A tortoise lived for 250 years

Questions:

1. Who is the lead actor in the 2026 hit movie Project Hail Mary?

2. What ended Bo Jackson’s professional football career?

3. How do the Pevensie children first enter Narnia?

4. What two songs did Ferris Bueller sing during the famous parade scene?

5. There are 10 European country names that contain the letter C. Name at least six.

Fun Facts:

The brain of a giant squid is shaped like a doughnut. Its digestive tube runs through the center, meaning a meal that’s too large could damage its brain.

Oklahoma’s panhandle exists because Texas gave up the strip of land in the Compromise of 1850 after Congress barred slavery north of 36°30’. It became part of Oklahoma Territory in 1890.

Your stomach grows a new protective lining about every three to seven days.

Adwaita, a giant tortoise believed to have been a gift to British officer Robert Clive in the 1700s, later lived at the Alipore Zoo in India. He is thought to have lived about 250 years, making him one of the oldest animals ever recorded before dying in 2006.

Yankees superstar Mariano Rivera gave up only 11 earned runs in 96 postseason appearances. He was the first unanimous Hall of Fame selection. Not even Babe Ruth was elected unanimously.

Orcas have been known to kill moose as they swim between islands in Alaska, British Columbia and the Pacific Northwest.

Actor and comedian Adam Sandler officiated the wedding of Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce.  

In the early 1800s, when Haitian slaves were fighting the French for independence, France brought in Polish soldiers to help. Many Poles were so appalled by the treatment of the enslaved people that they switched sides and fought alongside the Haitians. 

John Wilkes Booth, the assassin of President Abraham Lincoln, was tracked down 12 days after the assassination and cornered inside a Virginia tobacco barn. After the barn was set on fire, Booth was shot by Union cavalry sergeant Boston Corbett and died a few hours later.

Answers:

1. Ryan Gosling (It is his second highest-grossing movie after the Barbie Movie.)

2. A dislocated hip. The injury ultimately led to a hip replacement. He later played baseball with an artificial hip.

3. By passing through a magic wardrobe “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe”

4. “Danke Schoen” by Wayne Newton, followed by “Twist and Shout” by The Beatles

5. Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia (Czech Republic), France, Greece, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Monaco, North Macedonia, Vatican City