New Book Week Quiz!

Why is the save icon a floppy disk?

Quiz 2 asked a question that stumps kids for a wonderful reason: they have never seen the object in real life. Here is the look back.

Why is the save icon a floppy disk?

Because the floppy disk was how computers saved files for decades, and the icon simply outlived the object. Most kids clicking it today have never held one, which makes it a rare example of a picture of extinct technology that everyone still understands.

Which artist cut off his own ear?

Vincent van Gogh. The Dutch post-impressionist cut off part of his ear during a mental health crisis, one of the saddest and most famous stories in art history. His paintings, barely sold in his lifetime, are now among the most valuable in the world.

Which football club has a rooster on its badge?

Tottenham Hotspur car badge logo

Have a look at the badge above. It belongs to Tottenham Hotspur, whose logo features a cockerel standing proudly on a football. The bird has been on the crest in one form or another for over a century.

That was Quiz 2: a dead technology, a troubled genius and a confident rooster. Trivia covers some ground.

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