True Car Lover Quiz

Fictional icon James Bond was named after an ornithologist with the same name. Author Ian Fleming took the name from a birdwatching book because he wanted the dangerous superspy to have a name that was “as mundane as possible.”

Dominoes date back to the 12th century! It was played in China during the Yuan Dynasty and was referred to as 'pupai'! Much later, in the early 18th century, the game began appearing in Europe and, according to many scholars, spread when Italian missionaries brought the game back home with them.

The game, Operation, was a college project. An industrial design student at the University of Illinois was tasked with designing a game or toy. The game was a hit with his fellow classmates and the idea was soon bought by Marvin Glass and Associates for 500 dollars (approximately 4000 dollars today)!