Q 01/05

Under which U.S. president did sheep graze the White House lawn, their wool auctioned for the Red Cross?

A) William Howard Taft

B) Calvin Coolidge

C) Woodrow Wilson

D) Warren G. Harding

Answer · why

C) Woodrow Wilson

Woodrow Wilson's wife Edith set the flock grazing during World War I so that no manpower was spent on mowing, the same spirit as her gasless Sundays.

Q 02/05

Why did the ponies that pulled Victorian lawn mowers across grand estates wear leather boots on their feet?

A) To prevent hoofprints

B) To muffle their steps

C) To grip wet slopes

D) To keep their feet dry

Answer · why

A) To prevent hoofprints

To prevent hoofprints, gardeners also preferred lightweight ponies to horses once the first animal-drawn mowing machine was patented in 1842.

Q 03/05

The Snapper Rear Engine Rider lawn mower won pop-culture fame through its appearance in which Best Picture winner?

A) American Beauty

B) Ordinary People

C) Driving Miss Daisy

D) Forrest Gump

Answer · why

D) Forrest Gump

Forrest Gump made a star of a mower line that began with the 1951 Snappin' Turtle, named for the way it snapped the grass and for the turtle figurine ...

Q 04/05

In which hit tower defense game does a single-use lawn mower wait at the end of each lane as a last resort?

A) Kingdom Rush Frontiers

B) Plants vs. Zombies

C) Bloons Tower Defense

D) Fieldrunners

Answer · why

B) Plants vs. Zombies

Plants vs. Zombies gives each lane one mower that wipes out the whole row when an attacker reaches that end, while pool and roof levels swap in cleane...

Q 05/05

Karl Dahlman invented the Flymo lawn mower in 1964 after seeing which invention by Sir Christopher Cockerell?

A) Jet engine

B) Maglev train

C) Hovercraft

D) Jump jet

Answer · why

C) Hovercraft

Hovercraft engineering gave the Flymo a fan that blows air downwards, so the light plastic machine floats just above the grass.