1. Did you know …?
TRIVIA

2. 1. What company invented text-
messaging?

3. 1. What company invented text-
messaging?
NOKIA

4. 2. Why was the bikini named after
the Bikini Atoll?

5. 2. Why was the bikini named after
the Bikini Atoll?
BECAUSE THE TWO FRENCHMEN WHO
DESIGNED IT THOUGHT THAT IT WOULD
HAVE AS MUCH IMPACT AS THE BOMB WHICH
EXPLODED IN THE BIKINI ATOLL.

6. 3. Why aren’t light bulbs made to
last forever?

7. 3. Why aren’t light bulbs made to
last forever?
BECAUSE IF LIGHT BULBS LASTED FOREVER,
THE COMPANIES THAT MAKE THEM
WOULDN’T SELL ANY.

8. 4. Why was the first Harry Potter
book written in a café?

9. 4. Why was the first Harry Potter
book written in a café?
BECAUSE ITS AUTHOR, JK ROWLING, DIDN’T
HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO PAY FOR HEATING,
SO SHE WASN’T WARM ENOUGH IN HER
HOME.

10. 5. Was penicillin made into a
medicine by Alexander Fleming?

11. 5. Was penicillin made into a
medicine by Alexander Fleming?
NO, IT WASN’T. FLEMING DISCOVERED IT
BUT HE DIDN’T KNOW HOW TO MAKE IT INTO
A MEDICINE. IT WAS MADE INTO A MEDICINE
BY AN AUSTRALIAN SCIENTIST, HOWARD
FLOREY.

12. 6. What were spiders used for in
the 17th C?

13. 6. What were spiders used for in
the 17th C?
IN THE 17TH C SPIDERS WERE USED AS A
CURE FOR TOOTHACHE.

14. 7. Who was Sherlock Holmes, the
character of the famous novels,
based on?

15. 7. Who was Sherlock Holmes, the
character of the famous novels,
based on?
SHERLOCK HOLMES WAS BASED ON THE
AUTHOR’S TEACHER AT MEDICAL SCHOOL.

16. English Department
EOI MOLINA DE SEGURA
BASED ON A TEXT FROM
“NEW ENGLISH FILE PRE-INTERMEDIATE
STUDENT’S BOOK”