Q 01/05

The name Lego is short for a phrase meaning what?

A) Play well

B) Build big

C) Little bricks

D) Happy kids

Answer · why

A) Play well

Lego is short for 'leg godt', which means 'play well'; the company later noticed that 'lego' can also loosely be read as 'I put together' in Latin.

Q 02/05

In which country was Lego invented?

A) Sweden

B) Denmark

C) Germany

D) Netherlands

Answer · why

B) Denmark

Lego began in Denmark in 1932, in carpenter Ole Kirk Christiansen's workshop in the small Jutland village that is home to the company to this day.

Q 03/05

What were the very first Lego toys made of?

A) Plastic

B) Wood

C) Metal

D) Clay

Answer · why

B) Wood

Founder Ole Kirk Christiansen made wooden piggy banks, pull toys and little vehicles from 1932.

Q 04/05

When Lego held a competition to name the company in 1934, what was the prize?

A) A hand-carved wooden duck

B) A bottle of homemade wine

C) A whole week off work

D) A shiny gold coin

Answer · why

B) A bottle of homemade wine

Ole Kirk Christiansen offered a bottle of homemade wine as the prize, then chose his own entry, Lego, over his other idea 'Legio', meaning a legion of...

Q 05/05

After a yo-yo craze ended in the 1930s, what did Lego's founder do with the leftover yo-yo parts?

A) Used them as wheels on toy trucks

B) Burned them for heat

C) Made them into buttons

D) Sold them as coasters

Answer · why

A) Used them as wheels on toy trucks

When the yo-yo craze collapsed, Ole Kirk Christiansen reused the leftover yo-yo halves: he used them as wheels on toy trucks, at a time so lean that f...