Which bird can fly backwards?
The Hummingbird is the only bird in the world that can fly backwards.
When did Parliament make slavery illegal in England?
a) 2010 b) 1833 c) 1574
The answer is a)
Section 71 of the 2009 Coroners and Justice Act (which came into force on 6 April 2010) makes it an offence in the UK to hold a person in ‘slavery or servitude’. Slavery was abolished throughout the British Empire in 1833, but it wasn’t thought necessary to make it a specific criminal offence at home until now.
How tall was Napoloen?
a) 5ft 2in b) 5ft 61/2in c) 4ft 11in
The answer is b) 5ft 61/2in – which made Napoleon taller than both the average Frenchman and Englishman of his day and 6.5cm taller than his great rival Horatio Nelson. The universal belief that Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) was short came from a combination of British propaganda and his decision to impose a 5ft 7in minimum height requirement on his personal guard, who all then towered over him.