Q 01/05

In 2016, a small mammal first reported as a weasel gnawed a power cable and shut down which giant science machine?

A) Very Large Telescope

B) Arecibo Observatory

C) Large Hadron Collider

D) National Ignition Facility

Answer · why

C) Large Hadron Collider

The Large Hadron Collider went offline after the animal chewed through a power cable. A later CERN briefing suggested the culprit was really a marten,...

Q 02/05

In Who Framed Roger Rabbit, how do four of Judge Doom's five weasel henchmen meet their end?

A) They die laughing

B) A piano crushes them

C) They fall off a cliff

D) A steamroller flattens them

Answer · why

A) They die laughing

They die laughing at a comic routine performed by detective Eddie Valiant, who then kicks their leader into the dip. The gang is known as the Toon Pat...

Q 03/05

Tina, a cartoon stoat named after the host town Cortina d'Ampezzo, was the 2026 mascot of which sporting event?

A) Giro d'Italia

B) Mediterranean Games

C) Alpine Ski World Cup

D) Winter Olympics

Answer · why

D) Winter Olympics

The Winter Olympics picked Tina, while fellow stoat Milo fronted the Paralympics. Milo is portrayed as born without a leg and using his tail in its pl...

Q 04/05

Which country imported stoats in the late 19th century as pest control, only to see them devastate its native birds?

A) Madagascar

B) New Zealand

C) Papua New Guinea

D) Mauritius

Answer · why

B) New Zealand

New Zealand brought stoats in to fight a plague of rabbits, over the objections of scientists such as ornithologist Walter Buller. The predators now h...

Q 05/05

According to Pliny the Elder, the smell of a weasel was fatal to which legendary serpent?

A) Basilisk

B) Hydra

C) Leviathan

D) Python

Answer · why

A) Basilisk

The Basilisk was said to die when a weasel was thrown into its hole, though the weasel perished too. The legend may echo real fights between cobras an...