Q 01/05

A popular myth wrongly blames which commander's cannon fire for knocking the nose off the Great Sphinx of Giza?

A) Horatio Nelson

B) Napoleon

C) Erwin Rommel

D) Muhammad Ali

Answer · why

B) Napoleon

Napoleon reached Egypt in 1798, but drawings published in 1755 already show the Sphinx without its nose. Chisel marks suggest it was pried off deliber...

Q 02/05

An elephant's trunk is formed from its nose fused with which other part of its face?

A) Upper lip

B) Lower lip

C) Cheeks

D) Forehead

Answer · why

A) Upper lip

The upper lip and nose fuse early in fetal development, creating a limb with no bone and up to 150,000 separate bundles of muscle.

Q 03/05

In the inherited condition nicknamed ACHOO syndrome, sufferers sneeze when suddenly exposed to what?

A) Loud noise

B) Cold water

C) Bright light

D) High altitude

Answer · why

C) Bright light

Bright light, often sunshine after stepping out of the dark, sets off the reflex. It is treated as a real hazard for pilots, who need precise control ...

Q 04/05

Which brand of tissues was first marketed as a cold cream remover rather than for sneezes and sniffles?

A) Puffs

B) Scotties

C) Angel Soft

D) Kleenex

Answer · why

D) Kleenex

Kleenex launched in 1924 as a disposable wipe for cold cream. By the 1930s it was sold as a throwaway handkerchief, and that use took over.

Q 05/05

In Carlo Collodi's novel, which birds does the Fairy call in to chisel Pinocchio's overgrown nose down to size?

A) Magpies

B) Woodpeckers

C) Blackbirds

D) Nightingales

Answer · why

B) Woodpeckers

Woodpeckers are summoned after Pinocchio lies about his gold coins. The story made a growing nose a lasting symbol of lying.