nelson

B) James Cook

C) Francis Drake

D) William Bligh

Answer · why

A) Horatio Nelson

Horatio Nelson. He had lost the sight of his right eye in Corsica, and wore one of the hats from Lock & Co., billed as the world's oldest hat shop, at...

Q 02/05

The Sorting Hat first belonged to which Hogwarts founder?

A) Salazar Slytherin

B) Godric Gryffindor

C) Rowena Ravenclaw

D) Helga Hufflepuff

Answer · why

B) Godric Gryffindor

Godric Gryffindor. In the Hat's own song, he whipped it off his head and the four founders put some brains in it, so it could go on sorting students a...

Q 03/05

Which veteran British actor voiced the Sorting Hat in the Harry Potter films?

A) Michael Gambon

B) Robbie Coltrane

C) Leslie Phillips

D) John Hurt

Answer · why

C) Leslie Phillips

Leslie Phillips. Famous for playing plummy cads with a 'Ding dong!' catchphrase, he was born a Cockney in Tottenham and was sent to stage school to lo...

Q 04/05

What colours are the stripes on the tall top hat worn by Dr. Seuss's Cat in the Hat?

A) Black and yellow

B) Blue and white

C) Green and white

D) Red and white

Answer · why

D) Red and white

Red and white. Dr. Seuss wrote the book to replace dull Dick and Jane school primers and, by his usual account, built it on the first two rhyming word...

Q 05/05

Who played the title role in the 2003 live-action film The Cat in the Hat?

A) Mike Myers

B) Jim Carrey

C) Robin Williams

D) Eddie Murphy

Answer · why

A) Mike Myers

Mike Myers. The film was so widely panned that Dr. Seuss's widow, Audrey Geisel, banned any further live-action adaptations of her husband's books.