Brick History
LEGO's founded this year
1932
This large prehistoric creature with sharp teeth was launched as a LEGO set earlier this year.
Tyrannosaurus Rex
Part of the Jurassic World™ franchise
True or False?
For 2022 World Cup in Qatar, LEGO released a Lionel Messi mini figure that is 2/3 of standard dimension
False
Tom Hanks voices 7 characters in this 2004 Christmas-themed movie!
The Polar Express
Empire State Building or Great Belt Bridge Pylons?
Empire State building (453meter)
The Great Belt Bridge pylons are 254m
This year LEGOLAND Billund opened
1968
The length of the original Dumbo movie (1941)', which is among the shortest animated Disney features.
(a) 51mins / (b) 64mins / (c) 115 minutes
(b) 64 minutes
1940 Disney had released Fantasia (1940), which at 124 minutes running length remains its longest feature film. Dumbo was designed to be cheap to recoup money lost on that movie.
LEGO has released 3 sets of famous football stadiums: Old Trafford (Manchester), Camp Nou (Barcelona), and ??
What is the stadium missing from the list?
Santiago Bernabéu
Home of Real Madrid, with a spectator capacity of >80,000
More or Less?
5% of the Earth's surface area is North of the Circle.
Less (4km)
The area is 20 M sq-km
Tom Cruise or Vladimir Putin
Tom Cruise (172cm)
Putin allegedly measures around 170cm.
The year when LEGO Star Wars was introduced
Original meaning of the term Gargoyle, which originates from French "gargouille"
(A) Throat / (B) Satans servant / (C) Nonsense word made up to scare little kids
A: Throat
This year, "Die Fußball Mannschaft" (German National Team) was released as a collection of mini-figures
2016
When the European championships were played in France
The most populated city North of the Arctic circle
(A) Anchorage / (B) Tromsø / (C) Murmansk
(C) Murmansk (population 300,000)
- Anchorage (Alaska) is same size, but 2,000km South
- while Tromsø, Norway (70,000) is 3rd or 4th largest.
This country has the (on average) tallest population in South America (both male and female)
Brazil
Females average 162,4cm Men average 175,7cm (May 2025 data). Peru has the shortest average heights (154,4cm/166,8cm)
This year, Niels B. Christiansen becomes LEGO CEO
2017
October 1st
This mountain range is supposedly home of the Yeti
Himalaya
Often referred to as the "Abominable Snowman"
Number of elements in March-launch 1:1 LEGO replica of FIFA World Cup trophy
Accepting +/- 10%
2,842
The Arctic Circle intersects with this many countries
8
Russia, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Greenland/Denmark, Canada, USA
LEGOTOP observation tower (Legoland, BLL) or "The Wave" apartment buildings (Vejle)
LEGOTOP - 36meter
The Wave is only 25 meters tall.
This year, DUPLO was introduced
1969
The year that the first Gremlins movie, which inspired the recent Gremlins™: Gizmo LEGO set, first played in theatres
1984
Steven Spielberg was the executive producer
This English Premier League club has a motto that means "Nothing but the best is good enough"
Everton FC
The motto "Nil Satis Nisi Optimum" first appeared on an Everton crest in 1938
How many people in total live North of the Arctic (Polar) circle?
Accepting answers within +/- 20%
About 4,000,000.
For comparison, Antarctica has a population between 1,000 (Winter) and 4,000 (Summer)
The world's largest statue "Statue of Unity" stands 182meters tall in this country
India
In state of Gujarat. Depicts Indian politician and independence activist Sardar Patel (1875–1950). The construction was done in 2018. Height is actually is 40m with 58m base.